Loving the Zwift Experience and passing the word around about having a go, especially with the whole Covid/lockdown thing.
To save money, I’m running on a (really) dumb (unlisted) turbo trainer i bought way back in the day when i was a triathlete. I don’t mind if its calibrated or not; i ride until i feel exercised, but I’d prefer not to mislead people into thinking I’m Eddie Merx.
My question is this, can you provide guidance to how I can calibrate my dumb trainer so its ball park near accurate? I asked the Internet but got a shrug from Google. I’d rather not have to buy the latest Carlos Fandango smart trainer going into the worst economic downturn in recent history!
Of course, I am capable of brutal power so i could just be owning everybody anyway
It depend on what trainer you have, if it a mag trainer you can change the resistance lever higher until it is more reasonable. I have done that with a power tap wheel. I changed the resistance leaver until it closely matched the PT wheel.
Thanks for the detail Mike; my trainer is magnetic and non-adjustable - despite those limitations I’m sure it obeys the laws of physics and provides exponential resistance at least.
Thanks for the advice Gerrie - i was hoping there was some rule of thumb spindown type test - but i see the sense in using your method or some other kind of power meter.
