Wattbike Atom ERG mode problem

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Go into the wahoo app and turn off ERG smoothing and then compare the two.

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This is my kickr v5 with smoothing turned off for example - maybe better than your wattbike but not super smoothā€¦

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To be honest, it very well could be that I have been using ERG Mode smoothing for 5 years and donā€™t know how to ride my bike on a trainer :laughing:

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:joy:
if it FEELS different now thats an issue - but visually the graph looks ok.

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I did a Rouvy :shushing_face: workout this morningā€¦and it felt proper as far as resistance goes. Iā€™ll do a TR workout today at lunch and compare how things went.

Thank you much for the insight :+1:t2:

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This. People need to try this experiment:

Stick your trainer in Resistance mode and pedal as smoothly as you can at 200 watts (or whatever) for 5 minutes. Look at that power trace. See the variation.

Now. Is it possible for you to produce a smoother trace? Possibly. Have another go. Any better? Try again. And again. And again.

After half a dozen rounds youā€™ll reach peak smoothness.

It is physically impossible for you to produce a smoother power trace, and if you can do so in Erg mode itā€™s a lie, because your legs control the trainer, not the other way round.

/rant

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The Wattbike is doing what IT is supposed to be doingā€¦the rider, has much to learn!!!

Tunnabora -5

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THAT is flippinā€™ gold! Well done.

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Iā€™m not going to say that Iā€™m extra smooth ( Iā€™ll leave that to John Smith) but I would say the tip that worked for me was trying to keep my cadence very steady. So pick a cadence and stick as closely as you can to that, and I reckon your power should settle down and become smooth.

So as you move through a workout and the blue bars change the resistance, thereā€™s a few seconds as it adapts and then smooths out again.

Maybe that explains why the really short intervals are so difficult to execute. But that said, a really short interval outdoors is pretty difficult too.

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Betterā€¦slowly figuring things out :grinning:

Certainly, still have room for improvement.

Thank you everything for the insight and suggestions.

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Cadence cadence cadence :sunglasses:

I think that I could probably keep my cadence at 91 with my eyes shut. But that has taken a lot of practice.

By the way, have you got cleats? That might help with keeping my cadence constant

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I tried reeeeeeeally hard to keep it at 92 :slight_smile:

Yes, SPD-SL. Itā€™s a long winter here in Wisconsin, Iā€™ll get a lot of practice :+1:t2:

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