FW5 upgrade: watts are now higher than previously

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stefun
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FW5 upgrade: watts are now higher than previously

Post by stefun »

Hello
I've just load FW 5.13 into my newton+.
I tested it on two rides power numbers are different from rides performed before I upgrade my newton. Because I'm curious about things are working, I'm always riding with newton and a powertap hub.
I observed that on the two last rides realised with the new FW5, power numbers approximately are 6-7% higher than previously.
Previous cal ride carried out in februar 2016 is always running in my newton. However I suspect that the autocalibration feature changed how things are computed by the newton.
The two first attachments are ride performed with the FW5 upgrade.
The last attachment is a ride performed before the upgrade.
Finally I join the profile extracted from the newton
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grambois colonie mirabeau_10_10_2016_1541_46_km.ibr
after upgrade 2
(370.32 KiB) Downloaded 218 times
ansouis poinu vaugines cavrières TEMPO_10_09_2016_0954_59_km.ibr
after upgrade 1
(449.02 KiB) Downloaded 214 times
grambois colonie beaumont_09_24_2016_1054_46_km.ibr
previous ride
(370.99 KiB) Downloaded 209 times
Last edited by stefun on Mon Oct 10, 2016 3:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.
stefun
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Re: FW5 upgrade: watts are now higher than previously

Post by stefun »

and the profile into my newton:

What could I need to do?

1) Reload the profile performed with a cal ride (without wind, on an almost flat, almost smooth road), fine tuned with against a well calibrated PT DFPM.
2) Make a new cal ride?
3) Allowing the device to do an autocalibration by itself and fine tunning this auto calibration with the profile uploaded here?

Thanks for your help.

Stephane
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extracted profile 25-2-2016.ibp
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Velocomp
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Re: FW5 upgrade: watts are now higher than previously

Post by Velocomp »

What's happening is that FW 513 does a better job of measuring Crr, so your default value needs to be adjusted a bit, to 0.004 (typical for a good road bike).

Modified profile is attached.
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Road Bike.ibp
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John Hamann
stefun
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Re: FW5 upgrade: watts are now higher than previously

Post by stefun »

Many Thanks John
I will try this profile sunday.
Cheers
Stephane
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