The past 2 weeks, I have failed to complete an FTP test at least 4 times. My Kickr would not lock onto the warmup slope of the Trainer Road 20 minute FTP test. The Quarq Elsa controls the Kickr. I recently bought the Wahoo Kickr desk and love it. The Kickr would make the power spike really high. A 130Wish warmup would become 280W. I made it to the 5 minute all out part and the Quarq would drop signal repeatedly. Sometimes it would be dropped for 20 seconds or more.

I spoke to James Haycraft who said he had similar issues once. The problem was the Quarq and Kickr were too far away from the ANT+ stick and signal drops were basically confusing the Kickr. He mentioned getting a USB extension cable. I went to Best Buy and got this one http://www.bestbuy.com/...62&skuId=5887016

Today's FTP test went perfectly. The Kickr was responding to the slope changes of the workout. There were zero dropouts. I laid the USB Ant+ stick right underneath the bike by the Kickr and had zero issues.

If you have having issues like this, please check the signal strength in the Trainer Road devices tab. If it says poor, you are too far away.

I checked the firmware on the Quarq and the Kickr, calibrated both, changed the battery in the Quarq, and the entire time my laptop was too far away.

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