I used it yesterday and it worked although a ride Monday was not included in load presumably because I forgot my HRM.
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Yeah unfortunately I’ve verified all those things. Edge only, TR only, syncing back and forth over and over and over.
I do have question - when you view the TR activity on your Edge, do you see the “Training Effect” tab? Edit: scratch that, I just reread your original blog post and this isn’t a feature yet
Compared to an outdoor ride, I only see “Summary”.
I also noticed that none of the “time in zone” information seems to be populated correctly for both power or HR. Since the Edge is calculating the metrics on device I wonder if that could be the culprit.
This is feeling more and more like a me issue but I have no idea what it is. I’m going to try again with some older TR rides.
Mine syncs, except for my heart rate. I only got it to show up once, otherwise, it seems I don’t have one all this time. Weird…
in Health? Without a Garmin watch in the past Connect Mobile will sync some worthless stuff into Health at 11:59pm. No HR = no data for other apps like Athlytic which I use for trending analysis of HRV/RHR/sleep/exertion/etc:
Ok, I just looked and apparently Garmin Connect does do a better job syncing now…
However Garmin Connect is not syncing all rides into Health. And last night’s ride is missing some HR data, as if it only sync HR every 30 seconds.
Still need to use RunGap.
I happened to be checking this morning (while making sure my 840 had the public beta turned on) and it is showing my 945 as primary wearable and 840 as primary training device, as they should be (I think). I recently went from an 800 to a 840 and I think I just have been dual recording since getting that, unclear why this was suddenly important to me. So maybe I missed that it just worked finally if the 840 auto set to primary training device? Tree guys interrupted my workout this morning so need to hop back on trainer tonight and guess I’ll test it TR only and see what happens.
If the 945 was set to primary wearable not training device would that have been the issue? since the 800 would not have been compatible the whole time?
Hmm. I did get, like I might have said, ONE ride to report heart rate, and that was it. I have weeks of no heart rate, and that’s across both indoor and outdoor rides. I talked to a Garmin support droid, and he said it ‘usually just works’, and I said mine ‘usually does not work’. He said it was ‘an Apple Thing’ and wished me luck. I just gave up… I mean. Strava has it all, and I would have thought that Strava would feed to Connect, AND Connect does have heart rate data, so where is it not going and why? And the kicker, why did it work exactly once, and never again.
Isn’t high tech just fantastic!?!?
Oh: AND I use a Garmin HRM strap… 
After that quick spot check, I went into Health and disabled Connect.
RunGap grabs either Strava or Garmin data and writes it into Health, complete with laps, power, HR, cadence, speed, gps, etc.
So my experience has been to always put the wearable as the primary training device too. The reason is, it just doesn’t matter because the wearable will take the file from whatever created it, and do the magic and spit it back out again. Versus with an Edge, you have to ensure the double-sync/etc happens.
I’ve always kept my wearable as the primary wearable and primary training device.
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Will swap and test, thanks
I thought more sources were better. Hmm…
So I should setup my Garmin HRM strap as primary? For whatever reason, the Edge didn’t even pick up my strap. Weird…
I would love to hear more about what my user error might be, in the hopes you have an easy fix!
- My primary training device is set to the watch (see screenshot).
- I do not have any menu/option to select a primary wearable, which I gather would be in the same general area of the app if available, presumably because I only have the one wearable.
- I am using actual Trainer Road (running on iPad with chest strap).
- I have an Edge but it’s not connected to the trainer and not selected as primary training device.
p.s. long-time listener, first-time caller, etc.
For funsies, can you disconnect from Garmin the TrainerRoad app, and then re-authorize TrainerRoad, ensuring all boxes are checked?
The only concern I have, is that if you’re using a Garmin Edge, but NOT connecting it to the trainer, is it getting power? If not, that actually might be your issue, as that might be overriding the TrainerRoad one. So in short, Garmin might be prioritizing an non-power Garmin file, over a 3rd party power file. Can you add the trainer as a power source (not the Trainer Control side, but the general power side)?
Thanks for the tips!
I have tried the first measure (disconnect/re-connect), with an 11-minute test ride, and it didn’t work. Garmin Activities gets the ride, but doesn’t display it in Exercise Load, Load Focus, etc. screens, and within the activity recap, it doesn’t display primary benefit/aerobic/anaerobic/etc. as it does for outdoor rides.
For my next ride, I will look into the second idea (which I understand to be adding the Wahoo Kickr as a source of power data for the Edge) . . . but it seems odd to me that these two pieces of equipment should have to be aware of each other at all. I use the former exclusively for indoor rides, and the latter exclusively for outdoor rides. To my knowledge, the Edge isn’t creating a non-power Garmin file at all based on indoor rides; it’s off and not near the bike. But I will see what happens with this next time I have a chance to try it.
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I have absolutely no way to change primary training device. I can see in the web app and the android app that they are set to primary wearable and primary training device but I have no option to set that anywhere. Followed a half dozen online written and video tutorials and the options simply do not exist for me, not sure what is going on.
Following up on this: I added the trainer as a source of power data for the Edge, while not actually recording the ride on the Edge (as I am trying to avoid duplicate files). This didn’t help. At this point, I don’t see how to avoid dual recording, or even single-recording the entire ride on the Edge with using the TR app during the ride, which would be pretty annoying.
Sorry, just to clarify, at the end of the day, in Garmin Connect/app, how many files do you have for the ride?
Just the one TrainerRoad one?
Yes, just the one. GC gets the ride from the TR app with complete power, cadence, and HR data. But it doesn’t calculate the expected training effect, etc. based on that file.
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If you go into the load charts on GCM (or, just your Acute Load page on your watch), does it at least show up there as a contributing factor?
My understanding is that you have only one primary device; that is, you watch.