Hey all.. Haven't heard back from Support at TR yet so figured I'd try here.

Question on Un-Assigning a Ride. When I go to Career and find the ride that I want to UnAssign (So I can assign it to the correct plan) I don't see an option to "RESET Ride", as TR's FAQ says to do. I do see RE-SYNC. Is that the same?

Hey Triguy,

The Kickr certainly outputs smoother power than a direct power meter for a few reasons.

1. The Kickr measures the power multiple steps away from your legs. Rather than measuring at the crank, the power travels through the chain, into the cassette, which turns the freewheel, where the power is measured. All of these steps serve to smooth out your power to a certain degree.
2. The other thing that effects how smooth the power is is the freewheel in the Kickr. The Kickr freewheel is unique in that it has a mechanism that makes the freewheel spin faster than your cassette is spinning, sort of like a gearbox. This creates more inertia than other trainers, and thus, results in smoother power.

If you have both the P1s and the Kickr, I would be really interested to hear if you measure different wattages in ERG mode vs Standard mode. To test, you can pair the P1s to a head unit and the Kickr to TrainerRoad and see if, over the course of a minute or two constant interval, the average power differences between the two differ based on the resistance mode.

I would love to hear what you find!

John Salt wrote:

Hey Bryce, Thanks for getting back to me!

I am trying to determine if you can have two accounts operating off the same PC or will we need a PC per account in order to ride together?

So the quarq was paired to a head unit reading 15 watts below the kickr in erg. While doing the TR workout, I did a z3 internal at around 260 watts in the kickr in erg. The quarq read 245ish the whole time.

I am asking about the differences between a TACX Vortex wheel on trainer and a ELITE Direto which is a wheel off unit. I just upgraded to the Direto from the Vortex and am currently 50% completed Sweet Spot Base Low volume. It seems that the "lower quality" Vortex holds the prescribed power levels better than the Direto. The power "trace" from the Vortex is right on the requests from the Trainerroad program while Direto are showing spikes and much greater variability as I complete the interval.

Is the Direto just showing how imperfect I am at pedaling at a constant wattage and shows this?

I have gone through the Elite calibration process and the calibration process in Trainerroad as well.

The Direto seems to be always hunting to find the interval wattage requirement being 10 watts up or down. At the end of the interval the power numbers are close to what was required for the interval

damon.lebeouf wrote:

hi!

been using TR and loving it. great product and service.

simple question that may have already been answered... how is the mileage and calories burnt (that’s dumped to my garmin account) calculated? are those pretty close to being accurate?

i’m just using data from TR for my saved workouts in garmin and not running my watch or bike computer to capture the data.

thanks in advance.

In TrainerRoad, the mileage is simply how many times your wheel rotates times the circumference of the wheel. It looks like you use a simple speed cadence sensor to gather this data, so the accuracy will depend on how closely your trainer replicates outdoor resistance with its resistance unit. If it is a fluid trainer, then the mileage will more closely replicate reality compared to a Mag trainer.

Your calories burned are based on your power output, and since you are using a Power Meter for your workouts, this value is very accurate. To learn more about how we calculate calories burned from your power output, check out this article:
https://support.trainerroad.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005942826-Calories-and-Power


I hope that clears things up!

hi!

been using TR and loving it. great product and service.

simple question that may have already been answered... how is the mileage and calories burnt (that’s dumped to my garmin account) calculated? are those pretty close to being accurate?

i’m just using data from TR for my saved workouts in garmin and not running my watch or bike computer to capture the data.

thanks in advance.

Hey Bryce/TR support team - I have dual sided power meter that can transmit in dual channel via bluetooth, can trainer road accept the individual inputs and combine them or does it need to be a single channel (ie one of my sensors collects data for both and combines them).

If I can do both, do I just make sure both of the power meter sides are paired via bluetooth to the TR software?

Thanks!

Hi Bryce,

I'm at the end of Mid Vol Oly Tri build and just got my first tri bike this week and finished up a bike fit. As expected (I guess), my power is nowhere near where it is in the road position - probably around 15% off. After having never failed to finish a workout on TR i've failed three in a row on the tri bike - admittedly these were relatively tough workouts (Phoenix +2). Given i'm about to reassess for the specialty phase (via the ramp test)- should I do the specialty block on my tri bike or road bike?

I think Chad said something on an old podcast about sticking with roadbike to maximise FTP gains and gradually adjust your aero position to minimise the loss when changing positions. However, on a recent podcast they spoke about leaving the TT bikes on the trainer for all workouts (while they are training for the TT) and numerous other places seem to suggest doing all my workouts on the trainer on a tri bike. Thoughts? I can ride as much as I like really - indoor or outdoor...

Anyone else who has experience, i'd love to hear what you tried!