First time poster here so apologies if this has been answered before. I had my first Zwift ride with Favero Assioma Uno power meter yesterday and I was a little shocked at the difference in performance. In my old configuration (using Wahoo cadence and speed meters, bike hooked up to SciOps “dumb” trainer), I could average around 2.7W/kg for an hour. Yesterday, I took the Wahoo devices offline and used the Favero pedals (or more accurately, pedal, since it is UNO) to measure power. I could easily average 3W/kg, even up to 4W/kg. My FTP jumped 50 points after one ride.
I can only assume that I have something set incorrectly with the pedals. Anyone out there also experienced this? Just FYI, I calibrated the pedals, measured the crank length and also set the software to double the power, as instructed in the Favero app.
Thanks for your replies and again apologies if this has been addressed before in the forums.
It is not that unusual to see a big difference like that when going from speed sensors/dumb trainer to a much more accurate power meter or smart trainer. As long as you calibrated correctly and have it set up correctly in Zwift then you should be getting much more accurate power readings now.
My FTP shot up as well when going from a dumb trainer with speed sensor to a smart trainer.
Conflicting views, but the consensus seems to be that you NOT set the Uno to double power for Zwift, because Zwift knows it’s only one pedal. See Assioma uno
thank you all for your swift replies. I’ll play a bit in Zwift and see if it is doubling my power measurement. I had put in this setting in the Favero app that comes with the pedals, so I’m not sure if Zwift takes this into consideration. I just want to get this right because right now, I feel like I’m cheating which I certainly do NOT want to do.
Edit: yes, this solved the problem. When I turned off “double the power” in the Favero Assioma app, it cut my wattage in Zwift in half. However, I have to have this feature enabled in order to get the same reading in my Wahoo bike computer app. This is a similar experience as was reported by @Steve_Hammatt.
the disappointing thing is that my power now is LOWER than it was when I just used a Wahoo cadence and speed meter with my dumb trainer. But them’s the breaks. Gonna have to work extra hard now
This is the usual direction that things go in when moving from a dumb trainer to a power meter. So plenty of others have had the same experience. At least you know you’ve got much more accurate figures now. Onwards and upwards!
The Assioma instructions are, indeed, vague on this! What I did was to attach my pedal to an Assault Bike (the Northern Lights Airforce version) and pedal it using only my legs. While pedaling at 40 RPM, the air bike read 99 watts and my Zwift app read 112 watts. The slightly higher reading, of course, was due to the slight slowing down and speeding up of the heavy handle bars. I had the “double power” switched on while using bluetooth. In my case, it was the correct thing to do; might or might not be the case for you. I guess it really depends on what app you’re using and how it interacts with the computer (mine is an Acer Nitro gaming laptop) it’s installed on. I was also tested at a rehab facility, and my numbers were on spot! I bought my UNO during March, 2021, so maybe they fixed that. To be sure, I would suggest you buy into the DUO Assioma, do what I did, or get you and/or bike accurately tested in a lab.
Dt be disapointet i have 3 Powermeter, actuali 4 ith first is Assioma Dub Shi pedal and 3 Quark un my MTB and wen i have my Lab Test with my trainer in Zurich Diacnostics Center, i always have a diverenc the last time 1 Quark D Zero have 20 Watt lower and i send bak to the dealer and get a new now but that i have to test again, now i test my Assioma test you assioma in a Center what have a real Calibreat system.
sorry my English ist not the best but im sure you get it
Best Regards Andy
