So new to this sport completely, and just bought and started using a bike trainer (Elite Direto). The app that came with it allows me to control it either by power or by resistance level. Resistance level makes sense as that is how like spin bikes I have used work. With the power method it appears that I set it at a certain watts, and it adjusts resistance so that no matter how fast/hard I am pedaling I get the same power output. Is that how it is working?
So for this week, my training plan has my bike ride at 2 different zones of power. XXX watts for warmup/cooldown, and YYY watts for the main event. Do I use the power control method and just set the power I want and pedal at the same cadence throughout or do I try to play with the resistance settings and change cadence to get the same power?
So for this week, my training plan has my bike ride at 2 different zones of power. XXX watts for warmup/cooldown, and YYY watts for the main event. Do I use the power control method and just set the power I want and pedal at the same cadence throughout or do I try to play with the resistance settings and change cadence to get the same power?