Turbo Trainer Advice

Have you considered a ramp test?

Make sure you don't

move about on the saddle
finish with a sprint
quit before you have to 

1. start with a sprint
   
2. quit
   
3. throw trainer in the bin
   

1. put bike in turbo
   
2. get beer from fridge
   
3. hang washing on bike
   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsJaA8uA7nM

Close enough

https://www.simutechgroup.com/testing-services/ground-vibration-and-rap-testing

If you don't stay seated... or if you sprint... or if you quit too soon...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozXvPEp5xW0

Seems dangerous, maybe he should just do a 20 minute test instead...

I do a Ramp Test then 8min then 20min test then ride to John O'Groats where I do a gym session, drink a bottle of whisky and then ride home. It's most refreshing.

I ended up doing a 20 minute test today

I haven't done any riding in months, but all this talk is making me think, that maybe it's because I need to do a ramp test?

The first rule of Ramp Test club is

1. Do talk about Ramp Test
   

Had the motivation to do a workout tonight and faffed around not being able to get TR to work ...

I've chucked my winter bike on the training which has this sensor: http://www.wiggle.com/wahoo-rpm-speed-cadence-with-bluetooth-40-and-ant/?sku=5360756609

How am I meant to transfer speed to TR with this setup considering the speed sensor is on the front wheel? Does that just not work?

I have another Wahoo Blue sensor on the other bike I could transfer over if needed

I’m a total noob but I don’t think that will work the front wheel isn’t going to be moving...?

Yep that's what I'm thinking too ... I guess I'll have to swap them then :(

What I don’t get is how the speed will be accurate on the rear wheel...

I don’t know why, but thought it might be a good day to do a ramp test.
2% increase despite not cycling much for last 4 weeks, and also wimping out a few seconds early, great success!

I have found a training plan I’d like to follow. However it’s not digitised.
I see that I can create workouts in Trainer Road but can’t see how I can import them in to Wahoo as it appears you can only import from Training Peaks or Today’s Plan.
Can someone point me in the best direction here?

You can’t load TR workouts on a Wahoo. Why not just use the TR app?

Because you have to subscribe...
TR seems good but it looks like the Wahoo app can do the same if I can create the workouts. I could then get a different app for some virtual ride stuff was my thinking...

I tried to get my pre-race warmup onto my Wahoo Elemnt Bolt but came to the conclusion that I'd need a Training Peaks or Today's Plan account to do so. I couldn't find any evidence of a Wahoo workout builder - there was a blog post or something about it but I couldn't find the actual app.

I’m wondering if I can do TR to one of those then import akin to a route.
Could be possible to do that on a trial basis maybe?
Essential a workout version of ride with GPS

Side note;It’s weird the Wahoo app has so few routines...

Importing power data form a ride you've done already would work I guess, but you wouldn't get the visual feedback of progress and what's coming up next etc. Seems like a bit of a shonky work-around.

If you want to do virtual ride stuff, doesn't Zwift have a workout builder you could make your plan in? That way you're not paying for a plan you don't use (TR), you get your virtual ride thing and you can make your own structured workout based on the analogue plan you've found.