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Worked great! This is just too cool for school.

Cool.

You found me! 

Since you are looking at it, I had a problem with my previous ride with the power/speed spikes so I adjusted my cadence sensor this morning. 

I'm assuming the variance I'm seeing now is just me not being smooth and has nothing to do with the previous spikes.... but wasn't 100% sure if that was the case.

Thanks ... did I mention my legs are sore?

Edited to fix closing quote.

Well I can confirm the problem with the HR strap was due to interference with the wireless keyboard. I had no dropouts tonight. Sweaty but fun.

Nate is like Santa---he's always watching you and finding you  And like Santa bringing you what you want...with a little dose of pain/sore.

Yup all for buying stuff locally except when they just don't carry the items OR they want to charge twice as much.........

Nate, I did my 20 minute FTP test today and love the software.  I am a novice biker (and triathlete) so using the software takes out the guessing I need to do following a written plan.  Two questions though:

1.  I saw others having spiking issues, but mine seem to be really all over the place.  I'll try readjusting my magnet, but is there a smoothing option coming?  My FTP was lower than expected and I think it was due to my pwoer jumping from 70-300.  Yeah, not smooth.

2.  I downloaded my version about a month ago.  Will we be prompted automatically when updates are available?

I have the same issue and this is what I think the situation is, hopefully Nate will correct me if I am wrong.

1. You don't have an accurate power number because TR doesn't know how much resistance is on the trainer at any given point.  For this you are right in that it doesn't matter as long as it is a point and you know if you increase, or decrease. unless you compare numbers to other cyclists.
2. More concerning is that TR doesn't know the correct power curve.  This means that if you go 1mph faster it might be the results of a 5 watt increase or a 50 watt increase depending on the trainer... ok the numbers are probably closer together than that, but you get the idea.  You still should theoretically know that you increased power, but you might feel like you are working a whole lot harder, but only report a minor increase, or vice versa.

^^^ Thanks for showing what a magnet issue looks like. I'm no where near that. It's just me... working on my spin.

... and it's funny we talk about smoothing because if that is me, then I would be more inclined to work on that myself than to see a less jumpy line. When I get tired toward the end of a set I tend to mash more and power jumps around more... which makes me concentrate more and smooth out my stroke, and my output.

Nate, I want to thank you for you support on this forum.  As a novice biker, I really like the software and it makes me want to head down to the man cave to hop on the trainer.  Most plans I looked at I really did not understand the temrinology or workouts.  With TR, I appreciate the visual cues and find it very easy to follow along.  Now I just have to smooth out that stroke!  I hope you have a very successful business and I am recommending TR to anyone who will listen.

Rick

Nate,

 Email sent.  And to reiterate what others have said:  Thank you for just being on this forum and answering questions.  Customer service is a lost art and a company who takes the time to actually get feedback and talk with its customers is worth its weight in gold.  Well done on both your product and your attention to us on BT.

Thanks

Thanks Nate,

Reid replied to my email within minutes and I think he has data for my trainer so I'm a happy camper.

Hi Nate,

I signed up this morning for a paid subscription, hope I get to be one of the first paid customers

That is great you were able to add syncing with the Sufferfest videos! Considering you're doing this nights and weekends the progress is impressive. Good luck!

X2 kinda sad that the beta test is over. That being said I will like someone else said recommend this to everyone who will listen and probably a bunch who won't. Hears hoping you can quit your day job soon! Great job guys thanks!!

Grats on going live AND getting the sufferfest mode implemented.

I paid up, then downloaded and unzipped sufferfest, and imported it.  But I ran out of time to get my first ride in last night/this morning.

I'll be trying it out tonight. 

Quick thought though.... I'd suggest an prompt before saving workouts that are under 3 minutes, or have recorded no data.

Ordered my ANT stick just now...can't wait to get started.

Now, I have an unlisted mag trainer (Tacx Cycletrack Speedmatic) but saw that mags have a somewhat linear curve, so could I use a different TACX mag trainer that's listed and expect it to be reasonably close?