Just bought an Elite Drivo V1. Came off of a Rock and Roll with my Stages Left only. I tried my first ride today and my power was much more erratic with this setup than it was manually tracking and adjusting my power. Is this normal? Is it due to or accentuated by powermatch and ERG chasing the …

Some related discussion on PowerMatch and ERG: [image] Power Match and ERG mode? Training Hello everyone, I have been using TrainerRoad for a few months now, have a Kickr18. Also have a Stages LS Power Meter. My first FTP experience was outdoors and to cut a long story sho…

Thanks, sounds like it may be smoother without power match or I should have bought a KICKR instead :frowning:

Generally, trainers have some form of mechanical smoothing such as a fly wheel but when you use PowerMatch, the power that shows up in the app is coming from your power meter which doesn’t have any smoothing. You can set up power smoothing so that the power numbers don’t jump around as much but that…

I use a KICKR '17 and a Stage R. I had too many problems using power match - it seems like the trainer and power meter were constantly fighting for control, making erg mode power very erratic. I have ended up using the KICKR as the power source and the Stages for cadence only. I have power match tur…

My combination of a Quarq DZero and Tacx Neo working really well together with power match. The response time is very fast and everything seems to work like it should. A steady cadence helps keep things smooth, but even when making cadence changes the system adapts quite quickly.

Likewise for me - I have a Kickr Core and P1 pedals and powermatch works great for me. Also worked great with a first generation Kickr and a couple other power meters.

I have a quarq Dzero and a elite directo. What seemed to help quite a bit for power match was to stay in the small ring up front and big ring in the back, when I’m in these gears it just responds so much faster.

I’m in the camp that has PowerMatch turned off. I moved from a KK Road with virtual power, to same with a 4iiii Left only, to an Elite Direto. With PowerMatch on, ERG mode felt pretty erratic, as if three parties – me, the 4iiii, and the trainer – were wrestling each other. Now TR gets power from…

That’s true in Direto, Drivo. Tested.

Thanks. I am kicking myself for not getting a KICKR now. I will try the small ring and hunt for the power offset like suggested. If I feel ok today I will just do a ramp test and record on 2 devices so I can use the drivo by itself if I need to.

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mcneese.chad October 25, 2018, 7:57pm 2

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