Riding a route inside

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Joe Murphy

• February 03, 2021 17:15
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Once I have a route with elevation data on my K2, can I then activate it and have the K2 drive resistance on my smart trainer?  From what I gather here, I would have to have my smart trainer paired with the 'trainer ID' and not the 'power ID', but is this it?  Should I turn the GPS off?

Assuming that the K2 can drive a smart trainer's resistance based on the grade along a route, will the display show my position along the route as a function of time and wheel speed?

Please be gentle with your response -- I just received my K2 yesterday.  :-).  And if there are other posts related to this (desired) capability, please point me to them.  I wasn't able to find them by searching.

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  Ali

  • February 03, 2021 16:52

  Hi Joe,

  Great idea. I don't believe we have come across this suggestion. You are correct that you need to connect via trainer id, and not the power id but it is not possible to drive based on the elevation data. It would be cool to do so though!

  You can, however, set the resistance and the slope if you connect via trainer id.

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  Joe Murphy

  • February 03, 2021 16:59

  Ali,

  Thank you for the quick response.  I can stop looking for a way to do this for now, but I bet a lot of people would really enjoy this since indoor riding has become so popular.  I think there are some PC/Mac programs (Rouvy, maybe) that can do this, but being able to do it all from the K2 would be awesome.  That and TrainerRoad integration are top on my wishlist!

  I'll be hooking it up to my bike for the first time for a short outside ride today before coming back and pairing it with my Wahoo KICKR Snap for a workout.  In addition to being super impressed by the K2, I'm sure I'll have more questions.

  Again, thank you for the great customer service.

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  Ivo Smolis

  • May 25, 2021 13:19
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  +1 on this feature

   

  Wahoo computers can control a smart trainer and "re-ride" a route indoors i.e. simulating the grade according to the elevation data in the route file. I believe Garmin can do it too. It would be great to incorporate it into Karoo software - for those times when you don't have access to Zwift or just fancy re-riding your favorite local route indoors.

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  admin

  • December 15, 2021 22:21

  I would love this feature. Wahoo allows you to follow a course and adjust grades etc, Garmin does one better and allows you to post the virtual route as a map to Strava. This is a feature I would love on the Karoo2.

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  Bob Lyle

  • December 16, 2021 14:45
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  This does require one subscription but I've been uploading my ride data to RWGPS (free) then exporting it to the Rouvy route editor (paying member) and saving it as a local route there. I then upload it to Rouvy where it lives in my "Created Routes" folder. Works pretty well and does not require the Karoo 2 to be used indoors.

  Edit: Thinking back it may be possible to follow my method without the Rouvy paid subscription. I joined right around the same time that I started porting rides over from the HH dashboard so accessing them in free user mode may work.

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  Trey Coursey

  • May 15, 2022 22:50

  Would love to see this come to the K2.  I am training for a 12 min uphill time trial and a week out wanted to pre-ride the course and get an idea of my power/effort I should dial in...   I use to be able to do this with my Wahoo Element and my Garmin 810.  Guess I'll dust off the Garmin, but not everyone has multiple bike computers :)

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  Cedric Martin

  • November 27, 2022 15:55

  Hello, 

  Any update on this? Is there an easy way to do this? with TrainerRoad? with TrainingPeaks? 

  Best, 

  Cedric

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  Nicole Horner

  • August 31, 2023 03:13
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  Another feature still missing? There are other computers I can buy that have this feature. Being able to re-ride and/or simulate resistance on a trainer for a route with known gradients would put you on par with other computers.

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