AeroPod, PowerPod and Newton

Hi:

Your ride looks very good; I tweaked your profile a bit to take advantage of all the laps you were doing.

Yes, you can trade your PP for an AP or PP Wireless!

Hi, I think that this might be common to many riders. We take long rides and often take brakes, resulting on Aeropod powering down. The issue is with Isaac/Velocomp-Aero software now logs the ride as two rides. Combining the rides in the sftwr is cumbersome as this is needed for all of our rides. I...

Hi John, Do you have any updates to share? Thank you Yes, actually, quite a few... 1) We just released VA version 1.026, which adds many new features for aero analysis: A. You can select individual laps, or combination of laps, for aero analysis. Click on the "box" for each lap you want t...

In Garmin Express/Connect one of the Charts is called Time Advantage. I think the data is part of the AeroPod 2.0 IQ app. This does not make any sense to me as the max range on the plot is 5 - MILLION. So something is not getting incorporated. Included is the extract from Garmin Connect for that pa...

Sharing yet another file from today. Config A: Laps 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, <gap> Laps 23, 25, 27, 29 Config B: Laps 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, <gap> Laps 39, 41, 43, 45 Config C: Laps 31, 33, 35, 37 The intra-lap and intra-group variances of analyzed CdA, both were high. As an example, for Config A: Laps 2 to 10...

I know we're talking about this in the other thread, but I wanted to mention that I observe that effect of turn-around on the analyzed CdA on the file I shared above too. Analyzed CdA of a group of laps that include test laps and intermittent turn-around laps (< 0.5 miles) is not equal to the avera...

nikshar wrote: ↑Sun Sep 21, 2025 6:00 pm Attached, thanks

Is this ride on the bridge where you did earlier rides?

We are taking a look at this ride file.

Your AP is pointed down more than is recommended. I would get it eye-ball level, then lock it in to make sure it can't rotate.

We are delighted to announce a completely new series of products, software, and apps, all of which communicate wirelessly: 1) New "PowerPod Wireless" power meter. PowerPod Wireless enables full wireless compatibility with the new Velocomp Wireless app, and also Velocomp Aero software. NOTE...

I know I need to weigh-in on this topic...there are lots of good comments and observations.

I'm working on something right now that all of you will know about in a day or so...until then, keep the topic going and the ride files coming!

Hey John, can you confirm the latest version number? I'm on 1.0.25, but I do notice the turnaround lap discrepancy, as shown below. These screenshots are from a test from a couple weeks ago. Laps 6, 8, and 10 have individual analyzed CdAs of 0.291, 0.295, 0.291. But when I group them (along with tu...

Well, I asked for this feature multiple times... nothing happened. I also noted and reported that even the short turnaround laps with an N/A CdA value do influence the final Analyzed CdA result, therefore a selection of consecutive laps is a bad solution. The short turnaround lap issue has been cor...

I'm curious about the kind of precision other users are seeing in their CdA testing. I've read of +-0.002 in a couple of places in this forum, but haven't seen the data that goes with it - I'm more interested in understanding all the different parameters that went with such precision. The best I'm ...

I'm using my aeropod in profile 4 with a Garmin watch. It doesn't support the Aeropod 2.0 app, so I'm using the older one. But then I wonder if I even need the app installed? If I'm just interested in collecting data, is it enough if I just pair my watch with aeropod, start the ride on the watch an...

The smoothing of the power data can be configured in the AP profile, if I remember correctly, by default it is dynamic. If it is set to 3s or 5s, then Garmin will receive the smoothed data, won't it? Good catch! Yes, power transmitted by AP to Garmin will be affected by smoothing setting in profile...

^ In addition to that, I just noticed that the power graph shown in the .ibr file fetched from the device is different from when I import power into VA from my bike computer's .fit file. The latter has much less fluctuation. I wonder if this is contributing to some issues? Here are two screenshots ...

Hi John, I did some more testing today, a new short 3-min loop, pretty much all flat. The CdA values look pretty consistent (in the attached file, my testing laps were 6, 8, 12, 14, 16, and 18), but I was checking the elevation tab, since you mentioned that being a source of error last time, and I ...

We will investigate.

We have someone working on it but the timetable is not yet known.

Hi John, Thanks for pointing that out. Quick question: Is it ok if the stop point is on the other side of the road as the start point, as long as they are both at the same level/elevation? On my bike-path test route, this seems irrelevant, since it's a narrow path and I pass by the same start point...

IMPORTANT!!! We just noticed that in your ride file 9/1 17:57, that you are not stopping the lap at the same physical location where you start the lap. How do we know? Your starting elevation (404' for these laps) and stopping elevation (433') are DIFFERENT. Here is lap 2 (the other laps show the sa...

Lots of comments: 1) You are doing a fine job of testing. You are doing multiple laps for each test sequence, and you are riding consistently for each test sequence. 2) The first five minutes of any ride file are recalibrating the AP. So, your first lap of each of the ride files should be looked at ...

I think Isaac has been removed from our server. Sorry

Hi John, I have figured out that the issue is something to do with my over engineered home network. Using my phone as an access point, I can login to tracker and get a confirmation, after that I can download the GPS data. Now I just need to figure out what is being blocked from my end. Is there a s...

Once again John and his crew meet the calls from the fans!! I also like the new scaling on the PowerStroke graph. Wondering on the time advantage - looking at the ride file in Garmin Connect it does not make a whole lot of sense. I'd upload an example of each, but I forgot while image format the BB...

I just tried uploading to NT. It worked without problems...

texmurphy wrote: ↑Sat Aug 23, 2025 1:04 pm

markw65 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 10, 2025 5:42 pm I'll try to add it in the next release

Thank you - it is nice to see these in Aero.

Is there any way to save the Map preference?
I prefer the flat Open Street Map but have to reselect it every time Aero starts.

Map preference is now remembered in latest VA release.

Hmm...we have not seen this problem anywhere else.

Please post screenshots showing what goes wrong in your attempt.

It looks like you bumped (rotated) your AP around 51 minutes. CdA and watts went crazy afterwards. Lap 2 and lap 4 were out-and-back laps, good for CdA testing. VA analysis can overcome the error in the "bumped" lap. Analyzed lap 2 CdA was 0.204 1.png Analyzed lap 4 CdA was 0.201 (analysis...