I intend building a ht 29er for Winter.
Then I idly started looking into Zwift... Intriguing!
I'm far from being properly fit but I've made some good inroads so far this year and want to keep it up.
Realistically I won't be out as much over Winter. I know I should just "get out and ride" but Zwift might be a good compromise for the weeks I don't!
Basically I want to make sure I don't build a bike up that is totally unusable for Zwift... but still needs to be a "proper" mountain bike... Albeit with a swap out rear wheel for Zwift.
So initial dumb questions are:
1) Ht mountain bike "suitable" for Zwift? As in usable if not ideal.
2) Smart trainers ok with mtb axle/ frame widths etc etc?
3) Bike will be used both SS (another first for me!) and 1x11 (mostly). Are both scenarios ok with Zwift?
4) Guessing having a 2nd rear wheel with appropriate trainer tyre fitted would be a good idea?
5) Will a frame with sliding dropouts cause issues on a trainer?
That will clear up some of my basic questions for now and thanks for any info given as always. 🙂
1 yes
2 yes
3 yes
4 yes
5 no idea, but as long as you can fit a turbo QR on it i can't see any reason
Thanks Weeksy.
That gives me a baseline to begin the build in, my head anyway! 😀
5 - not unless you get a "wheel-off" (is that direct-drive?) trainer when it's a little bit more fiddly
Ah the trainer...
Yeah,I know almost nothing about them.
Could be a risky purchase if I get it wrong. Looking at something mid range.
Whatever price that might infer! 😆
Hopefully a fairly quite one too as I'm a bit of a night owl.
May I suggest that sir does some reading, if by "mid" you mean half way between bottom & top in terms of price 😀Yeah,I know almost nothing about them ... mid range ... whatever price ...