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WKO vs Training Peaks

Kevin WalterKevin Walter
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I am liking the new Training Peaks account with the "Power Pods." So far I can't find anything I can't do in TP that I could do in WKO in terms of ride analysis (TSS, IF, intervals, data review) and some new stuff on the dashboard that isn't in WKO. It also works on the Mac so no need to blow the dust off the 2001 XP machine just to analyze my rides. Also calculates a "swim TSS" and maintains the PMC chart automatically, etc.

Anyone have a reason to stick with WKO (besides price)?

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  • jetskrjetskr
    In a sport as expensive as this one price can be a big motivator.
  • William JenksWilliam Jenks
    I am not a premium subscriber now, but at the last time i was, you could not go into a bike ride and select out a part of the ride for analysis. For example, when you do an FTP test, you need to be able to select the 42 minute zone out of what might be 75-90 minutes of riding. It may have been possible (not sure) to select out "laps" for independent analysis, but a lot of poeple on the FTP test make it 3 laps, not just 1. If you can now go in and do that kind of selection and analysis, that would be a huge plus.

    Also, I believe they have introduced quandrant analysis on TP, which wasn't there for a while.

    The MMP graph used to be pretty low quality.

    The TP software was very buggy on Mac browsers. With luck that has improved, since they have basically said they are never going to move WKO to Mac.

    I am a past premium subscriber and current "free account" user (because you can still get TSS, IF, and a few other metrics that can be useful that way...plus data backup), but I don't know if I could get a trial subscription any more, which you used to be able to do if you were a new user.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    I am a premium subscriber, and you can do both of those things - select a range and get NP for that range, and do quadrant analysis.  I have attached screenshots for both of these.  I also have WKO+, and I like the feel of that better for doing power analysis.  In particular I had a little trouble selecting the exact start and end points in TrainingPeaks.  But it does work.

  • William JenksWilliam Jenks
    good to see. I think quadrant analysis is occasionally useful, but being able to zoom in on an arbitrary region of a bike workout is essential.
  • Kevin WalterKevin Walter
    @Jeff, not discounting the price factor at all. I am all Mac on the professional side so I am basically just keeping an old PC around for no other purpose than WKO. I do run Parallels, but find it incredibly annoying to have to boot up, etc. Moving to premium TP is a cheaper solution for me than upgrading the dying old PC.

    @William, yes the bike analysis, quadrants, etc are all much better now than they used to be. I run TP on my Mac with Firefox and zero problems.
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