Of note, I am female, I ride a roadie with aero bars (tri set-up), my roads are country roads, fairly rough, not super smooth- some chip and seal. I weigh 147# and am 5'4. I am a triathlete for those who care
I am trying to understand how to intrepret this data and make it work for me. I don't think the software reference manual is too super helpful. Here's my data, then I will post my questions.
In case you can't easily see the images, here is the link: http://myridedata.shutterfly.com/ hint: if you click on slideshow, the images are much bigger and easier to read.
Ok, my questions are:
1. Do my settings from the cal/coast down ride look legit? Friction, aero, etc.. Are any of these numbers that I need to worry about improving?
2. Not sure I even know what most of these numbers mean: tilt, wind scaling, etc.. what can I read that will help me understand?
3. I was shocked to see that the calories burned from the 20 mile ride were only 345 cals! My HRM used to say something like 600-700 cals! Does it not to need to know that I am female, my age, etc (all of the data that went into my HRM)?
4. On the wind scaling pic, how do I know that this is accurate? Do I need to make any adjustments? I'm not sure what the wind offset and average ground speed things do at the bottom of the screen and why I would mess with it?
Obviously, I am very new to this, I love technology and feel that once I get a handle on my ibike, I can really start to improve as a cyclist.
One last question, I thought the ibike pro came with the reading material from Coach Boyd, "Fast Fitness with Power". How do I get this? It's not the ibike store.. I did do the fitness test and it says that my FTP is a pitiful 133W. Obviously, I am excited to get to work!
Thank you in advance for all of your help..