Local bike shop is closing and they have a Elite Direto discounted under $600. I had my heart set on either the Kickr Core or H2( if I can find it on sale). After some research the Direto seems like a nice trainer except I keep finding the one complaint about latency. Is it that much worse than say …

I cannot speak to a comparison but I use the Direto and so far I’m quite happy with it. I was having issues with the Direto cadence (only in granny gear) though. I resolved it with a Wahoo RPM sensor ($35) as well as a 6’ male to female USB cord ($5) for my ANT dongle ($12). For less than $600 I per…

Go for it. $600 for the Direto is a great deal. I’ve been very happy with mine. No problems with it.

600 for the Dorito is a good deal

I’d be using my Pioneer PM for cadence. This is so tempting

I bought one this time last year. No regrets here.

[image] Tezz: I keep finding the one complaint about latency Here’s a screenshot of 1x1 intervals. I have no problems with latency on the Direto. [image]

That sounds like an awesome deal. I had been researching them all week and was about to pull the trigger on the 20% Black Friday Clever Training deal had Wahoo not offered the Kickr 2017 for $799… go for it!!

Don’t compromise. Here’s what you do: buy six of the Elite Diretos. Sell them on ebay for $700. Use the profit towards a new Kickr Core.

I should also say that I have the Direto and it’s just fine for TR except that TR does not support ANT+ calibration of that trainer. This is only an inconvenience since TR DOES support bluetooth calibration…and in any event you can always use Elite’s own software to calibrate the trainer. Now, if …

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Elite Direto if the price is right would you consider?

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GravelNut November 25, 2018, 4:16pm 4

Here is the link to to the post discussing the issues I was having.

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