I recently upgraded from a wheel on trainer (Elite Novo) to a direct drive trainer (Elite Zumo), on my old trainer in ERG mode the power matching to the target was exactly on point all the way though the wrok out, with my new trainer the power is up and down by 30 Watts or more at time at some point…

my power smoothing is set to 3 seconds already and that is what it was at before, i will try increasing it to 5 seconds and see if it is any better. i think my cadence is about as smooth as it can be to be honest, my preferred cadence is 93rpm and i can hold that easily without focusing but i did a…

you can see the difference when comparing these screenshots [1] [2]

What gear are you riding in? If big ring, small cog, this can lead to bigger fluctuations. Try small ring, middle of cassette and see if that helps.

50 on the front and the middle of the cassette on the back, my set up is exactly the same as it was with my old trainer.

The bottom chart is artificial. The flat line is target power, not actual. The top chart does not look unreasonable, especially if you do not have any power smoothing enabled. Try small ring, middle cassette. That may reduce the fluctuations.

I knew smoothing just effected the display, and not actual behavior of the trainer. But I assumed the display included the chart and the power digit display. Thx for clarifying it’s just the power digits.

Here’s a 5 min snapshot from a recent workout. I have an Elite Direto. You can see power bounces around in this chart also. [image]

Your 5min snapshot looks pretty normal to me

Agree. The pic from the OP does not look too dissimilar.

[image] Cooke: [image] This is not excessively variable behavior. In fact, this is exactly what I would expect from a majority of the trainers on the market. There a few trainers that appear smoother, but the reality is that no one’s pedal stroke is perfect and will naturally experience som…

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JoeX January 3, 2020, 4:45pm 14

I had exactly the same experience moving from wheel on to the Zumo:

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