tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127465332790743592.post3333730249513380181..comments2023-05-28T06:33:28.493-04:00Comments on My Cycling Watts: Back to Training, Sort ofJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17724895201763340114noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127465332790743592.post-76852424088988998672010-01-26T15:15:39.901-05:002010-01-26T15:15:39.901-05:00Glad you stumbled on my blog and found it useful. ...Glad you stumbled on my blog and found it useful. I sympathize with your situation. A few years ago I used to swap my PT between my 9 spd road bike and an 8 spd bike I rode only on the trainer. PITA for sure.<br /><br />Should you get Training Peaks software? That depends on what you want to do with the power information. There are some metrics like TSS, CTL, ATL and Normalized power that are very useful for measuring training load day-to-day, weekly, monthly, etc. It is easy to add manual workouts and estimate the intensity, in order to have numbers for rides where you don't use the PT.<br /><br />If you do very structured workouts with steady intervals like 2 x 20 min, or 5 x 5 min, the average power for the intervals tells you pretty much all you need to know, but for unstructured variable intensity rides, the normalized power is the best indicator of how hard your effort was.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17724895201763340114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127465332790743592.post-2296278811317433712010-01-26T11:22:02.571-05:002010-01-26T11:22:02.571-05:00Hi, I found your blog using a popular search engin...Hi, I found your blog using a popular search engine. Your blog has been very informative. Question for you. I just got a powertap pro. I have two bikes, a cx (commuter) bike with Ultegra 10 speed and a road bike with Ultegra 9. It would be a PITA to switch tires/cassette every other ride. I am thinking of using the powertap on the cx bike only because I ride alone on that bike and can use the powertap to guide my efforts. The road bike rides are always in groups so I just try to keep up with the fast riders. If you were only using the powertap 3 times per week would you get TKO software?<br />thanksJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840485518647950369noreply@blogger.com