Hey, Maybe it’s me but I can’t seem to use my gears on a free ride section in an academy workout. I did the sprint (w/out 2) today and in the free ride section I was just spinning with not much power. Do I need to turn the ERG off? Thanks, Lisa.

[image] Lisa_Ping_TFB_WAG: I was just spinning with not much power. If you need more resistance in the free ride you can use the incline function on the companion app or the ± keys on your keyboard or the up and down arrows on the bottom of you screen (popup menu)

Ok, thanks Gerrie, I’ll try that. I was expecting to use the gears on the Wattbike rather than the companion app. Hopefully increasing the resistance will stop me spinning like a madwoman!

Thanks Paul. I’m going to try increasing the resistance using the companion app to see if it helps.

I thought the free ride sections just followed the gradient of the world you were riding in? the incline selection is there when you turn erg mode off.

Gerrie, the instructions on screen during the workout say to use your gears.

[image] Chris_Holton: I thought the free ride sections just followed the gradient of the world you were riding in? No free ride go to the trainer default base resistance.

That is correct @Paul_Bonham but if you don’t have enough resistance that your gears wont help.

[image] Lisa_Ping_TFB_WAG: Wattbike rather than the companion app I think you need to use both, but there is many post of people not having luck with free ride on the Wattbike.

I don’t think this is correct Gerrie, or if it is, it’s not consistent. In WO1 the final (8 minute) freeride section I had plenty of resistance using my gears only to put out an avg of 349 watts. In two of the sprints in WO2 erg disengaged and there was sufficient resistance to hit 1,200 watts. On the other sprints I had no resistance and span out. I have never adjusted the resistance or incline manually.

@Paul_Bonham: You are correct, but if you did not have enough resistance in 8min test you could change you trainer resistance using the buttons. It sound line some thing is going on with WO2 you are not the first to mention that. (I have not done WO2)

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Gerrie_Delport_ODZ (Gerrie) October 12, 2020, 4:20pm 8

No free ride go to the trainer default base resistance.

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