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Wiki WattageFAQ for Power based training and Powermeters A guide for powermeter users, coaches and sports scientists

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Contents 1 Training By Power 1.1 What is Power? 1.2 Why train by power? 1.3 Power versus PE and HR 2 Powermeters 2.1 SRM 2.2 Powertap 2.3 Quarq 2.4 Ergomo 2.5 MEP 2.6 LOOK 2.7 Garmin Metrigear Vector 2.8 Polar 2.9 Power measuring Turbo Trainers 2.9.1 Cycleops Powerbeam 2.9.2 Computrainer 3 Head Units 3.1 Compatibility Matrix 3.2 SRM 3.3 Garmin 3.4 Cycleops Powertap 3.5 Ergomo 3.6 Polar 3.7 Windows Smartphone 3.8 Apple iPhone 4 Software to Analyse Power Data 4.1 Trainingpeaks 4.1.1 Trainingpeaks WKO formerly Cyclingpeaks WKO 4.1.2 Trainingpeaks.com 4.2 Cycleops Poweragent 4.3 Powercoach 4.4 Golden Cheatah 4.5 Raceday 4.6 Sporttracks 4.7 Polar Precision Performance 4.8 MEP10A Analysis Software 5 Technical Questions 5.1 Sampling Rate 5.2 Precession 5.3 Zeroing 5.4 Calibration 5.5 How do powermeters measure power? 5.6 Smoothing

Training By Power

What is Power?

Why train by power?

Power versus PE and HR

Powermeters

SRM

Powertap

Quarq

Ergomo

MEP

LOOK

Garmin Metrigear Vector

Polar

Power measuring Turbo Trainers

Cycleops Powerbeam

Computrainer

Head Units

Compatibility Matrix

SRM

Powercontrol V Powercontrol VI Powercontrol VII

Garmin

Garmin 705 Garmin 310XT Garmin 500 Garmin 800 Garmin 910XT

Cycleops Powertap

Cervo or little yellow computer Joule 2.0 Joule 3.0 Joule 1 Joule2.0 GPS

Ergomo

Ergomo CPU

Polar

CS500, CS600X, S625x , S710, S720

Windows Smartphone

MEP10A Smartphone Software

Apple iPhone

Wahoo Fitness Fisica

Software to Analyse Power Data

Trainingpeaks

Trainingpeaks WKO formerly Cyclingpeaks WKO

Trainingpeaks.com

Cycleops Poweragent

Powercoach

Golden Cheatah

Raceday

Sporttracks

Polar Precision Performance

MEP10A Analysis Software

Technical Questions

Sampling Rate

Precession

Zeroing

How to zero your powermeter will depend on which head unit you use to communicate with it (assuming there is a choice).

SRM - Powercontrol V#zeroing, Powercontrol VI#zeroing, Powercontrol VII#zeroing

Powertap Cervo#zeroing

Cycleops Joule 2.0#zeroing

Garmin - Garmin 705#calibration, Garmin 310XT#calibration, Garmin 500#calibration, Garmin 800#calibration

Ergomo - Ergomo Pro#zeroing

AIP - MEP Smartphone#zeroing

Polar - no zeroing methods are available for Polar systems

Calibration

How do powermeters measure power?

Smoothing