Hi, I just completed a workout and it seems my bike was over reading the power quite a bit. Should I just leave it or should I delete it
As the saying goes, āGarbage In / Garbage Outā.
If you know the data is suspect or outright bad, Iād nuke it.
contact support to see if they can see why
Itās a smart bike issue had a few errors with the crank meters. And tonight my heart rate was about 20bpm less than Iād have expected. Unless completely my first phase or training has made that good a progress ![]()
@Daninplymouth
Okay Iām hearing two questions here:
1. Should you delete the workout?
2. What caused the power to be off?
For 1., you donāt need to delete the workout unless you feel it doesnāt accurately represent your work.
You can remove the ride from PRs and/or TSS if you donāt want to fully delete it from the ride view. From the web, youāll select the ellipsis (ā¦), then āEdit Rideā to exclude from PRs and TSS/
The process is the same on the app, but youāll select the pencil icon to get there instead.
For 2. Can you provide some more details about your experience that led you to believe the power was reading incorrectly?
Was the ERG control not making enough resistance? Or just the full scope of the workout wasnāt difficult enough?
There are some best practices recommended by Stages for doing a workout on the bike to go through that may help:
- Connect to the StagesBike as the only data source
- Do not pair to the power meters, left or right. The power is still coming from the power meters, but youāll want to pair exclusively to the bike itself.
Finally, go ahead and perform a calibration in the StagesLink app, and check for a Stages Firmware update for your next workout to see if that addresses what youāre describing.
Maybe you are just way more fit after your rest week?!?! ![]()
Heart Rate data does not impact your Progression Levels or potential adaptations, for the record.
My right crank slightly out of spec but I have had a few other issues so waiting on an engineer from stages to arrive. I was getting resistance however i was putting out around 10%more power for a 10% lower HR even ramped up the workout at the end by 15% and was sitting at 330-360watts where my heart rate was sitting where it would at around 250watts
@IvyAudrain If Iād have some faulty workout with wrong power data in TR, would that action also move the workout from all AT / ML consideration and also disregard my survey response?
Just hypothetically speakingā¦or should I delete the workout in that case?
@Rizzi There isnāt currently a feature for āremovingā singular workouts from Adaptive Trainingās logic, although that is an existing feature request we have discussed internally.
Edit:
this feature is on the roadmap!
Addressing isolated instances of power issues within Adaptive Training can be done with post-workout surveys. Iāll explain why this advice is relevant just for singular occurrences below, but for recurring issues, youāll want to check in with myself, Sarah, or the TrainerRoad support team to get squared away long-term.
So for isolated instances when your power meter is misreading, I understand that you wonāt always have time to reach out to support, check for firmware updates, and run through troubleshooting, so adjusting your intensity to make the effort feel more in-line with whatās assigned is a great temporary solution.
Adjusting intensity may elicit a āstruggleā survey, so itās important that you say āI didnāt struggleā or that you had equipment issues. This way. Adaptive Training wonāt adjust you incorrectly, and you will get credit for the work you did complete!
Please donāt hesitate if you have further questions, or check in via DM if you need a hand with a recurring instance of inaccurate power readings. If so, weāll want to get you squared away!
If you know that the wo power was exactly 10% below where it should be you could try exporting/downloading the fit file, processing it -10% in FIT File Tools, marking the original as an unplanned ride and deleting it, and then up loading the processed file.