1, 5, 20 minute Max power metrics during a ride

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Mike Redman
Something that would be very useful is customisable data fields showing max power sustained over a user defined duration during a ride. For example if I want to target a best 5 minute effort without having to hit the lap button. Or is this feature already available? Thank you and merry Christmas
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    Ivar Hesselager

    I support this suggestion.   I have been training (and racing) with a power meter for 10 years, and I have tried a great number of training apps and still not found one, that gives a good quick overview of how (or whether) I am improving  - without making things so complicated that it takes too much time after each ride to get the picture.   So I had to make my own spreadsheet which gives me the overview of my best watts on six intervals:. ½ and 1 minute, , 3, 6, 12 and 20 minutes.   During each week I (try to) focus at least one time on each of these intervals.  Every 4'th week I go all out on the 20 minute inverval in a FTP test.  From a power curve in Strava, I know what power figures I should aim at with each of the six intervals.   In this way I can ensure that my training is quite versatile.

    In the back pocket of my cycling jersey I carry with me a laminated piece of paper with a matrix showing the target watts for the six chosen intervals - and respectively 95% and 90% of them. so I will know how deep I must dig when starting on a targeted interval.

    I dream of geeting two tools from dashboard.hammerhea.io and from my Hammerhead/Karoo unit.    I would like my training app to make it avaliable to me to configure a matrix with the six intervals I prefer. (Mine are ½,1, 3, 6, 12, 20 min - but I am sure there will be a great variaty of priorities)   Also I would like my training app to make it possible to congfiure the matrix with my watt targets for each of the six intervals

    Once I have done that, I would wish the matrix could  be downloaded to the Hammerhead Caroo, so that  during my ride,I can se my best watts for each of the six intervals and their percentage of my chosen target watt.    This ougth to be simple and versatile at the same time - and it is only a matter of programming :-)

    I am sure Hammerhead is looking for ideas to offer features that no other cycle computer on the market offers.   Maybe thes idea could do just that.

    Ivar

     

     

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