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Bike zones without power meter......Are they possible to calculate??

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Probably has been asked somewhere here before. but..........Can you (or how do you) calculate bike zones without power? Thanks.

 

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  • Joseph LombardiJoseph Lombardi
    You use Heart Rate. There is a protocol for Heart Rate Based Bike Test - in the Wiki...I used Heart Rate all last year in my IM Louisville Training....No problem. I did purchase a power meter this year...but HR training works.
  • Joseph LombardiJoseph Lombardi

     Rob - if you want a "de facto" power ...there is a program called Trainerroad which you use with your indoor trainer & a speed/cadence sensor (+ANT stick)...which allows you to do "virtual power" workouts inside ...check out the threads here in the forum for Trainerroad...and/or visit www.trainerroad.com  

    I used this over the winter...as did a number of other folks in the Haus.

  • Beth_SBeth_S
    +1 on TrainerRoad for virtual power. My non-power using sister did a test with it and with my borrowed powermeter and got very similar numbers.
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