I’d like to add that the AI/Machine Learning also needs to know that I’ve deemed myself in Yellow/Red status. The manual entry I’m doing today looks like I’ve just taken a day off and would be more rested up to tackle even more difficult workouts.
One the one hand, this would be cool to capture. On the other hand, when I’m done with a ride, the last thing I want to do is spend time filling out a survey.
A survey like I showed should be completed first thing in the morning / hours prior to your ride. It isn’t a post ride survey that would be impacted by how your workout went / what the impact of your workout was
I use AI FTP detection and I find it is always a mystery as to what type of result I am going to see. Sometimes, I know it’s not going to be a good result because I have been missing planned workouts or sick, etc. However, there are periods of time when I am hitting all the workouts and could use some encouragement. I think it would be helpful to get a weekly summary email from TR that highlights the prescribed power zone targets for the week versus what has been completed. AI should also be able to look ahead and evaluate the upcoming workouts and project what FTP will be achieved if the remaining workouts in the 4 week block are completed.
Probably not an original thought but as Best Bike Split has come up on the podcast a few times recently, being able to input a course (and goal time) into the training plan to give you prescribed volume and w/Kg to make it happen.
Upload Leadville, goal is 10 hours…AI determines I need to do 9 hours a week, 3 interval sessions a week, etc.
When I do a non-TR outside ride using my Garmin, Garmin pushes the date to Strava and to TR.
Strava then notifies me though its app that it’s received the file.
It would be cool if TR would do the same and prompt for a RPE survey response at the same time - it’s easy to forget to do this.
I like this. Adding the TR estimated intensity and time is helpful, but it leaves me with doubts about the specificity in the (short) route I will be attacking, as a C-event and fitness test.
There is a 5.3 mile climb that I want to get under 30 minutes, 4 - 7% grade. I chose the road mountain climbing block for it. I am feeling progress, but I am not sure if the changes are optimal for the exact kind of challenge I am targeting.
I was hoping that I could insert a map file and TR could crunch the elevation profile, as you described, and return a plan with that.
This is the paradigm for Xert and for Join I think as well. Seems like it makes a lot of sense.
Coming from Wahoo SYSTM, there’s a whole lot of stuff that Trainer Road does much better, but there are some smaller UI things that I think that the SYSTM app does better which would be great if the TR app could develop their own solution:
- Semi-transparent app window background (option/switch) so that I can see my YouTube/Spotify/etc through it. As I have to bring my own entertainment in TR, I rely on other apps on-screen to do that and being able to see them (e.g. youtube progress bar, subtitles, etc) just makes usability during a session much nicer.
- The mini view right hand progress graph is pretty much useless. It’s too small to see the power level targets in detail and it just shows the interval which is constant power by definition, whereas what I want to know is the transition. Effectively it’s just a visual countdown, and we already have that in the centre display.
- Use icons instead of words in the mini display and move them to the right of each data value so that they can be closely aligned. Use the full display to show icon and words so that new users quickly become familiar with their meaning. In the above screenshot the word “Interval” is very close to the “86”, similarly with the other values and their labels. I need to be able to look at the values and not have to think, especially during a hard intervals session.
- The power vs target bar is next to useless during ERG mode and is just unbeautiful in the UI
- Using the same y-axis values for power, HR and cadence makes absolutely no sense for UI, even with my lowly 200+ FTP. This is both in the app and TR’s analysis web page.
Same data, but much clearer to see the actual HR and cadence values:
These are all UI tweaks that would greatly improve my experience during regular use of the app.
Hi. I was wondering if it is possible to update the elevation chart in the workout analysis to remove the floor at 0m? This would be a nice improvement for riders in the Netherlands that often ride below sea level and the elevation can roll between 0m and -6m. At the moment the chart disappears for elevations below 0m 
. I realise this is a fairly niche request, but maybe it is an easy fix…
A dead ea-sea fix
Turn off ERG power mode smoothing 
I just resize my other app window (usually Zwift) 
But i do like this suggestion - may be a little niche because I think less an less of us are using desktops nowadays.
This feels like part of the issue: TR has given the desktop player zero love in years (over a decade). The desktop player UI / UX has been stagnant and feels like an early 80s video game UI / UX
I’ve always just used my laptop, so that I can use one device for monitoring the workout and for the main video (with Wahoo their workout video content, with TR my own video choice). Are people really just using their mobile phone screens?
What do you mean exactly?
That was actually one reason I chose TR instead of Zwift (also the value I’ve gained from the podcast). I’ve never used Zwift, but I assumed I would have to take a laptop/tablet out to the garage every time I wanted to do a workout. With TR, I just use my phone, which also already contains my entertainment source(s). It’s not perfect, but it’s simple.
Zwift works on smartphones same as TR. I just thought people would prefer watching their entertainment on a larger screen than mobile, hence desktop use would be common.
