Intriguing.. would this be the easiest way to run Erg Zone workout while Free Riding or in a banded group ride?

General Discussion
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I’m trying understand how this works, and.. it really works with “any” trainer?
ht tps://www.elite-it.com/en/products/home-trainers/ecosystem-accessories/zona

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Sounds like it is directly controlling a trainer, like a Garmin Edge can also do.

A lot of folk control the trainer with the Garmin, even some ride-leaders do so. In that way they behave like a robopacer going at fixed power level.

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I thought the same thing.
The only thing I see that’s different is that you can do w/Kg targets.
I don’t think the Wahoo bike computers can do that one. Does Garmin?

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I think I’ll get one of these. Yes, I might be able to emulate much of the functionality with a garmin head unit or the trainer’s app, but I really like the concept of this simple self contained button device that doesn’t need any app or software.

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Wahoo can, set profile to indoor and there you can select different modes (erg, resistance, wattage target, controlled by other device), though I don’t understand why anyone would want to use ERG mode ever, it’s so mind numbingly boring. I actually wish Zwift would add sim mode to the workout options besides resistance and erg mode

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I think so, I haven’t tried it however - I rarely use the erg mode set by the Garmin as it is quite fiddly to do.

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I suppose it could be, but I think of it as being able to run any workout or resistance I want to, during a sociable group ride. You could also ask why anyone rides on Tempus Fugit or sets their trainer difficulty to zero.

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I don’t understand that either, although Tempus Fugit could be a nice warmup

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I am very familiar with Wahoo devices and how they can be used for indoor training.
My point was that there isn’t a specific w/Kg option in Wahoo. Watts, yes, but not w/Kg.

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They are in practice identical since weight is constant

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Try (for example) “Lionel Sanders’ Green Day Workout” and tell us if it was boring!?!

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The one below? Maybe not boring but painful as your mind doesn’t have any distraction from the pain. Keeping on powertarget in sim or even resistance mode is a.good way to not notice the pain