We have just had new bikes installed at the gym. They are much newer than the old ones. I did Kaiser +2 yesterday and it was far too easy. Today I did Dicks +1 and had to set the app to 110%. I know I haven’t improved that much
Because I use a gym bike my ramp test isn’t the most accurate I’m sure, but the results have been a good target power number around a lot of gyms I have to use on my travels. I do use the odd Watt Bike from time to time and the number was good.
When I do the ramp test on this new bike if this 110% is anything to go by the number will be good for my home gym, but could be a nightmare on my travels
Urg yeah trying to match power can be a nightmare. If you have a heartrate strap you could use heartrate as a check to make sure you are close to the right zone, while not ideal this is better than nothing.
Sorry to hear that We are lucky then, our gym upgraded to Stages bikes a couple years ago and all instructors are required to go thru Stages “how to train with power” course (yay!). The bikes have single-sided crank power meters, and you can zero reset to increase power accuracy. Really nice bikes.
However they can be misconfigured and always need to zero-reset. One-time I was in the gym and putting down at least 250W clearing effort but only 120W was showing on the bike computer - turns out someone paired the bike’s computer with another bike’s power meter. The joys of ANT+!
I do most of my training on the stages bikes. The power meters transmit over Bluetooth and work great with the TR app. I second the need to do a zero offset. I’ve also updated the firmware on the ones I ride (using the stages app). I’ve had a few issues, but mostly great. Seems to agree with my power2max power meter when I actually get to ride my own bike.
It is ok. We have four bikes at the gym. The one I use has the option to pick watts on the screen. One of the others I know doesn’t have the option. I can only hope that bike with power is free when I get there. I will look at the model when I next go.
So I did my Ramp Test today. It was 290 up from 261. That was the final figure, not the calculate value as of course I can’t do that. I train to 75% of that 290 which is 218 up from 196.
I think that jump is far too much, but at least I now have a baseline for the new bikes. I still can’t find the model.
We are lucky then, our gym upgraded to Stages bikes a couple years ago and all instructors are required to go thru Stages “how to train with power” course (yay!). The bikes have single-sided crank power meters, and you can zero reset to increase power accuracy. Really nice bikes.