Wind cal question
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 10:25 pm
I have an iBike Newton. I think it is the original Newton. It isn't the 5 or 6. I am running firmware version 4.16
My procedure for riding with the Newton for each ride is to let the Newton aclimatize to the outdoor temp. Then, I do a wind cal (out of the wind) and then I ride. Sometimes during the ride I'll go into the wind cal screen (making sure to be out of the wind) and it is reading 3.0 or 5.0 or -3.0 or -5.0. Basically not zero like when I started the ride. This most often happens when the temp has changed from when I started the ride.
My question: In this situation, where I have followed the ride start procedures above, and I am part way into the ride and the wind cal screen shows 5.0, are the watt numbers I am seeing while I am riding a little higher than they should be since the wind cal is reading 5.0 when it should be reading 0. Or does the iBike somehow adjust for this win cal change from the start of the ride and show watt numbers on the ibike screen that are adjusted?
Thanks,
Aaron
My procedure for riding with the Newton for each ride is to let the Newton aclimatize to the outdoor temp. Then, I do a wind cal (out of the wind) and then I ride. Sometimes during the ride I'll go into the wind cal screen (making sure to be out of the wind) and it is reading 3.0 or 5.0 or -3.0 or -5.0. Basically not zero like when I started the ride. This most often happens when the temp has changed from when I started the ride.
My question: In this situation, where I have followed the ride start procedures above, and I am part way into the ride and the wind cal screen shows 5.0, are the watt numbers I am seeing while I am riding a little higher than they should be since the wind cal is reading 5.0 when it should be reading 0. Or does the iBike somehow adjust for this win cal change from the start of the ride and show watt numbers on the ibike screen that are adjusted?
Thanks,
Aaron