Originally Posted by
nycphotography
ANT+ or BT?
If ANT+, how far is the dongle from the unit?
I found that using a $3 USB extension cable to move the dongle right under my bottom bracked (and close to the kickr), exterminated lot's of little gremlins... and this smells a lot like the particular flavor of gremlin that it could fix.
BT connection. I have my phone mounted on my handlebars (left side, so a bit more direct to the unit).
I called Wahoo. First question was about the spindown, and he told me that my spindown was taking too long, so the power readings weren't accurate. I asked him how I was to know how long the spindown took or what the right length was, and he told me it should be 10-15 seconds, and mine was over that. I told him that was good to know, but that if such a time is a requirement the app should inform the user that the spindown took too long and the tension needs to be tightened. And that it would also be helpful, but less necessary, for the app to have an indicator for the time the spindown has taken.
FWIW, it's not clear to me why poor calibration on power would lead to jumpy changes in resistance. But I'll give Wahoo CS the benefit of the doubt on this.
I haven't done another spindown yet, but will report back as to whether this solves the issue. (I'd been waiting to report back.)