Originally Posted by
himespau
And the fact that there's no coasting. Even in what I thought were long, consistent efforts outside, I only realized how many microbreaks I took (even unintentionally) until I went inside and all those disappeared (rollers so power output needs to always be there).
My old Garmin just recorded time until I stopped it. So, if I got on the trainer for 90 min, it recorded 90 min. My PC8 auto starts/stops and only records time when it is receiving data - power, cadence, distance... I was pretty shocked at first at how much time I would spend coasting or resting when on the trainer. It was not uncommon for the PC8 to only record 65-70 min of a 90-min trainer session. Even yesterday, Strava shows I was on the bike for about 80 min. My PC8 shows 67 min of effort. To be fair though, I did take two work calls during my workout, and I generally stop pedaling when on the phone.