Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator Reviews

Review score: 8.9/10 – Updated September, 2024

Latest Price: £449.99 (RRP: £449.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator worthy of a review score of 8.9 out of 10.

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• Features
• Quality
• Price
• Reviews
• Brand – Wahoo
• Videos
• Summary
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View reviews at Chain Reaction Cycles

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Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator features

Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Turbo Trainers. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Turbo Trainers. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Turbo Trainers. Brands like Wahoo are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Turbo Trainers category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.

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Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Turbo Trainers.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £449.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.3 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Turbo Trainers

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Turbo Trainers.

We found 109 in the Turbo Trainers category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £241.36, making it above average at £449.99.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Turbo Trainers. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £2999.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £3.99.

With 109 products available we worked out that 16 cost more than Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator and 92 were cheaper.

Cost of Wahoo products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 20 products from Wahoo, of which 11 were in the Turbo Trainers category.

For now though we’re looking at Wahoo branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £349.74 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Wahoo product we found was £11.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £2999.00.

Of the 20 from Wahoo, 3 were more expensive than Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator and 16 were cheaper.

How much are Wahoo Turbo Trainers?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Wahoo products that are listed in the Turbo Trainers category.

The average price of the 11 products that match this search was £560.72, with the cheapest coming in at £24.99 and highest price was £2999.00. With the average being £560.72, Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator comes in below average.

3 products that meet this search were more expensive than Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator and 7 were cheaper.

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Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.3 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Turbo Trainers category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.1 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator or another similar product, like Wahoo KICKR Campagnolo Freehub reviews or Wahoo KICKR Headwind Smart Fan reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Turbo Trainers.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Turbo Trainers. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Wahoo, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.9/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010856215
• Product ID 2: 620270UK
• Brand: Wahoo
• Model number: WFBKTR5
• RRP: £449.99
• EAN: 853988006416
• Description: Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator Bring those sprawling trails and hills indoors with the Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator. Off-track training has never felt more real than with this innovative and ultra-realistic aid for working every muscle in the right way when preparing for those real-life gradual climbs and short-speed switchback sprints. Immersive and True Indoor Trainer The Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator has been designed and built to ensure that you get the absolute most from your indoor training by getting you out of your saddle and working you hard and focussed with its immersive and realistic incline and decline simulation. Compatible with Wahoo KICKR and KICKRSNAP Smart Trainers, the KICKR CLIMB lets you mount your front fork to the simulator, which increases and decreases the grade of your ride, for a proper true-to-life workout. The unlocked climbing mode allows the CLIMB to react to changes in grade from training apps such as Zwift or TrainerRoad or from your own ELEMNT or ELEMNT BOLT GPS computer, while the locked mode will only take directions from the remote. Most trainers and simulators will get your heart racing and a decent sweat on, but with the KICKR CLIMB you will be able to train for those high peaks at home, so you can absolutely smash them when you get back outdoors. Giving real-time grade changes of up to 20% increase and -10% decrease, the intensity of your ride can be adjusted with the click of a handlebar mounted remote control. Easy to connect with your Wahoo trainer via Bluetooth and compatible with third party apps for top-class visuals to make your ride even more realistic, the Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator is the ultimate when it comes to virtual training for real-life gains. Features: Maximum Grades: Incline – 20%; Decline – -10% Compatibility: New Wahoo KICKR (2017 Edition) and New KICKR SNAP (2017 Edition) Size: 25.75″ x 5.1″ x 7″ Supported Hubs: QR, 12×100, 15×100, 15×110 Wireless Software Update: Yes Third Party App Compatible: Yes, when paired to a KICKR or KICKR SNAP In The Box KICKR CLIMB unit, Power adapter and adapters for quick release, 12×100, 15×100, and 15×110 Hubs Buy Wahoo Accessories from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Nutrition & Training > Turbo Trainers
• Unisex
• 0
• Adult

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Other options for Turbo Trainers

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Turbo Trainers. 109 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Wahoo KICKR CLIMB Grade Simulator included,
Wahoo KICKR Core Smart Turbo Trainer reviews, Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer reviews, or we really liked the look of Wahoo KICKR Bike Smart Trainer reviews as another alternative.