So I’ve got my son using his 24" road bike on a kinetic road machine and I’ve been able to get enough tension to get it working but today I can’t seem to get enough drum contact even when tightening the knob all the way. The specs indicate that it does support 24" wheels, but maybe tire size comes into play, his has small road slicks on it and maybe there’s just enough wear that it’s not making as good of contact. Anyhow, figured I’d ask here to see if there are any suggestions, I’ve got an elite trainer that would work (a qubo fluid type, using bodyweight) so I can switch him to that if necessary.
I think it applies to 20” and below but the kinetic supports 24 and up (at least on paper)
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his is 24x1 (I got him a felt f24 road bike, wish I had one when I was 9 lol) , so the height must just be just a tad off to make it work on the kinetic. As far as I can see kurt kinetic doesn’t make any distinctions, but it’s a small enough audience, I suppose
I ended up putting him on the elite fluid primo, and using the virtual power with that vs the inride. Zwift also doesn’t support 24x1 for their virtual power, so I went with 24x1.75. His average power is better with the elite, he averaged 49w for 60min today, vs the 25-35w range with the kinetic. Not that power matters for a 9 year old, it’s more about his having a better experience when his avatar moves more like everyone else’s.
I have the Kinect Road Warrior , my son uses it and has 24" tires.
When he’s on it, we can’t calibrate it to hit 25 MPH, anyone able to adjust it so that it “senses” his 24" tire?