# Ability to turn on ERG mode during ride **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [February 23, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/ability-to-turn-on-erg-mode-during-ride/538326 "2021-02-23T21:55:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Whight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/darren_whight/32/47767_2.png) [@Darren\_Whight](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Darren_Whight)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/ability-to-turn-on-erg-mode-during-ride/538326/1 "2021-02-23T21:55:09Z")
It would be good during a just ride session that you could manually turn on ERG and set a constant watts to ride to. This would help ride to constant watts on a segment so you could try to beat you PB. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Ryan2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/paul_ryan2/32/538988_2.png) [@Paul\_Ryan2](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Paul_Ryan2)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/ability-to-turn-on-erg-mode-during-ride/538326/2 "2021-02-23T22:01:56Z")
Hi you can i train in erg mode with all my trg and have no issues ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_Mattson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/jim_mattson/32/387761_2.png) [@Jim\_Mattson](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Jim_Mattson)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/ability-to-turn-on-erg-mode-during-ride/538326/3 "2021-02-24T00:22:34Z")
It’s not trivial, but it can be done. Set up a custom workout at the desired wattage and start the workout mid-ride via the menu (or ‘e’ key on Windows or Mac OS X). ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Rowe1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/mike_rowe1/32/530428_2.png) [@Mike\_Rowe1](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Mike_Rowe1)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/ability-to-turn-on-erg-mode-during-ride/538326/4 "2021-02-24T01:38:13Z")
I would rather have an easy “cruise control” button available on screen that sets your current wattage and holds it via ERG mode. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_Mattson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/jim_mattson/32/387761_2.png) [@Jim\_Mattson](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Jim_Mattson)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/ability-to-turn-on-erg-mode-during-ride/538326/5 "2021-02-24T01:51:42Z")
Yeah, and I want a pony! ---
**Author:** ![Milan\_Rost](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/milan_rost/32/407827_2.png) [@Milan\_Rost](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Milan_Rost)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/ability-to-turn-on-erg-mode-during-ride/538326/6 "2021-02-24T02:54:55Z")
Buy one, but be sure to test the compatibility with Zwift before! PS. I find Mike’s “cruise control” idea would be a perfect solution. Wrote a workout for it, but it is a workaround. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Rowe1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/mike_rowe1/32/530428_2.png) [@Mike\_Rowe1](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Mike_Rowe1)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/ability-to-turn-on-erg-mode-during-ride/538326/7 "2021-02-24T11:16:09Z")
Where do you put the power meter on the pony, or does it only work with a speed sensor? 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Whight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/darren_whight/32/47767_2.png) [@Darren\_Whight](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Darren_Whight)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/ability-to-turn-on-erg-mode-during-ride/538326/8 "2021-02-24T12:43:32Z")
So you can turn on a custom workout mid ride…didnt know you could do that. I suppose I could also create a customer workout for say 3 hours at my desired watts, then start the custom workout but turn off ERG straight away, then just before the segment turn ERG back on, thats probably easier right. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_Mattson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/jim_mattson/32/387761_2.png) [@Jim\_Mattson](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Jim_Mattson)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/ability-to-turn-on-erg-mode-during-ride/538326/9 "2021-02-24T13:24:26Z")
Yes, as long as you don’t mind missing out on some potential XP. ---
**Author:** ![Milan\_Rost](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/milan_rost/32/407827_2.png) [@Milan\_Rost](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Milan_Rost)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/ability-to-turn-on-erg-mode-during-ride/538326/10 "2021-02-24T19:49:14Z")
Make the workout segmented in short intervals and you can make more XP (depends on your speed, of course - but for my active recovery with 55% FTP is it possible). ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_Mattson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/jim_mattson/32/387761_2.png) [@Jim\_Mattson](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Jim_Mattson)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/ability-to-turn-on-erg-mode-during-ride/538326/11 "2021-02-24T19:59:29Z")
I think 62 second intervals are ideal for accruing XP. See > **[How Zwift Calculates XP for Cycling Workouts](https://zwiftinsider.com/xp-for-cycling-workouts/)** > > All about XP for workouts. ---
**Author:** ![\_Darkwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/_darkwood/32/523153_2.png) [@\_Darkwood](https://forums.zwift.com/u/_Darkwood)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/ability-to-turn-on-erg-mode-during-ride/538326/12 "2024-02-15T12:13:36Z")
I’m new to Zwift and quickly discovered the lack of an ERG mode toggle while in “just ride”. As the OP was three years ago, I’m resurrecting it to see if anyone has any other suggestions or news. Doesn’t seem like Zwift is doing anything about it. Is creating a custom workout the only workaround? The other problem I’ve noticed is that when in ERG/workout mode you can only increase/decrease your power by 25% max… why so limiting? This seems arbitrarily small. So you have to create several different custom workouts are various levels of you want to vary your erg target significantly. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Southworth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/paul_southworth/32/538336_2.png) [@Paul\_Southworth](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Paul_Southworth)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/ability-to-turn-on-erg-mode-during-ride/538326/13 "2024-02-15T12:27:25Z")
The other way that people use ERG mode in free rides is to unpair the trainer from Zwift for “Resistance” and pair it to a cycling computer or other workout app. If your trainer has a manufacturer app sometimes that will do it. Here’s another example: > **[Running Zwift and TrainerRoad Together](https://zwiftinsider.com/zwift-and-trainerroad/)** > > Tap TR’s workouts while enjoying Zwift’s virtual environment!