Swapping bikes with Power Meter Question

Joseph Lombardi

So I've had the Wireless PowerTap  for about 6 months now (EN HED Belgium Wheel Deal)...the entire time on my TriBike....I want to do some training/riding now outside on my road bike....is there anything I need to do/change/adjust/calibrate....or just take the rear wheel off the TriBike...pop it onto the back of the Roadie....calibrate with my 310xt and go?

 

Thanks......... 

Coach Rich

Yep, that's it. You "may" need to adjust the rear derailuer, maybe.

Keith Wick

You may also find that your FTP on the road bike is higher than on the tri-bike.

Joseph Lombardi

 I  had heard/read that in other threads....do you keep a separate wko file or just mix all the rides together and get a blended FTP read?

Keith Wick

Depends on you and when your next race is. For example, I came off IMLP in late July and switched to the road bike. I'm doing a HIM in late Sept., so I just reset my FTP in WKO to reflect the change to the roadbike. I was roadie through August and now I'm back on the tribike, so I just switched the FTP back to the tribike. I also added 10 watts to FTP just from feel and have been hitting those numbers, plus it worked well for my race rehearsal.

I've tried the seperate file thing a while ago and it just didn't work for me because of the Performance Management Chart (ATL, CTL, Etc.). It made it really hard to track my level of fatigue. I feel as long as your FTP in WKO is right, then having a mix of rides is fine....just don't use that to estimate your FTP based on the 28 day bell curve---- you have to test or have a real good feel of where you're at in terms of FTP based on your interval rides.

cgres123

x2, on Keith .... what kind of nerd you are, more or less..

ebe4zippy

Make sure you have bike #2 set up in your garmin. The bike weight would be the main thing that changes.