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^^Yeah. I went for the easiest - 1.
Speed was not particularly consistent - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/459348003

Roughly 19 mph.
which equals 30 kph.
which equals 95watts.
which gives a FTP of 85.5watts.

Thats all pretty rough. So it looks like TR got it right. But you've given naff data somehow.

Do it again at the same cadence.
Set to level 6.
Acheive 200watt FTP.
Profit.

Trainerroad's estimated power gave me an FTP of 177 Watts, which I feel is a little low. It's by no means an exact science.

Agreed. But I was put off by it being 11 days away. So a bit late for increasing speed. Better to get used to holding the hammer down.

Trying to increase your endurance with 11 days to go is pretty pointless, more so for a 10.

Being a 10 so you're better off getting your body used to VO2 type efforts and leaving enough time before the event to recover from them, ie. don't do them the night before.

Roughly 19 mph.
which equals 30 kph.
which equals 95watts.
which gives a FTP of 85.5watts.
Thats all pretty rough. So it looks like TR got it right. But you've given naff data somehow.

Does the OP have any real world references? Like a 10 time or something?

I'm treating April's 10s as training... for May's 10s.

It takes me longer to get to 10s than ride them so for that reason, I'm out.

Trainerroad's estimated power gave me an FTP of 177 Watts, which I feel is a little low. It's by no means an exact science.

A lot of it is down to the crapness of riding indoors.

Trying to increase your endurance with 11 days to go is pretty pointless, more so for a 10.

Being a 10 so you're better off getting your body used to VO2 type efforts and leaving enough time before the event to recover from them, ie. don't do them the night before.

I bow to your supperior knowledge in this.

But I was more thinking about getting a feeling for the 'suffer level' that should be maintained. To better gauge effort on the day. Rather than build the bodys ability to maintain effort per say.

When I run a half marathon. I train 5km intervals to increase pace. Then closer to the day I do a few say 12km runs to get a feel of the effort.

The 1st 10 mile TT I did (a couple of years ago) I knew nothing of 'warming-up' or how to ride short distances. I rode home at pretty much the pace of the race. :0

#doingitwrong
/csb

I bow to your supperior knowledge in this.

But I was more thinking about getting a feeling for the 'suffer level' that should be maintained. To better gauge effort on the day. Rather than build the bodys ability to maintain effort per say.

If you're doing it properly a 10mi TT should be ridden quite a bit over your FTP. Better to do intervals at 105% or 110% of FTP than longer ones at a pace below race pace.

Running talk >>>

I do a 8.7 mile segment on the fixed as a kinda TT. Useful when its half decent out but I dont have time to do a proper ride. Kinda undulating but my best is around 24:27. Cant maintain a FTP level average on the fixed on this route though. plus it involves a U-turn. And I probably had a cold......

#doingitwrong

I've decided to make my life even more painful, by purchasing several Ant+ devices and signing up to Trainerroad. Will probably attempt an FTP test tomorrow.

Urgh.

In spring?

Doing it wrong.

Still. Buy all of the sufferfest videos if you want true misery.

Turbos are for life, not just for winter.

In spring?

In England though.

Unfortunately I agree

Turbos are for life, not just for winter.

Mine is more for when the kids are in bed and the mrs is out TBH. I have clothes and bikes to allow for outside cycling in any weather.

I'v bought Mrs Smallfurry a shopper bike for her birthday. She keeps wanting to buy a £35 exercise bike. I was hoping to fit the shopper to my turbo for her. I quite like the idea of battling Voekler up Mount ventoux while munching flapjacks from the front basket, and plinging my bell (not a euph).

The 3 speed hub gir wont let it fit though :(

subscription suspended, think i prefer headphones on and zoning out

Magnets.

MAgnets.

I have a rare earth on the pedal and a normal one on the wheel. The speed is not registering, i have changed the batteries on both gsc and hr strap. The wheel magnet is going through the plane of the detector, green light when a rotation. Red light when pedal.

WTFF?? Why no speed/power reg?

Could it be the garmin dongle? I had to run a usb cable so the dongle was 30cm from the gsc to stop the intermittent loss of signal with seemed only to occur everytime I was on a 140% FTP interval.

I use a suntoo mini move stick.

I might bring my laptop to work and let it do some updates here.
(no real internet at home)

Just add a USB lead. They are well cheap.

USB Extension Lead 1.8m: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

That's a lot of fucking cable.