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Do you guys have your power setting to include or exclude zero's?

This question has probably been answered somewhere in this topic, but I'd like to know, do you guys use Zero or Non-zero power averages?

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Coach is quite important. I did lots of self coaching last year, became a slave to the numbers and didn't notice over training symptoms until it was too late. New coach uses a protocol that quite different to most books I've read, but I'm loving my bike at the moment and my latest FTP test result of 348 watts is just 4 watts off my FTP personal best (which was after months of solid training)

For the 2 previous weeks I did training session which was a total of 30 mins.3min X 10 sets which was 1 min at 390 watts and 2 mins at 280 watts. I then did a 20 min FTP test on past Monday and did 348 watts and even though it hurt it was sustainable

270watts indoor is impressive! Particularly at your weight... My FTP around 300-330 (at peak) but I struggle to maintain 300w on my indoor trainer!

Good suggestion but I noticed the same on all my MTB rides, couldn't sustain 240w climbing with my heart rate at close to max. I assumed I was just unfit but road bike seems to indicate something else. Sounds like this is unique to me though, will play around with my bike setup and try your suggestion and see what happens. Thanks for all the replies

I had a serious drop in training volume and intensity and assumed this was why my power dropped so much but when I got back on the road bike I noticed the drop wasn't that much. So yes, very strange.

yip, I recalibrate with every ride. Garmin prompts as soon as I switch it on so I'm fairly disciplined with calibrating the stages. I also don't move it that often, only reason for switching to my road bike for my training ride was my MTB has tyre issues and I didn't want to miss my training ride, otherwise it would've remained on the MTB until Sep-Oct when DC training starts

No, I also used heart rate variability to check how fatigued I am and it was pretty similar. Yes, same stretch of road as well. Could this possibly be due to my MTB setup? I've checked saddle height and used plum bomb to check fore-aft and seems right

I’ve been switching my stages PM between my road and mountain bike (and yes, I know the Q-factor is out by 4mm but with one leg 2cm longer than the other and number of other factors, this really hasn’t bothered me at and all both cranks are 175mm) I’ve only been riding my MTB since the Argus and when I did threshold training 2 weeks ago I struggled to maintain 250w. When I jumped on my road bike this week I managed 2 intervals at 300 – 310w which was hard but very manageable. My peak in November was 350w for 20min interval.

Has anyone know why I'd be putting out more power on my road bike VS my mountain bike? I used both on the road and there is probably a 40-50watt difference in power. I'm not sure if anyone has answered this in the 20 000 previous comment

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I'm not sure about the rest of you guys, but I've noticed at trend with the posts here. People have mentioned cyclist riding legally, single file, inside a yellow lane etc, and then getting killed/wiped out by motorist breaking the law, even the OP mentions his personal incidence of getting taken out (and I doubt you have motorist posting comments on forums saying 'This is why cyclist hate motorist') and on the other hand have cyclist 'breaking the law' annoying motorists but arrive home safely? All the countless incidence I've had on the road has been when I'm either a lone cyclist, sticking to the side of the road, or less than 5 riders all riding single file and having motorists/taxis/buses/trucks pass you at insane speeds missing you by a few millimeters. I have had Zero incidence riding as a big group. I know it's illegal for us to ride cyclist abreast and our club strongly condemns this but it seems to me like motorist are more cautious when it appears that you're a 'big obstruction' riding abreast vs a long string of cyclist where they squeeze past you almost forcing you off the road. I too am a driver and I've had lots of incidence where I was forced to slow down for a few minutes or drive at a speed lower than the speed limit whether this be for a truck, tractor, horse and cart, all I do is wait for it be safe to pass and do so. Getting to your destination 2 minutes later is not gonna kill ya and if you're in a hurry because you're late, then that's your fault for not managing your time correctly.

Major fail dude