The Wahoo Kickr Bike is designed to give unprecedented indoor realism, and we reckon it’s one of the best indoor smart bikes on the market.
It’s also our expert testers’ recommendation as the best smart bike for climbing realism, and has easily climbed its way into our Editors’ Choice Awards as one of the very rare products to have scored a flawless review from our tech team experts.
The latest version is the Kickr Bike Pro, but that comes with a whopping price tag of £3,499.99, making it a particularly hefty investment.
Saying that, its sibling, the entry-level Kickr Bike Shift, has many similar features, and although it lacks the real-time physical tilt that matches the virtual roads on Zwift, the majority of features, including accuracy and power output, are almost identical to the flagship model.
Right now you can grab the Wahoo Kickr Bike Shift discounted to just £1,599 at Balfe’s Bikes, and that’s a huge 27% off the usual RRP of £2,199.
You can also save an additional £10 when you spend £200 or more and use the code BALFES10 at checkout.
For US shoppers, I’ve been unable to find any significant discounts on the Wahoo Kickr Bike Shift, but the flagship Kickr Bike Pro is reduced by $800, to $3,199.99, which is 20% off the usual $3,999.99.
One of the key features that differs from the Shift and Pro is the unmatched ride feel of the built-in grade simulation and physical tilt. Wahoo claims it’s as close to outdoor riding as you can get and delivers the sensation and body position of riding outdoors, with an uphill gradient simulation of +20% and also a downhill simulation of -15% to maintain speed on virtual descents.
Max Power output on the Pro is 2,500 Watts, and 2,200 Watts on the Shift, with the same accuracy claims of +/- 1%. The Pro also has an LED Gear Display Screen built in on the top tube.
If the Wahoo Kickr Bike isn’t on your shopping list, the Wahoo Sale has plenty of other options, including the Wahoo Kickr Core 2, our choice as the best smart indoor trainer.
The Core 2 in either the Zwift Cog and Click or cassette option is down to just $399/£399, and that matches the best ever pricing on this brilliant indoor trainer.
Other Wahoo tech, including the range of Elemnt bike computers, has various reductions too, so well worth a look.
Below are the best prices on the Wahoo Kickr Bike range from other retailers, with prices relevant to your location and currency.
