Requested by DHRestrepo - It would be nice i we could calibrate the trainers within the app.
Discussion
Alex’s reply:
I will think about this one. I don’t know much about this spin down process. I do know one other user requested it as well.
Bran Lan’s reply:
+1 to this, kind of annoying having to pair to the Wahoo app to do a spindown, then switch back to TrainerDay.
Alex’s reply:
I understand Bran, we will add this, right now we are busy getting it so more people can use the app (for example Ant+ users) but we definitely want to do this just might take a little while. Sorry about that. We are small and trying to keep the costs down so we can have the lowest price app, so things go a bit slower.
Okay, maybe I didn’t found it in the app, but since every other training app has this option to calibrate your set and asks for it on the first run, I would ask if it is somewhere buried in “options -> advanced -> more advanced -> even more advanced -> admin stuff”?. I mean, I suspect, it was either forgotten or omitted because the calibration really does nothing nowhere but since company X has it, company Y does the same?
Out of all the big apps, we are the smallest, newest and cheapest. Those factors mean we leave out some of the “extras” especially when their is a work around which is using your manufactures calibration app. I would like to add this at some point in time as I know it improves the experience a lot for wheel on trainers.
This was my suggestion as I am a newbie here but have seen this functionality in every other training app and it seemed to very important to do it there.
But think about it, why do you need this feature in TD when the best tool for calibration is what you got from the power meter manufacturer? Smart trainers calibrate themselves, and if you’re using a different power meter in the room, as long as it’s in stable conditions, it doesn’t need a “daily” calibration procedure.
I think it is mostly wheel on trainers that need spin down before each training session to be accurate. Because more and more smart trainers don’t require calibration and their are other ways to do it, I still don’t have it my to do list soon until we are much bigger. We keep growing but still this is not likely to happen soon.
