I’m new to trainerroad, and like many will be most active in the winter when i can’t ride outside, which brings me to two basic questions.
First, if I use trainerroad outdoors, does it require a power meter?
Second, if weather permits and I ride outside, will the calendar automatically move my scheduled ride to the next available day, or is it something I do manually?
I don’t have a power meter. Can I still use outside workouts?
Yes. When you click on a workout in your calendar to make it an outside workout, you can toggle the workout between “Power Based” and “RPE Based”. RPE Based workouts will give you RPE targets for each interval.
RPE is a wonderful way to measure your outdoor workouts. Use your lap button or follow the GPS integration and give it a good. The notion that you need a power meter to perform quality outdoor workouts is not true.