Hey everyone, Just thought I would start a thread on people’s tips and tricks for the Ramp Test - motivation, cadence, anything that helps! The reason I wanted to start this thread is I am finding executing the Ramp Test is a bit of a skill in its own right - kind of like how football players have…

Every Ramp test I’ve done so far, I’m able to go way beyond the previous test, long past Coach Chad’s comments. I found my Kickr has been way off in terms of accuracy, so even though I’ve just 1 1/2 wks to go in SSB LV1, I’m going to test with power match to my newly acquired Assioma pedals. I full…

The topic of accuracy is quite different than most of what was discussed here. Differentials between 2 power data sources is a near inevitability in this realm. That is the reason behind the standard statement to retest anytime you change primary measurement devices. It is also the reason they re…

Using the kickr prior to obtaining a power meter put my ftp at 308 watts. The power meter was registering up to 100 watts less for most of the ss workouts. I returned a pair of Vector 3 pedals thinking there was something wrong with them My Assioma pedals showed the same thing leading me to suspect…

So I did a ramp test today. I had arbitrarily set my FTP at 200 watts, and the ramp test was based on that. I made it through 18 min, for an FTP of 182 watts. I would post the workout, but don’t know how to go about that. Far cry from the previous 308 watts, but not to surprising given my age a…

You can share your workout by simply loading that page in the TR website, the copy the link from the address bar, and paste it here. That also requires you having your TR account set to ‘Public’ to allow us to see the full workout. Or, you can simply get a screen capture and share that way as well…

https://www.trainerroad.com/career/tfield/rides/52791149-ramp-test Well, Here’s the whole back story. I’ve raced on and off since the 1970’s. Got serious in the early 2000’s, eventually getting an SRM power meter. On road FTP tests gave me an FTP around 220,230 at a weight of 71 kg. I raced up un…

The Ramp test looks good and I think you put everything in to it (judging by the HR increase and cadence grind down). Sadly, the poor power data you experienced is all too common from uncalibrated smart trainers. Even when done properly, some will vary from actual power meters. Effectively, you h…

Tried to search thru the responses, but what is everyone’s take on turning power smoothing off on a smart trainer during the ramp test. If turned off, did you find it made a difference in time to exhaustion?

For clarity and general info, the smoothing only affects the digital (numeric) display of the active power. It effectively reduces the jumping that occurs during the pedal stroke. The amount of jumping is highly dependent on the power device in use (some are smoother vs others are more jumpy) and…

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ExpertOrBust March 20, 2019, 7:20pm 275

@GPx yes if you are in ERG mode TR manages the resistance. It does not shift modes like the 8/20 minute tests.

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