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Bike Sim setup

Set up your gears.
Then ride.

Bike Sim shifts virtually: your chain stays on one real gear while the app simulates a complete road bike drivetrain.

How do you want to ride?

  1. 1Real gear
  2. 2Virtual gears
  3. 3About you
1

Your real gear on the trainer

Which chainring and which cog is your chain actually on?

Shown: direct-drive trainer, rear wheel removed.
teeth
teeth
Zwift support: Cog comparison ↗

Where to look

  • 1
  • 2
  • ?
  • ✓
2

The virtual gears you want to shift

Choose the drivetrain Bike Sim simulates.

Shift mode

Gear–
Ratio
m / turn
km/h at 90 rpm

All gears from easiest to hardest. The dashed line is your real gear.

3

About you

Weight sets your speed on climbs, FTP the targets in workouts.

You can change everything later under ⚙ Settings in Bike Sim.