Big wahoo kickr fan and love it even more when combined with trainer road. My wife and I have been riding the kickr with training road for a few months now. Each of us has performed tons of ERG mode workouts, and a FTP test each, which switches between ERG and standard / level resistance mode.
Last week when re-testing my FTP through training road, when the kickr switched to standard mode level 3 of 9, the resistance was so incredible, that i could hardly keep 70 cadence (my comfortable cadence is about 95) and that 70 cadence was producing 350+ watts. I couldn't hold the resistance for more than 20 seconds at a time. Keep in mind, neither my wife nor I had this issue the first time we both tested our FTP. I was maintaining 95 cadence throughout the entire test. This time, when the test had the kickr go from ERG to standard / level, the resistance was so great I couldn't maintain 70 cadence for more than 20 seconds.
I stopped the workout and conducted the following tests:
1. I switched back to ERG mode and did a ERG mode workout. Varying watts from 150 - 250 were all accomplished with ease and a cadence of 95. Switched back to standard level 3 and I couldn't hold 70 cadence for more than 20 seconds.
2. I tried standard / level resistance 0 of 9, and again, by the time I got to 70 cadence, my watts were 300 and I couldn't maintain for more than 20 seconds. Resistance level 0 of 9.
3. I disconnected and reconnected all devices through their pairings, still the same thing (70 cadence could only be held for seconds).
4. Unplugged all power, let sit for a few minutes, plugged back in, same problem (70 cadence could only be held for seconds).
5. Attempted to run trainer road software from wife's laptop, same problem.
6. Attempted to run level resistance from wahoo utility on my cell phone, same problem.
7. Attempted to run level resistance from wahoo utility on my wife's cell phone, same problem.
8. Took the "top-cap" off and cleaned the optical sensor.
I called Wahoo tech support and after a few phone conversations, they kept pointing me to the wahoo resistance tables that show the correlations between mph and resistance when using standard / level resistance. I explained to them that I understood the correlations, but that 1) my kickr was not applying this much resistance in standard / level mode a few weeks earlier, and that 2) Even at standard / level resistance level 0 of 9, the resistance was so great by cadence 70 that I couldn't keep pedaling. They asked me to make a video showing what was was going on. I made the video showing switching between ERG and Standard / level resistance modes and you could hear my kickr go from smooth pedaling in ERG mode to a massive slow down and halt when switched to resistance level 0 of 9. Yes, I did many tests starting from a dead stop, spinning up to 70 cadence, and again, getting shut down by resistance every time after just seconds.
Wahoo received the video and said that its working as its supposed to and again directed me to the standard / level resistance correlation tables. I again explained to them that 1) it was not working this way just weeks ago when I successfully took a FTP test (I cannot take my FTP test right now because I cannot fight through the resistance levels for the test) and 2) even from a dead stop at resistance level 0 of 9, my resistance is so great by 70 cadence that I cannot continue. I hope to hear back from them again tomorrow (Monday).
Training road software is up to date. Kickr has latest firmware.
I saw some resistance spiking threads here on ST, but can't find my specific issue on ST or Google. My issue is that its almost like my resistance levels (0 through 9) are all a few points higher than they should be ie) my 0 is like a 5, my 1 is like a 6, my 2 is like a 7, etc. It was not this way just a few weeks ago.
Citizens of ST, what do you think?
Edit: If it helps, my FTP at the time of my first test a month or so ago was 233.
Last week when re-testing my FTP through training road, when the kickr switched to standard mode level 3 of 9, the resistance was so incredible, that i could hardly keep 70 cadence (my comfortable cadence is about 95) and that 70 cadence was producing 350+ watts. I couldn't hold the resistance for more than 20 seconds at a time. Keep in mind, neither my wife nor I had this issue the first time we both tested our FTP. I was maintaining 95 cadence throughout the entire test. This time, when the test had the kickr go from ERG to standard / level, the resistance was so great I couldn't maintain 70 cadence for more than 20 seconds.
I stopped the workout and conducted the following tests:
1. I switched back to ERG mode and did a ERG mode workout. Varying watts from 150 - 250 were all accomplished with ease and a cadence of 95. Switched back to standard level 3 and I couldn't hold 70 cadence for more than 20 seconds.
2. I tried standard / level resistance 0 of 9, and again, by the time I got to 70 cadence, my watts were 300 and I couldn't maintain for more than 20 seconds. Resistance level 0 of 9.
3. I disconnected and reconnected all devices through their pairings, still the same thing (70 cadence could only be held for seconds).
4. Unplugged all power, let sit for a few minutes, plugged back in, same problem (70 cadence could only be held for seconds).
5. Attempted to run trainer road software from wife's laptop, same problem.
6. Attempted to run level resistance from wahoo utility on my cell phone, same problem.
7. Attempted to run level resistance from wahoo utility on my wife's cell phone, same problem.
8. Took the "top-cap" off and cleaned the optical sensor.
I called Wahoo tech support and after a few phone conversations, they kept pointing me to the wahoo resistance tables that show the correlations between mph and resistance when using standard / level resistance. I explained to them that I understood the correlations, but that 1) my kickr was not applying this much resistance in standard / level mode a few weeks earlier, and that 2) Even at standard / level resistance level 0 of 9, the resistance was so great by cadence 70 that I couldn't keep pedaling. They asked me to make a video showing what was was going on. I made the video showing switching between ERG and Standard / level resistance modes and you could hear my kickr go from smooth pedaling in ERG mode to a massive slow down and halt when switched to resistance level 0 of 9. Yes, I did many tests starting from a dead stop, spinning up to 70 cadence, and again, getting shut down by resistance every time after just seconds.
Wahoo received the video and said that its working as its supposed to and again directed me to the standard / level resistance correlation tables. I again explained to them that 1) it was not working this way just weeks ago when I successfully took a FTP test (I cannot take my FTP test right now because I cannot fight through the resistance levels for the test) and 2) even from a dead stop at resistance level 0 of 9, my resistance is so great by 70 cadence that I cannot continue. I hope to hear back from them again tomorrow (Monday).
Training road software is up to date. Kickr has latest firmware.
I saw some resistance spiking threads here on ST, but can't find my specific issue on ST or Google. My issue is that its almost like my resistance levels (0 through 9) are all a few points higher than they should be ie) my 0 is like a 5, my 1 is like a 6, my 2 is like a 7, etc. It was not this way just a few weeks ago.
Citizens of ST, what do you think?
Edit: If it helps, my FTP at the time of my first test a month or so ago was 233.