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hey nate (or anyone) being a complete tech idiot.  I have the following or will shortly.  I have a powertap 2.4 SL and just recently received the Ant + updater.  Unfortunately after installing the update the hub is no longer sending any kind of signal to the CPU, but that is an issue I will work out with Cycleops. 

At any rate, so I have PT SL with Ant +, cycleops fluid 2 trainer, iMac and I also have a Garmin Ant + stick.  Can I assume the Garmin Ant + stick will pick up PT Ant + signal or is there some proprietary signal that will only work with Garmin products.  I guess what I am trying to determine whether I need to buy another Ant + stick or if I can use the one that came with the Garmin 405.

Thanks in advance.   

hey nate (or anyone) being a complete tech idiot.  I have the following or will shortly.  I have a powertap 2.4 SL and just recently received the Ant + updater.  Unfortunately after installing the update the hub is no longer sending any kind of signal to the CPU, but that is an issue I will work out with Cycleops. 

At any rate, so I have PT SL with Ant +, cycleops fluid 2 trainer, iMac and I also have a Garmin Ant + stick.  Can I assume the Garmin Ant + stick will pick up PT Ant + signal or is there some proprietary signal that will only work with Garmin products.  I guess what I am trying to determine whether I need to buy another Ant + stick or if I can use the one that came with the Garmin 405.

Thanks in advance.   

So Nate... not that support is lacking, but are there any plans for a forum to get questions answered. This thread works for me, but just curious.

Specifically, I was wondering about more info on the rides and training approaches. I did Tallac tonight and see your instructions. Perhaps I'm just new and the more I work with it the more I will learn.

Oh god.  Now I'm going to have to buy a laptop.

Finally got set up last night.  I was actually making it way harder than it needed to be.  It was after 8, by the time I got on so I just grabbed a short workout and gave it a shot.  I have some calibration tweaks as my Powertap head unit and the software were off by about 10-15%, not a huge deal.

At any rate, I quickly surmised that this is possibly one of coolest things I have ever seen.  I am torn between wanting to promote the heck out of it and wanting to keep it as my secret training weapon at least for a little while.  Don't worry Nate, I am already telling my friends, I can't keep secrets very long.  Honestly, the motivational aspect is incredible, the ease of use with workouts automatically saving to the cloud is awesome.  I can see a time in the future (or maybe its already possible) where you could perhaps set up a challenge group amongst friends.  I was days away from purchasing a computrainer when I heard about this and held off just to see what it was.   I am sure glad I held off.  As far as I am concerned the CT may have just become obsolete. 

Oh god.  Now I'm going to have to buy a laptop.

Finally got set up last night.  I was actually making it way harder than it needed to be.  It was after 8, by the time I got on so I just grabbed a short workout and gave it a shot.  I have some calibration tweaks as my Powertap head unit and the software were off by about 10-15%, not a huge deal.

At any rate, I quickly surmised that this is possibly one of coolest things I have ever seen.  I am torn between wanting to promote the heck out of it and wanting to keep it as my secret training weapon at least for a little while.  Don't worry Nate, I am already telling my friends, I can't keep secrets very long.  Honestly, the motivational aspect is incredible, the ease of use with workouts automatically saving to the cloud is awesome.  I can see a time in the future (or maybe its already possible) where you could perhaps set up a challenge group amongst friends.  I was days away from purchasing a computrainer when I heard about this and held off just to see what it was.   I am sure glad I held off.  As far as I am concerned the CT may have just become obsolete. 

For some reason this reminded me. Nate, are there any plans to make an iOS and/or android version of the program, so that someone can use an iPad or Kindle Fire? I wouldn't see it as a necessity, especially since the Kindle Fire has no feasible way of using the ANT+ USB dongle. 

OK, I signed up becuase, as I previously stated, TR makes me want to come down to the man cave and ride the trainer.  The GUI really helps me, a bike novice, in hitting the proper level of power and time.  However, I am having terrible "power" issues. 

I purposely did "Hitchcock" yesterday since it had long stretches where you need ot hold the power consistently.  I hope my screen shot come through below, but it is terrible.  The power jumps around and in the end, I do not even come close to the average target.  The funny thing is that my RPE, cadence and HR seem to correlate perfectly.  I cannot believe my stroke is this choppy, so I need some advice.

KK road machine trainer, Garmin GSC10, no powertap to compare.

1.  I just cannot get the speed sensor to be steady.  Tried moving the unit and magnet but no dice.

2.  Cadence is rock steady so at least that component is working.

3.  Tire inflated and tension adjusted for each ride.

4.  The power drops "consistently", meaning if my target is 100, the drop is always 35-37,  target160 is 57-62, etc.

Any advice is appreciated.  I won't be offended if you tell me I s##k and need to bike more. If the screen shot cannot be seen, go to the TR site and look for user cartman1966.