Yellow line driving me crazy!

Am I over thinking this?

Today I did my prescribed workout which was Obelisk and it was pretty easy as it is intended to be.

I tried to maintain a steady cadence in the ranges suggested but the yellow line and watts were all over the place? My candence bounced by 1-2 up or down but not always and that dang yellow line wouldn’t stay straight.

The overall numbers averaged that I did it properly but the visual looks like I was struggling.

Any input would be app

Yip :slight_smile:

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Power is by its nature stochastic. Even in ERG mode, it will bounce around a bit. The only place it is ever completely smooth is with a Kickr that has smoothing turned on.

Moreover, there isn’t even any reason to have a completely flat / smooth line. As long as you are within a few watts of he prescribed power, you are doing the work.

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Got a screenshot? I’m just curious how “all over the place” it really is and if you have some other issue, or, as others have said, you’re just used to a Kickr “lying to you”.

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Honestly, you’ve got nothing to worry about. When you’re actually struggling your legs will tell you long before the yellow line bothers you.

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Yeah, that’s totally normal. The Kickr just lies. Think about it, even a highly specialized machine has a hard time holding something 100% steady all the time. The reality is that watts and cadence are constantly fluctuating, You’re all good!

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Thanks for the input!

Much appreciated,

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I didn’t know it was possible to have straight lines until I saw a screenshot of someone else using a fancy trainer. I use either an old wheel on smart trainer that doesn’t hold steady, or a dumb trainer (which is actually smoother).

This looks normal to me.