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I'm struggling to find a piece of road that's suitable to test IRL
https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/find-a-course
Ideally, pick one fairly close to home on which somebody is running an evening TT, pay your money and pin on a number. The only way you'll ever know what you can do in a time trial is to ride time trial.
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Elite Crono Fluid Elastogel turbo, so I have no idea what power/effort I'm really applying.
Just to note, I went from training on this turbo (with virtual power) to using a turbo with an actual power meter and it seems that as far as my unit was concerned the speed of my wheel on the Crono Fluid was resulting in TrainerRoad over reading virtual power by about 50-60W. So I would think you'd be slower on the road, regardless of what a tech sheet/power curve says...
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I'm struggling to find a piece of road that's suitable to test IRL, but decided to check my fitness on the turbo. Went 'almost' all out - didn't throw up, but flagged a little toward the end. My resting heartrate is in the low 50's, but goes quite high during exercise, peaking around 200/205.
Too poor at the moment for a power meter so struggling to make sense of this:
Elite Crono Fluid Elastogel turbo, so I have no idea what power/effort I'm really applying.
Warmed up for 10 minutes 20mph average (avg hr 161), then tried a virtual 10 mile TT. Excuses aside, like bad tempo while wiping the sweat, I managed 25:58 moving time (26:02 total), so average of 23.1mph. Average cadence 95, average heartrate 194.
I'll try test it in real-world later this week, but is there a tech sheet anywhere for turbo-vs-road effort? Just so I know if the reality is I'll be slower on the road.