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…
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A dead ea-sea fix
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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
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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?
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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.
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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.
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I just switched from laptop to a tablet and the experience is different but not better. Desktop app has its problems, like I can’t pick alternatives on my laptop and despite reporting this to support several times was told it’s not broken.. it’s 100% broken.
Pausing is easier on a laptop, erg/resistance (and adjusting it) is better. My device connections are vastly better on a laptop.
But the only time I use the laptop as my entertainment as well is while traveling. At home it’s been a separate TV since I started using TR over a decade ago and I’d venture to guess that is fairly common that people are using a laptop and tv or phone/tablet and a tv. So they probably aren’t going to develop the overlay much further than it’s.
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You’re erg mode smoothing is what is making the lines look so smooth and illegible. It’s your trainer not trainerroad.
I meant the green horizontal bar between the Target Power and Actual Power - in ERG mode it’s useless as, by definition, ERG mode will match to target. The green bar only deviates at the start of an interval transition and that is determined by the trainer response time and a bit by my cadence. But after those 3 seconds or so, the green horizontal bar stays locked on target and provides no useful information.
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Thanks. It would be great if someone from Trainer Road could confirm this so that I know whether I’m wasting my time with improvement suggestions for the desktop UI.
It would be a bit sad if users need to bring two separate screens for the best experience. All the TR advertising shows one screen, either smartphone or laptop, never two screens as one is obviously more convenient…
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No, it’s erg smoothing that is causing the problem. This is in erg mode too but no smoothing. No one is as locked in as what your graphs are showing it’s fake smoothing from the trainer.
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The advertisements are showing the software not Netflix, there is no reason for them to show a tv off in the distance.
The overlay player thing is a convenient feature, but go to like the pain cave thread or over to training subs in reddit and people are usually setting up 2 screens.
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It is but it’s not a feature problem it’s a UI problem. On my windows PC what hasn’t worked for years is if you want to open the drop down for changing the duration or other options they open on a way that goes off the screen, when you try to scroll it just closes the drop down.
Yeah, am fine with power smoothing, so maybe that green horizontal bar should be hidden if power smoothing is enabled
That’s a shame. Still, would be good if TR could confirm their priorities so that I can set my expectations for improvements.
The aggressive smoothing you are seeing is coming from your trainer not trainerroad. TR doesn’t know if you’re trainer spitting out fake numbers, you hooked your bike up to a motor or you’re some sort of god. The Green bar can’t just go away if smoothing is on because it doesn’t know smoothing is on.
I can’t speak for trainerroad but if I was to guess the priority level of removing green bar when someone’s using Wahoos overly aggressive erg smoothing, it would be glued to the floor.