Kurt kinetic power curve vs your power meter

kblahetka · April 23, 2015, 5:37pm

I have a 10 year old road machine and I noticed on the power curve chart that my power meter displays more watts (50 ish at any given speed) than the power curve would suggest. Anyone else notice this?

BxHBxH · April 23, 2015, 5:39pm

The curve needs an offset based on the number of turns on the resistance knob pushing the resistance unit against your tire. 1/2 a turn more, or 1/2 a turn less and you should see big shifts in the alignment of the curve.

kblahetka · April 23, 2015, 5:45pm

Thanks, that makes sense.

jaretj · April 23, 2015, 5:53pm

Really close to my PM with 4.5 turns

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dmacandcheese · April 23, 2015, 5:53pm

I read before that in order to line up with the published curve, a coast down check with the unit at room temp should take about ~11.8 sec and after a warm-up period it’ll be ~2 sec longer. Right or not that’s how I set my KK up with 110PSI in the conti trainer tire.