Great advice. I did not know of GoldenCheetah before I bought my SRM and WKO+. There is some talk of it on the forums and it sounds like a good product. I see that some people use both programs as both have something unique to offer. Me, I'll just stick to one ;-) There is only so much I can look over a file and not lose interest.
Originally Posted by
Drew Eckhardt
Golden Cheetah does the same things, has more long term metrics, and implements Chung's virtual elevation model for CdA/Crr estimation. It runs natively on Windows, Mac, and Linux. As of 2.0 you were limited to Skiba's power metrics which are built around critical power instead of FTP and use an exponentially weighted 25 second moving average instead of a 30 second moving average although people have added Coggan's metrics. The numbers from Skiba's XPower derived metrics are nearly identical to Coggan's NP based metrics, although you may be more likely to have an accurate CP which can be pulled automatically from ride data than FTP with a current test. Golden Cheetah is free.
Playing with Golden Cheetah and the 15 day WKO+ free trial would be prudent if you're a windows user.
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