@@realAmpereD The answer is "mostly yes". There are smart trainers and non-smart trainers. Most of the trainers you see where you take the rear wheel off your bike, like the Wahoo Kickr or Elite Direto XR, are smart trainers, and Zwift controls it and adjusts the resistance to simulate the grade you're riding on. You can also buy "smart bikes", like the Wahoo Kickr Bike, Wahoo Shift Bike, or the Stages SB1. You can use Zwift with spin bikes, like you see in gyms, but they mostly won't adjust the resistance, which I think takes away part of the immersion of the experience. They're also notorious for giving inaccurate power readings.

@@lee-cycling Thanks, I just got a wahoo kickr core and set it up last night. I still need to set it up in the app and decide on rouvy and zwift, hence the question. I was under the assumption you still shifted which is why I got the cassette version, but I also ordered the cog with the click shifting capability. Yes, I am a little impulsive, I really should have read more first but all my buddies love it so I figured I would just get the package. Thanks!

@realAmpereD you still need to shift, so you haven't wasted money. The only time you don't shift is if you do erg mode workouts, where the trainer will adjust the resistance to match a certain power and cadence, or if you turn off the gradient simulation, which makes everything like a flat road. Otherwise, either regular cassette or Zwift Cog both still require you to shift. Just like in the real world, you choose a gear that allows you to spin at a cadence that's comfortable for you.

@@MrPedel "is that a massive wasp behind me?! No, it's something significantly more annoying: a mamil"

It's a band called Ghost. They're great!

@@tightcycling Hey Patrick! Nice to hear from you. Hope you're doing well these days. I guess we've lost your Zwifting to the badminton? Hope you're kicking arse all over the world at it 👊

@@lee-cycling lol, getting back into biking, need to put the kms in... Will also move most likely to the UK no less 🙂 Might try to pick your brain once I relocated (mid Jan.)

@@tightcycling Excellent on all counts, mate! Feel free to give me a shout.

Thanks Simon (and sorry for acknowledging this late!). 👊

@@JDirom thanks JD 👍

@@appleseeds11 Thanks Jonathan 👊

@@HuddoThePaceline Cheers Andrew 👋

@@RyanCondon Thanks Ryan. 👊 Yeah, good power for me.

@@MrPedel Cheers Thomas. The similarities keep stacking up; he and I have a C in our names. We're practically at the same level.

@@darrenvandit thanks Darren. 👊

Cheers Mark. 👊

Thanks Roger. Just wish there was a way to make it feel easy (besides hard work, obviously!).

That's excellent. There was already loads to do when I started Zwift a few years ago, but it's just got bigger and better. Hope you'll really enjoy it.

Thanks Simon 👊

Thanks Jonathan. 👊 So, this is what Melnikov did before that really strong riding in the Castle to Castle crit you raced him in. Pretty crazily strong dude.

😆 Thanks mate. 👊 The band was Ghost, in case you're interested in hearing the full version.

Cracked and then (I think) quit to protect his ZR score. Weak tea.

@@MrPedel thanks Thomas. These are really interesting, I think. I did plan on putting a commentary on this to talk about it, but couldn't be motivated to get it done. So, they're basically just scratch races, from the start line to the top of the KoM. On a climb like this where there's not so much draft, it's basically a TT after the lead in, but if it's on a climb with draftable sections, these could be really tactical and interesting. The first one I did was more like that and was good fun. They use the regular Climb Portal schedule, and take place every Friday on whatever climb happens to be on the schedule, so you can see well in advance what's coming up.

@@lee-cycling Cheers, Friday isn't the best day for racing with me, but I'll keep a lookout and see if I can sneak one in at some point. Looks like good and wholesome fun

Frank! I think those days will come back if you take a rest day every now and then, which I hope you're getting whilst on holiday! Be great to see you if we both do FRR again.

@@RyanCondon Thanks Ryan, and lol you may say that. I'm the lightest I've been for a very long time. It's not been planned (or wanted really), just happen to have dropped a few kilos in the last few months.

@@lee-cycling Well, you're still looking strong. Keep going my friend. You're killing it.

@@GeorgAndTheBike Georg, the man with the best taste in music on Zwift videos 🤘 thanks homey 👊

@@ArcticZwifter 😄 Thanks mate 👊

@@JDirom !redeem Thank_JD 👊

@@HuddoThePaceline Thanks Andrew. A rare win, so happy with that!

@@RyanCondon there group above A on ZP might as well be called "inaccessible to Lee". 😄 I'll never get to that level of fitness. But cheers, mate. 👊

@@appleseeds11 thanks Jonathan 👊 Definitely benefited from a light field. Some of the fields you and I have gone up against wouldn't have let me get away with this. But, still, this was good fun to try.

@@lee-cycling You race the people in the pen. It’s not your fault others were scared to go up against you. 😉

@@darrenvandit thanks Darren 👊

@@MrPedel Thanks Thomas 👊 If going out the back counts, then, yes, 100%!

Thanks, Georg 👊

Thanks, Peter!