Hey all, been working with Wahoo support on some power issues, and they’ve been great so far.
I’m just trying to setup a new unit, and out of the box I tried doing a spindown calibration with my ipad.
It does the spindown fine, but reporting an offset of over 1300. I’ve done it three times, same result. Is this OK, or does it automatically mean an issue? I’ve read some places about some sort of slope adjustment that may be needed?
I did email support this morning, but don’t really expect to hear back until Monday, so thought I’d ask here.
Thanks!
Mine has been in the range of 1273 - 1276 for the past year. The Kickr power has matched very closely to SRM and Quarq power meters. For me, this range seems fine.
Over the last year I’m consistently at 550-560 range. Hoping mine isn’t off. I have a powertap so I can’t measure it directly while riding.
My last one was around 400 as well, but i didn’t have a PM To compare it to. It seems like most people report a number close to 400. That said, I don’t even know exactly what the number means!
had at one point 16 kickrs and none of them were higher than 600. not saying yours is bad, just giving a perspective.
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Hi
mine is around 780 +/- 3
My kickr reads 20 watts over my stages pm, and was about the same as my old quarq.
As far as I can remember, 656 +/- 2 displayed on PerfPRO, riding almost every day for about a year. I think an offset is specific to a particular unit so as long as it does not change too much day to day and you consistently get acceptable power output values, I would not be concerned. That being said, please let’s know what they say 
Thanks, will do. I’m hoping to do a 1 hour workout late tonight on a Trainerroad course I’ve done many times. Will try to see if it feels different…
Thanks, will do. I’m hoping to do a 1 hour workout late tonight on a Trainerroad course I’ve done many times. Will try to see if it feels different…
Set my kickr up this evening and just rode for the first time. Two spin downs, one 408 and the other 410. Same thing, did a ride I have done a few times before and it felt easier than in the past. Absolutely love the kickr! So smooth and can’t believe I didn’t get ERG sooner.
Just to follow up…
I tried doing an actual erg workout with it today. Did the spindown after a warmup, still calibrated at over 1300.
I also have a P2M powermeter crank on my bike I used today. So before I actually started the workout, and just pedaled, the kickr seemed to be reporting accurate power numbers, or at least within 4-5% of the P2M. BUT, when I started the erg workout, the kickr, while reporting smoothly, suddenly felt much easier than it should have. So during the warmup on a trainerroad course I’ve done every week for a year, it felt way easier than it has in the past. It was showing a target, and actual wattage of about 150 watts being reported by kickr, but sure enough, my P2M was only reading about 120 watts, which is what it felt more like.
So I’m not sure if the 1300+ offset is causing the kickr to underpower during erg workouts?
Hopefully I’ll hear from the Wahoo guys on Monday.
Only had my Kickr 2 weeks but from the start the power was way higher than my stages often 60W+ so I raised a support case with Wahoo this inturn resulted in them arranging a calibration kit to be sent out, after trying to calibrate (which failed with error 202) i’ve been told that means my strain gauge has failed now I’m waiting on a replacement. I was getting an offset of 1970 and the temperature was always reported way too high. The support process has been pretty good however the time it takes the guys to reply is way too long sometimes 24 -48 hrs.
I’m wondering if mine needs attention based on your experience. Mine is reading an offset of 1900-2000 from Spindown after 40 minute ride. I don’t recall temperature. Maybe 26 degrees C which doesn’t seem unreasonable. I don’t have much to compare it with except for virtual power from Cycleops Fluid for resistance. Thoughts on whether I should submit a request for calibration kit?
I get around 515 +/- 2 every time.
I’m usually in the low 400’s
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Had mine since Dec 2013. 90% of the time I am 430. The other 10% is 432. Mine reads about 5-10W high versus my Quarq. Just figure out the gap and up your FTP by the average delta and it’s close enough. Never done a firmware update.
I had an offset of 1129. After I got a power tap I realized my kickr might not be calibrated properly. Ordered calibration kit from Wahoo and my kickr now reads 453 for offset. Have not yet done a workout to see if my perception of a given wattage feels more similer to riding outdoors with power tap .
Does the KICKR has a calibration range that is assumed to be normal vs. not? My spin down always yields 985-987.
And my P2M always reads a few watts higher than the KICKR (typically 4-5w).
my offset was 1130 and I was told that was within normal
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Includes separate crank/pedal power meters and calibration tools, too?
Good one
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