Smart trainer and indoor guides
Buying a smart trainer, making it fit your drivetrain and choosing between models, from the brands' own pages.
5 guides and tools
ToolPower metersTrainers
FTP and power zone calculator
Your FTP from a 20-minute or ramp test, watts per kilo, and all seven Coggan power zones in watts.
Trainers
Best indoor cycling apps for winter: Zwift and its alternatives compared
Zwift, Rouvy, TrainerRoad, MyWhoosh, Wahoo SYSTM, TrainingPeaks Virtual, Kinomap and FulGaz: prices from each pricing page, trials, devices and who supports Zwift Click shifting.
Trainers
Wahoo KICKR CORE 2 vs Van Rysel D500: both with Zwift Cog and Click
Wahoo KICKR CORE 2 vs Van Rysel D500 with Zwift Cog and Click: brand-listed US prices, power, grade, connectivity and who each fits.
Trainers
Zwift Cog compatible trainers: the full list, with firmware and parts
Which trainers ship Zwift Ready or take the Cog and Click Upgrade Kit, with brand-listed US prices for the Cog SKUs.
Trainers
Smart trainer buying guide: direct drive vs wheel-on
Direct drive or wheel-on, the specs that matter, the extra parts you may need, and current Wahoo, Tacx, Saris and Van Rysel trainers at brand-listed prices.
RoadGravelTrainers
Smart trainer compatibility for 12 and 13-speed drivetrains
Which freehub body your direct-drive trainer needs for SRAM XDR, 13-speed XPLR, Campagnolo 13 and Shimano 12-speed. Wahoo, Tacx, Elite and Zwift, from their own support pages.