Wahoo has a gear display graphic available for bikes with electronic shifting.
I find it is useful but something that I don’t want on my display all of the time. I submitted a feature request to Wahoo that they display the graphic temporarily (5 secs?) after every shift to give you feedback on what gear you are in.
If you are a Wahoo user and think this would be useful, I encourage you to also contact Wahoo so that they might be compelled to implement this feature. Thanks.
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I guess it wouldn’t hurt to have the option. But isn’t the whole point of having the graphic so you can see what gear you are in before you change?
I often glance at my screen when I am powering along to check my cadence against what gear I am in. It would be pointless (for me) if it were not visible all the time. 
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I put this as the bottom field on display page and use the zoom function to hide/unhide it.
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I still use one of these Di2 display things, which is configured to flash up the display for ~5 secs or so on a gear change event (or can be configured to display constantly). So your request is to mimic that behaviour, which seems reasonable.
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Back in the day, I had a Shimano Flight Deck, which also had a gear display, which is where my dependency on this stuff began 
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After using both of these for YEARS & YEARS, my view is that a numeric display (as on the Di2 jobby above) is a lot more useful than an analogue position indicator:
- Your brain processes the number instantly vs you trying to process how far along a scale an analogue position indicator is.
- A numeric display takes up less space (or if assigned the same space, is much easier to comprehend since the number occupies the entire space) vs. an analogue indicator where most of the space is wasted displaying the scale.
So, my suggestion would be for Wahoo to update its analogue display to a numeric display, either a 2 number combo, eg. 2-11, 1-5 or whatever, or ditch the chainring indicator and just display the rear gear number, since in my experience you rarely lose track of which chainring you’re in, and can always glance down*.
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* can always look at the rear cog too, of course, but that involves taking your eyes away from the road ahead for longer…
obvs, well BEYOND 1st world problems here 
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This is already a thing. Under “Gear Selection” there are two options:
- Current Gear (visual)
- Current Gear
The first is the graphical bubble and the latter is just the numeric (2-6, for example).
I have this as the last field on my climbing page. Gives me hope when I’m struggling but see I have more gears (and sad when I’m out and still struggling).
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Thanks! Not looked too closely as I have the display mentioned above, but that’s good to know for the next bike.
For a 1x drivetrain I’ve never understood the need to know what gear I’m in. Just whatever cadence is my preference at the moment. The only time I notice what gear I’m in is when I’m going up a punchy climb and I have no more gears 
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I run 1x’s on all my rigs and its nice. especially mtb or gravel knowing when you may need some RD tension for a dh to avoid droppage or if you bent you hanger and need to stay out of your large ring to avoid dropping into the spokes its key.
If you’re dropping into the spokes, your high limit screw is not set properly. If you hanger is bent, straighten it. If you’re dropping a chain on a 1x the chain is either too long, b limit is off or your drivetrain is worn. You shouldn’t be dropping a chain on a 1x. Before you descend you should always go into a harder gear in case you need to pedal and to keep tension on the chain. None of this requires knowing what gear you’re in.
If you are racing, when do you have time to bend a hanger back (not to mention its risky), if its running, go and worry about it at the finish. Yea, 1x systems “shouldn’t” drop but they do now and then and if you are coming into some rowdy terrain its good to play it safe and bump it up a couple of cogs. Thanks for telling us about the limits screws, i think we all had no idea.
You also don’t really need gears. Single speed eliminates chain drops, and makes the entire drivetrain as efficient as it could be.
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YOU don’t need gears, but I certainly do!!! I’m always so impressed when I come across single speeder. I’m struggling enough and often looking for the 13th gear that isn’t there.
Haha, I ride a lot of single speed in the city (also up quite some hills) without a problem, just ride slow. I‘m the same guy looking for the 13th gear on my road bike. 
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