Couple of questions, largely unrelated but I only wanted to start one thread. Relevant Devices/Software I am currently using:
First Question(s): I am interested in getting an Ant+ dongle to connect my Ant+ devices to either my iPad or my iPhone (I don't care which). Can someone help me with my best options? I am looking at a wahoo key that would interface with the old iPad input, but I am wondering if there are better options. The Key is sold out at most places.
The reasons I want to connect via ANT+ to the iPhone or iPad are the following:
Is all of this reasonable? If so, can someone recommend an ant+ dongle, for iphone or ipad. Lower the cost the better.
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Second Question: Is there a way to have the Kickr report speed/district to my garmin 500 while using my P1 as the power source?
I think I can connect the Kickr to my 500 as a power meter, BUT I want my P1 as the power source. Why do I care about speed and distance on the trainer? I don't but strava, and subsequently the slowtwitch training log, seems to care. My 500 syncs to training peaks and strava. In training peaks it is no problem, but stava is reading my bike workouts based on moving time. I can spend 90 min on the trainer and strava will record 20-40 seconds total. Ultimately I do not care speed or distance the kicker is reporting, but ideally strava would show my riding for 90 minutes, instead of some useless 20 second ride. Is there anyway around this?
- Kickr V3
- PowerTap P1 Pedals
- iPhone 7 (newer power input, lightening adapter or whatever you call it)
- iPad (older version w/ older power plug)
- Garmin Edge 500
- Garmin Footpod
- Garmin HRM
- TrainerRoad
First Question(s): I am interested in getting an Ant+ dongle to connect my Ant+ devices to either my iPad or my iPhone (I don't care which). Can someone help me with my best options? I am looking at a wahoo key that would interface with the old iPad input, but I am wondering if there are better options. The Key is sold out at most places.
The reasons I want to connect via ANT+ to the iPhone or iPad are the following:
- TrainerRoad (TR) only reads left power from PowerTap P1 via Bluetooth. My understanding is that with Ant+ it will read Total Power. Can anyone verify this? Why does this matter to me? When TR controls my kickr for a 300 watt interval, my garmin can read 10-15 watts higher if my L/R balance is 48/52. It is not a ton, but I would like my Kickr to be controlled via TR based off my total power.
- Heart Rate in TR is a bonus
- I want to try Zwift but I am not willing to give up on TR. Ideally I would have zwift on one device just reading power with TR on another device controlling the kickr using powermatch with my P1. With Bluetooth I cannot do this because the P1 can only connect to one device at a time. If one device connects via ANT+ I think this would work
- I am interested in trying Zwift for running as well, so ideally I can connect my ANT+ Garmin Footpod
Is all of this reasonable? If so, can someone recommend an ant+ dongle, for iphone or ipad. Lower the cost the better.
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Second Question: Is there a way to have the Kickr report speed/district to my garmin 500 while using my P1 as the power source?
I think I can connect the Kickr to my 500 as a power meter, BUT I want my P1 as the power source. Why do I care about speed and distance on the trainer? I don't but strava, and subsequently the slowtwitch training log, seems to care. My 500 syncs to training peaks and strava. In training peaks it is no problem, but stava is reading my bike workouts based on moving time. I can spend 90 min on the trainer and strava will record 20-40 seconds total. Ultimately I do not care speed or distance the kicker is reporting, but ideally strava would show my riding for 90 minutes, instead of some useless 20 second ride. Is there anyway around this?