Originally Posted by
cthenn
I still don't understand what it means "7% max incline". Trainers are all based on resistance, so once you "break through" the resistance, at any incline, you've maxed it out. You could be on a 3% grade and if you can push big watts you are gonna break through the max resistance. Likewise, if you are on a 10% grade, and are weak, you aren't going to break through the max resistance. Or am I totally misunderstanding how this works?
I think as a smart trainer, the emulation of an incline is based on your weight to some degree. So, someone who weighs 40kg going up a Zwift hill, will get less resistance from the trainer than someone on the same virtual hill who has indicated they're 100kg. So the 100kg rider who goes up a virtual 7% hill on this trainer, will find it somewhat easier to do (at eg. a given speed) than it would be in reality.