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Aha. I was in small ring and mid cassette, as I thought I remembered reading that that was preferable. Obviously got it arse backwards.
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I thought I remembered reading that that was preferable
It is preferable if you're training for climbing, or in my case off-road stuff. I could never fit a high enough gear* for the grindy feel on my KK :-)
Think I read about this on the TrainerRoad forum?
*now I just get the grinding spiral of doom to make up for it
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It works both ways, I'm always amazed how much stronger do I feel in resistance mode. If the plan is doing intervals on erg do a test in your selected gear
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Netakure
Was just about to say exactly that... If. You're riding at threshold for eg, in small ring /low gear, it will indeed feel somewhat treacle-like. A bit like the lack of inertia you'd expect when climbing