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Watt bike atom novice
Hi
I have just take delivery of a watt bike atom, I am just starting slowly with whilst getting used to hearing etc, I am finding that there is a lot of play with the higher gears so finding it difficult to pedal out of the saddle ?
Have I got my setting wrong and if so how do I change them
Any advice would be very much appreciated
Thank you
Kevin
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Hello Kevin,
I have an Atom, I got it as soon as they came out so I've been using it for a while now. The app you use it with can make a difference to how it feels, some people have issues with gear change speed with Zwift, and people have personal issues with all the various apps one way or another. Personally, I mainly use TrainerRoad, which I find excellent, although it's not everyones cup of tea as you're not riding in a virtual world or anything like that. Also the Wattbike hub has some good sessions on it, but regarding your difficulty in riding out of the saddle, I'm not sure what to suggest, as I don't have any issues with it. A couple of possible suggestions are to change the number of gears from 22 to 11, you do this in the advanced settings in the hub app. Also, depending on what app you use, maybe try adjusting the 'slope settings', I know Fulgaz has different settings regarding how difficult or real you want the climb to feel. Also, remember it's magnetic resistance, and so it won't feel like your real bike, and the more time you spend on it, the more you will get used to how it feels compared to your proper bike. I hope this helps a bit and I hope you end up getting it how you want it, it's an excellent bit of kit in my opinion.
I have not tried the Watt Bike Atom but if it is anything like the normal Watt bike Pro's / Trainers then standing up on them is not the best experience. I always find them to be lacking the smoothness when standing . I always found that an increase in gear and therefore resistance did help to make it a more natural technique when out of the saddle. Like i say though these are only my experiences on the normal Wattbikes.
Is that current generaion wattbike? Just I do all my sprint training on a Wattbike Pro and for standing up I find it the best option out there (compared to other static bikes/turbos).
Yes the current generation Wattbikes. I do alot of indoor spiining on a Stages bike as that is what they have at the gym but i do use thw Wattbies and compared to Stages bikes for standing out of the saddle efforts then the stages wins hands down for ride feel and smoothness i find. I suppose it's what we get used too . Not knocking the Wattbikes at all as they are great bits of kit and if i could get hold of an Atom then i would purchase one for my garage !