Spanish Needle and other 'microburst' workouts

[mcneese.chad]

I have covered this issue a couple of times.

Erg mode for short and sharp intervals

It appears that TR already sends the resistance change to the trainer around 1-2 seconds early. My experience with a CycleOps PowerBeam Pro, Hammer, H2, and Kickr all show the early sending in effect. Recognize that the interval summaries for short intervals combined with ERG, are likely not an accurate picture of what you actually did and got out of the interval. See my two posts below for details, but looking at the actual workout graph is superior to the summary table. Erg mode slow to…

Erg mode slow to react - Tacx Neo, Ebbetts Workout

Thanks @GeorgeAnderson. I am guessing this is heavily smoothed data. I say this because the power data looks excessively smoothed, via some app setting, maybe on the Tacx app, like Wahoo’s option? If so, it’s not a useful comparison here and looks too “perfect”. Here is a shot of one interval. [Screenshot_20190126-053331_Chrome] For comparison, here is one from my workout, Kickr17, ERG mode smoothing off, zoomed in to the first sprint of the 2nd set. [Screenshot_20190126-053736_Chrome] …

Erg mode slow to react - Tacx Neo, Ebbetts Workout

[Screenshot_20190126-194624_Chrome] After reviewing nearly every sprint in your workout, well zoomed in, I see a max of 2 seconds offset from the green instruction change to the point the yellow power meets or exceeds the blue target. Importantly, the yellow actual power line is only 1 second offset from the blue target. I just don’t see that as “very laggy”. It seems reasonably quick to me. As I see in my intervals, you are getting the full benefit of time at or above the power target. I…