Failed my FTP test
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:59 pm
Hello gang!
I tried my first real FTP test today and something went wrong...
Basically, I think my error was selecting the path to do it. I was thinking that performing the test on a car-less spot would be ideal, so off I went to the University Campus that is closed due to Covid but it's open for riding... I started the test on the garmin but almost immediately I discovered that having a road with slopes going up and down wouldn't make it, going up is easy to achieve the power range asked to be sustained by the computer, but going down is another story...
So my question is: will I get a better, consistent effort by selecting an all-up hill? I did change the power smoothing to 0 because readings were delayed and it was harder to get to the proper range.
Please share your experience and knowledge, thanks for the advice!
Alejandro
I tried my first real FTP test today and something went wrong...
Basically, I think my error was selecting the path to do it. I was thinking that performing the test on a car-less spot would be ideal, so off I went to the University Campus that is closed due to Covid but it's open for riding... I started the test on the garmin but almost immediately I discovered that having a road with slopes going up and down wouldn't make it, going up is easy to achieve the power range asked to be sustained by the computer, but going down is another story...
So my question is: will I get a better, consistent effort by selecting an all-up hill? I did change the power smoothing to 0 because readings were delayed and it was harder to get to the proper range.
Please share your experience and knowledge, thanks for the advice!
Alejandro