First Ramp Test Questions (extremely high cadence as if nothing is telling the trainer to add resistance)

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Tried my first ramp test today and didn’t make it past 225 watts as the cadence was out of this world the whole time… 120+ just to hit the power #'s. This is on a Wahoo Kicker with newest firmware. Also no other devices or apps were connected to the trainer the the time. When I go in to the wahoo utils and set watts there there is decent resistance throughout the ranges from 100-600+ as well as when I connect using other training software. All that said question one is, is this normal for the ramp test ? question 2 anything I can do so the ramp test isn’t a Cadence test ?? Thanks for any info!

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Something sounds odd here. TR should give you the same automatic resistance feeling as other software at any cadence. Have you tried to calibrate the kickr within TR? Have you got there Kickr set in Erg mode or resistance mode in TR? Erg mode should auto adjust power for you.

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yes it was calibrated in TR right before the ramp test. Also I am using Erg mode as that is what I had heard would be best ?

I’m going to start another test tomorrow as I’ll know within a few minutes if it does the same thing again or not!

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I would contact support@trainerroad.com and see if they can diagnose the issue fro the logs on their side.

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i’ll try one more time just in case it was a fluke so I don’t waste their time having to dig through logs

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I wonder if this ever got resolved? I have just had the exact same issue using TACX flux 2 trainer. My cadence was like 110+ to hit the power targets for FTP test and I feel like I could have done much better with a more normal cadence.

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  • Have you contacted support@trainerroad.com for help with this?

  • Outside of that, what gearing are you using for ERG mode on the trainer? If you are using a particularly low gear, you may be reaching the Wattage Ceiling for that trainer in that gear. When that’s the case with some trainers and power targets, the rider must shift to a harder gear to effectively increase the power range of the trainer. Not sure that’s the case here, but it’s a factor to check at least.