Academy·Step 2

The player — what happens on the ride screen

Four sensor roles, ERG mode and one dial that rescues a session when your legs say no.

The power on screen is only as good as what you paired. And in ERG mode the trainer decides the effort, not you — comfortable, as long as the target is realistic.

Four roles, not necessarily four devices

One device can fill several roles at once — a trainer reports both power and cadence.

  1. Open the pairing screen — scanning starts on its own ("Scanning for sensors…").
  2. Tap "Connect" on a device it finds.
  3. Tap "Done". Next time the app connects by itself.

Pair your sensors

A sensor you didn't bring shows as "Remembered · out of range"; one you no longer want goes with "Forget".

What to read on the ride screen

The bar above the line previews the next block; below it, the grid of swappable tiles.

The "what's next" bar: an arrow, the duration and target of the next block; "FINISH" on the last one. Everything else is a swappable tile — tapping one opens "Choose metric". Don't confuse the two time tiles:

"INTERVAL POWER" tells you whether you're riding evenly; "VS TARGET" turns green when you're on target. At the bottom: "Pause", "Skip block" (the recording stays) and "Finish" (save or discard).

ERG, free ride, and the dial between them

In ERG the trainer holds the given power; you hold cadence. Free ride is the same screen without control — you set the resistance yourself. You can switch mid-ride without losing the recording.

"ERG BIAS" shifts every target in the workout by 5% down or up per tap without touching its structure. Better than quitting: intervals stay intervals, just at today's power.

Every ERG target is worked out from this number.

Reaching for the bias three sessions in a row? That's an out-of-date FTP, not a bad day.

The screen no longer surprises you. What's left is what to put in those blocks — zones and workouts of your own.

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