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New Wahoo Elemnt Bolt is out. DCRainmaker has a great review. Basically, a smaller Elemnt, about the size of a Garmin 520, for less than a Garmin 520. With all of the software fixes/feature updates that Wahoo have done over the past year.

Review link: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/03/wahoo-elemnt-bolt-in-depth-review.html

If I didn't already have the original Elemnt, I would buy one of these. 100%.
 
Another tough coaching session this morning - 2nd last one in the block i booked.

Warm up - then 2 mins at original FTP (240W) then 2 mins rest.

2 mins FTP plus 5/10W, 2 min rest

Repeat 7 times. Basically trying to add between 5 and 10W each time on the FTP.

Did well through the first 4, feeling good, really pushed the 5th one up to 300W, 6th one was 310W and the last one coach told me to go on feel alone (no screen, no figures, no idea of time apart from 20 seconds from the end call). Really dug deep, hard to judge but pushed 379W! Really surprised myself.

Basically if you take out the 1st and last one, and average the 5 in the middle, my ftp has increase over 5 weeks of coaching and some training at home from 240W to 270W and that's pretty accurate on the Wattbike.

Last session next week will retest maximum minute power, maximum 6 second power output and final Vo2 max session.
 
Wasn't an FTP test. it was 7x2mins at 105%
He's saying his FTP has increased over the past 5 weeks since his last 3 efforts were 60+ watts more than his on paper FTP.
booyaka, you're going to see a hefty increase in 20min power when you test it again. 380watts for 2mins at end of session, boom :)

I'm not sure why he is focusing so heavily on the sharp stuff right now with you though!
 
merlin said:
My cateye volt 800 got ran over a few weeks back - still works perfectly!
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Haha they are built like tanks! As was the VOLT400 but the little clip 'arm' on the bottom broke so returned it and upgraded to the 800. Mines been dropped at speed, at least twice onto the road. Once when it wasn't fully clipped in (probably over 20mph as it was descending) and once when I was fiddling with it. Loads of marks and dinks on the casing but the lens and light function seemed totally unaffected. I'm only returning the 800 as it's overheated (I guess!?) and melted the centre of the lens! Battery life has dipped a little so I'm using both as a reason for a refund to upgrade! ;)

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madindehead said:
New Wahoo Elemnt Bolt is out. DCRainmaker has a great review. Basically, a smaller Elemnt, about the size of a Garmin 520, for less than a Garmin 520. With all of the software fixes/feature updates that Wahoo have done over the past year.

Review link: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/03/wahoo-elemnt-bolt-in-depth-review.html

If I didn't already have the original Elemnt, I would buy one of these. 100%.
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Balls. Just typical as my ELEMNT is only a couple of months old! Interesting to hear how it compares, think I'm happier with my larger screen anyhow! ;)

booyaka said:
Basically if you take out the 1st and last one, and average the 5 in the middle, my ftp has increase over 5 weeks of coaching and some training at home from 240W to 270W and that's pretty accurate on the Wattbike.
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Not sure if I'm understanding that correctly, but using an increasing 2 minutes on, 2 minutes off 30 minute sessions as a judge of FTP increase? I'm unsure how accurate that can be as I've not tried it myself, but with that rest frequency I don't see how you can really be testing threshold?
 
xdcx said:
Wasn't an FTP test. it was 7x2mins at 105%
He's saying his FTP has increased over the past 5 weeks since his last 3 efforts were 60+ watts more than his on paper FTP.
booyaka, you're going to see a hefty increase in 20min power when you test it again. 380watts for 2mins at end of session, boom :)

I'm not sure why he is focusing so heavily on the sharp stuff right now with you though!
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Two mins at FTP (1 hour power) isn't pushing hard though. Surely doing two mins at your max 2 min power would be more of an interval.
 
I need people's opinions. I've pretty much decided that I really want a Bianchi in my life, but I also want Ultegra Di2. How insane would I be to buy an Oltre XR1 that comes with Potenza and then buy a full Di2 groupset to fit on it just so that I can have the bike in Celeste? Am I being ridiculous?
 
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Two mins at FTP (1 hour power) isn't pushing hard though. Surely doing two mins at your max 2 min power would be more of an interval.
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FTP + 10w for a 2min interval is relatively easy but it's not the same for each one, he said he's adding 5-10w each time.
10 watts may not sound like much but upping the power whilst increasing fatigue at every interval soon becomes very difficult.
 
I think what I was trying to say has been badly written by me!

Warm up then - Doing 2 mins on, 2 min rest - repeat 7 times.

1st - 240w
2nd - 245W
3rd - 250W
4th - 260W
5th - 300W
6th - 310W
7th - 379W

Those were my 2 min efforts. The idea being that using my base FTP (240W) from 5/6 weeks ago at my initial testing, it was to gradually add to each interval in terms of power output.

By taking the average of the middle 5 (discounting 1 and 7) - 273W. This is a good guide to where my FTP is now. It's not an accurate guide to it but since I did a proper FTP myself on my turbo on Sunday (rubber glove sufferfest, 20 min effort) - that showed me 258W as my FTP but I had more in the tank. So what I'm saying is that the 273W from today is probably around the right mark as it ties in with other figures I have from my own training/turbo along with the coaching/WATT bike figures.

It's not a new or definitive FTP session, but it's a good guide as to where it's at. Hopefully that makes more sense now??
 
Another point I would like to raise : The method of calculating a 1 hour FTP result = 95% of Critical Power (CP) 20 minute FTP is flawed. Unless you are a pro or serious rider most average riders doing an CP20 test are at 80-90% of their 1 hour power. Some riders who can complete a CP20 test probably couldn't even finish an hour FTP test :p
 
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You're missing the point. An FTP test gives you a power figure that you then use to calculate appropriate power targets for your workouts. I'm not sure why you've even brought that up in response to the posts above to be honest?
 
FrenchTart said:
You're missing the point. An FTP test gives you a power figure that you then use to calculate appropriate power targets for your workouts. I'm not sure why you've even brought that up in response to the posts above to be honest?
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that's what I use it for - a baseline that I then use to calculate my efforts in my workouts.
 
FrenchTart said:
You're missing the point. An FTP test gives you a power figure that you then use to calculate appropriate power targets for your workouts. I'm not sure why you've even brought that up in response to the posts above to be honest?
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Its wasn't in relation to any above posts, just a general point - hence no quoted posts :p
I think you've missed my point too :)

It's no good doing a test and applying a 95% calculation and coming up with a power figure that you wouldn't be able to achieve in the real world. Therefore meaning your power zones are wrong targets.
 
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