Quarq [IMG_6529] Wahoo Kicker [IMG_6530] What’s the veredict? Thx. Old

IIRC, magic zero will do a calibration automatically whenever cadence goes to zero for 3 seconds. It’s literally doing the same thing as doing a manual calibration. In regards to the wahoo, you can do a manual spin down, but it will ignore the outcome basically.

[image] Cory.Rood: It’s literally doing the same thing as doing a manual calibration. Except you’re clipped in/putting weight on the pedal. I’d still manually calibrate for that reason.

Correct, but with a spider based powermeter there is no force on the powermeter while coasting. This wouldn’t work on a pedal or crank arm power meter.

Logically I agree, but having spent that much money I’d spend the extra 5 seconds to be absolutely sure :grin:

I’d still recommend calibrating your Kickr periodically :thinking: [image] Do you still do spindown calibrations for your Kickr if it has auto calibration? Equipment This is a mix of a question and FYI for the community I guess. I have a Kickr Core and it’s among the mode…

FWIW I have multiple Quarq cranks with MagicZero and it works great. Every now and then I notice my power numbers seem a little off, doesn’t happen often but when it does it’s usually after a descent or a coffee stop when the PM has maybe had a significant temperature and/or pressure change. I jus…

I tested it today. Magic 0 works!

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So I can stop zero-offsetting my power meters?

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FrankTuna October 6, 2024, 1:05pm 6

I’d still recommend calibrating your Kickr periodically

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