Acceptable watts fluctuation for erg mode?

I’ve had that happen both inside and outside. Here are some poorly controlled 1-min jobbers done outside last week:

Now that is some oscillation! #strugcity that day :exploding_head:

However it doesn’t usually happen when:

  • I’m actively working to pedal smoothly and in circles (vs ‘kicking’ over the top)
  • I don’t over-power the start of interval

Some examples of good intervals both inside and outside:

Kickr 2017 (wheel off) on Bashful -3 using PowerMatch with Stages crank power meter:

That was in Erg mode and big chainring which shows more realistic power deviations, as compared to outside.

Closeup of the first one (in 2nd set) with some statistical data:

Now I’m going to compare that inside 1-min interval to a similar interval done outside:

Absolutely no concerns on either inside or outside.