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Like I hoped, after a few months of hunting, I was finally able to find a really good deal on a road bike, in the winter. With With the money saved, I was also able to buy a smart trainer to use with Zwift. I

I need a spare cassette for the trainer. My My current setup that came with the bike is 105 CS-R7000, 11-30T I'm I'm thinking of getting a second casettecassette with a different range - I can see that they generally all start at 11 teeth and can even go up to 34T, but actually I'm thingkingthinking of getting 11-28 instead as where I live is pretty flat and i don't expect to use the 30T at all... Should

Should I get a different size casettecassette? Which one should I use on the trainer (given that Zwift has alpe d'huezAlpe d'Huez etc) and which one should I keep for my road use? Is there any point in getting Ultegra (my bike is 105) and I clearly don't care for the weight on the trainer, butI'vebut I've heard reports that Ultegra is more durable?

Like I hoped, after a few months of hunting, I was finally able to find a really good deal on a road bike, in the winter. With the money saved, I was also able to buy a smart trainer to use with Zwift. I need a spare cassette for the trainer. My current setup that came with the bike is 105 CS-R7000, 11-30T I'm thinking of getting a second casette with a different range - I can see that they generally all start at 11 teeth and can even go up to 34T, but actually I'm thingking of getting 11-28 instead as where I live is pretty flat and i don't expect to use the 30T at all... Should I get a different size casette? Which one should I use on the trainer (given that Zwift has alpe d'huez etc) and which one should I keep for my road use? Is there any point in getting Ultegra (my bike is 105) and I clearly don't care for the weight on the trainer, butI've heard reports that Ultegra is more durable?

Like I hoped, after a few months of hunting, I was finally able to find a really good deal on a road bike, in the winter. With the money saved, I was also able to buy a smart trainer to use with Zwift.

I need a spare cassette for the trainer. My current setup that came with the bike is 105 CS-R7000, 11-30T I'm thinking of getting a second cassette with a different range - I can see that they generally all start at 11 teeth and can even go up to 34T, but actually I'm thinking of getting 11-28 instead as where I live is pretty flat and i don't expect to use the 30T at all.

Should I get a different size cassette? Which one should I use on the trainer (given that Zwift has Alpe d'Huez etc) and which one should I keep for my road use? Is there any point in getting Ultegra (my bike is 105) and I clearly don't care for the weight on the trainer, but I've heard reports that Ultegra is more durable?

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Different size cassette for the trainer?

Like I hoped, after a few months of hunting, I was finally able to find a really good deal on a road bike, in the winter. With the money saved, I was also able to buy a smart trainer to use with Zwift. I need a spare cassette for the trainer. My current setup that came with the bike is 105 CS-R7000, 11-30T I'm thinking of getting a second casette with a different range - I can see that they generally all start at 11 teeth and can even go up to 34T, but actually I'm thingking of getting 11-28 instead as where I live is pretty flat and i don't expect to use the 30T at all... Should I get a different size casette? Which one should I use on the trainer (given that Zwift has alpe d'huez etc) and which one should I keep for my road use? Is there any point in getting Ultegra (my bike is 105) and I clearly don't care for the weight on the trainer, butI've heard reports that Ultegra is more durable?