Help!….Ramp Test Confusion

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@Chwalter

did my test in ERG mode but I’m utterly confused after. It felt like it was forcing me to hold a higher cadence (90’s) then what I wanted or typically would as the resistance increased. I didn’t get near my HR or near a perceived hard/max effort because I couldn’t hit the target power number at that high of a cadence. Is that the point?

No.
You should try a ramp test in resistance mode. I personally prefer resistance mode for workloads above Z2, and do all ramp tests in resistance mode, too.

Like you I don’t like that erg mode forces me to change my cadence in unintended ways. I’d have to overcome extra resistance of the trainer to increase my cadence.

You could use the advice by others to get used to erg mode. In addition, I recommend you just try out resistance mode and see whether that meshes better with the windings in your brain.