Please check my out and back calibration

[noahpb]

Hi John,

I've had my PowerPod for a couple of months. I started with a standard calibration ride and my power numbers seemed high. So I spent some time trying to manually edit the profile, but finally decided to do an out and back calibration yesterday.

I had to ride a decent distance to get to where I could do the calibration ride and I was slightly confused about the LED status when I got there, but I think I got an acceptable ride in. It was pretty windy, hard to avoid this in San Francisco.

Details about me: 46yo, 6' tall, 140lbs. Fitness level at the bottom of serious amateur range (I thought my FTP was around 175 but perhaps it's a little higher). Riding a Cannondale Slate road/gravel bike with 42mm 650B slick tires. EDIT: PowerPod mounted on the standard clamp that came with it.

After the ride, I did a Check Calibration on the ride and noticed that the ride position was set to "hoods" although I thought I set it to "hoods, elbows bent" before the calibration. I created another profile with that setting updated since that is my usual position.

I'd appreciate any feedback you can provide. Thanks!

Noah

[Velocomp]

If possible please post a ride file that was made after your cal ride. That will make things easy to check.

[noahpb]

Thank you John, here's my ride after the calibration (9 miles). Puttering around in the same area for a bit and then heading home.

It seems like there was also a ride recorded as I was heading to the place where I did the calibration. Let me know if that would be useful.

[noahpb]

Hi John, I'd love to get your input on this. I'm hoping to get out on a long ride this weekend and it would be great to have it sorted out before then. Thanks!

[Velocomp]

It looks like you had a tail wind on the return portion of your ride.

As long as this is the case, everything is fine.

[ANGEL T]

Hello:
You can check if the O & B calibration is correct. Attachment.
Thank you

[Velocomp]

Both of your cal rides are within a few % of each other, so you are fine.

Enjoy your ride!