I’ve noticed that, as my workouts progress, I feel as though the resistance decreases somewhat on my turbo (Elite Turno Smart B+). Likewise, my HR drops for a given effort. I did an over under session the other day and found I could hold a way higher power than suggested on the last 2 efforts. Should I just ride off of feel and make myself hurt, whatever power numbers appear? Don’t want to lose the training stimulus towards the end of the session. I did Palisade and actually felt pretty fresh after it, not sure that’s supposed to happen!
Funny that you made this thread today as I was just searching for any reference to the Turno. I have the same trainer myself and have noticed a significant change in resistance as it heats up. Way more than what I was accustomed to with my previous Turbo Muin.
I’d assume that you use virtual power since you describe intervals getting easier as the unit heats up? I think it’s quite clear that you should strive for equal stress on each working set, however, how to do so on feel alone is a good question.
Unfortunately I do not have an answer for you, just wanted to confirm that the change in resistance you experience is very much real
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How are you measuring power?
Power should be power regardless of the resistance
I have an Elite Volano and experience the same: when the unit warms up, the fluid becomes less viscous and I need to up my cadence a tad to keep the power constant. I do have a real power meter, though, so I do not use Elite’s fly wheel sensor.
If you rely on power, I’d just train on power and not overthink it. In the long run, I’d just get a proper power meter, though.
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I’m using elite volano with misuro b+ as power source, and also experiencing same thing. On longer training session, I have to add about 1~3rpm to keep same power on certain gearing.
I might be wrong but maybe that means elite volano DOES lose resistance slightly and elite know that, so power modeling function of Misuro B+ might include time or temperature as function inputs. Your power meter maybe confirmed such phenomenon.
I use the misuro b+ unit to measure power. It definitely seems like my power is higher towards the end of longer sessions. I was looking back at HR data and there’s a pretty obvious drop. I started Palisade at around 168-175bpm, with the final set at 155-163. Guess I just need to ignore the numbers and go old school
That’s an interesting question: I don’t have Elite’s sensor installed, so I can’t say for sure. But I reckon that’s an obvious one, they need to correct the power curve for temperature, for otherwise you get quite a bit of power drift at high wattage.
Don’t do that! Feel << virtual power << proper power. Unless it is a long, sustained effort, I don’t think you’ll pace things like over-unders well by feel. Going a little over and a little under is what it is all about.
It’s essentially virtual power