We’ve released a brand new website today. Here are the highlights.
- Yearly Pricing Option
- Mobile Enabled Site
- Improved Marketing Side
- Revamped Career Page
- Intervals in Downloaded TCX Files
- Privacy Option
- Improved Workout Library Page
- Ride page – Cadence and Zoom Enabled
Redesign Goals
Our previous code base was looking a little long in the tooth. It was becoming increasingly difficult to add more features and fix existing bugs. Back in the Spring we made the decision to fix a few player bugs, then stop all new features and re-do our website code.
We had two main goals.
- Improve our marketing side (pre-sign up) so that it’s more clear
- Improve the code base so we can quickly add features
I think we did a really good job with the marketing side. Check out our features page and equipment checker. Those are two of my favorites.
We also adopted some very good design patterns on our website. This has allowed us to confidently add features quickly. In fact, we’ve already updated the site 5 times today fixing a few bugs that slipped by us at launch.
Yearly Pricing
We’ve added yearly pricing to TrainerRoad at $99/year. But for 5 days, you’ll be able to lock in at $89/year. Head on over to www.trainerroad.com/sign-up to take advantage.
If you’re switching from monthly to yearly pricing, you’ll switch over on your next billing cycle. You still get our great 30 day refund policy with yearly pricing. There’s a good opportunity here to save some money.
Mobile Enabled
We worked hard to make all of our pages look good/work on mobile phones. My favorite is the workout library. I used to sit in bed at night and try to think of what workout I should do the next day. Now I can quickly filter the rides down by touching the filter icon in the upper left hand corner.
In the picture below, I’m filtering for workouts that have sweet spot, threshold or Vo2Max intervals.
Revamped Career Page
We’ve added a few new charts to your career page.
Weekly TSS
We have two TSS widgets. The one on the left shows weekly TSS with a three week rolling average. This chart is good to gauge over all training stress and keep you consistent.
Daily TSS
The chart on the right shows daily TSS for the past 10 weeks. This is a really cool chart. It let’s you see where you might have cooked yourself, where you’re consistent and what your biggest days are. This is the micro version of the weekly TSS graph.
Personal Records
We’ve also revamped our personal record chart to be more inline with the standard way to display personal records.
Power and Weight
This is a cool graph. It charts your FTP, Weight and FTP/kg over time. Ideally, you’ll want your FTP to go up, your weight to go down, and your FTP/kg to go up.
Intervals in TCX Files
You guys have asked for this one for a while. Now when you download a workout, we’ll specify the intervals in the workout. Then, when you upload it to another site like Garmin Connect, the intervals will show up.
Private Users
You can now set your entire profile to be private on your profile page. This makes it so no one can see any of your riders or your career page.
Workout Library
Our old workout library page got pretty slow as we added more workouts. This new page is fast fast fast…and should help you find the type of workout you want to do.
Ride Page Updated
We’ve improved the ride page chart that allows you to zoom in on data. This is handy when you really want to see the nitty gritty details of your workout. Cadence is also displayed now.
Conclusion
We’ve also tweaked and updated a bunch of other stuff. We’re really excited about the website!
Thanks for reading!
-Nate
TrainerRoad.com co-founder
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I like what I see so far! Keep the improvements coming!
Great stuff guys! Thanks!
Awesome improvements. Not to be pushy as I am sure this was a big project but when do you foresee the iPad app being available?
Great job guys. I like the changes, and can’t wait to dig in.
Very happy to hear that you can export intervals to TCX. Also, FYI, the site is not detecting my phone (Windows Phone 8) as a mobile device. I’m still getting the desktop version of the site.
Hi!
I can’t get the equipment checker to work on my computer.
Want to know what aI need to run trainerroad with a Taxc Booster and Garmin910 before I sign up.
I just signed up and gotta say it was super easy to get connected and do my first ride. Very excited about getting some structure back into my training. Great system guys! THANKS.
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Greetings from Florida! I’m bored to tears at work so I decided
to check out your website on my iphone during lunch break.
I love the info you present here and can’t wait
to take a look when I get home. I’m shocked at how fast your blog loaded on my phone ..
I’m not even using WIFI, just 3G .. Anyways, very good site!