Saying goodbye to erg mode - advice please

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well, fwiw, the tone of your & TR Team posts changed a few months ago. For the better. :+1: Except for a few that read like AI assisted. Thanks for keeping it real :+1: and given the change in tone, I look forward to seeing product improvements when they are ready.

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Happier is relative :joy:

I have all my workouts built on Intervals and do the same ones inside and outside. I just use the pause function during the rest interval until I’m ready to start my next.

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yes it is! I usually end up with one or two handfuls of indoor rides a year.

All of my workouts have been coming from TrainingPeaks, so same as you, inside and outside rides are the same on my bike computer.

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Thanks. Did my first VO2 session last night on standard mode as my trainer doesn’t have Sim mode and it felt great. I was able to control the power pretty will and the 10/30s went well.

Thanks for the advice, I’ll keep going with it to get better and keep tweaking to get the best out of my workouts.

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It does, but the mentions of Sim mode above left some unstated assumptions. This isn’t quite a “mode” in the same way as Resistance or Standard. Those latter two are sort of “dumb” modes with a basic resistance profile applied to the trainer. Sim mode requires a controlling device at the least, and a device + app in most cases, and some form of course to ride.

  1. It’s possible to load a GPX course onto a head unit (like Garmin or Wahoo) and “ride” along that course virtually. It will replicate the road pitch changes in resistance at the trainer. It is sort of blind but I think you can see the profile on the head unit during the ride.

  2. The more common Sim use is with a virtual app like Zwift, My Whoosh, Rouvy, FulGaz, etc. Those connect to your trainer via a device and control similar to above. The big difference is you get a better representation of riding through a virtual world or replayed video section.

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Ah, thanks for the clarification. So if I loaded my TR session to my Garmin and had the Garmin run the session that would be ‘sim’ mode?

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No, that is not the same. That is still “doing a workout” and would likely default to ERG mode. Or it may allow use of Standard / Level or Resistance modes on par with your TR experience.

Here are the 2 best videos I know about re-riding a course (essentially Sim mode) on a head unit:

Sim = shorthand for “Simulation”, which means a reproduction of a road course profile via controlled resistance changes on the trainer, mimicking the resistance that might be felt if you were outside on that same course.

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Ah yeah, I get you. Thanks for clarifying.

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