Cykelstrom Bicycle Power Meter App – Short Ride West of Oshkosh, Wisconsin – June 15th, 2022

Stacey and I go on a short ride west of Oshkosh, Wisconsin on this very hot morning. This video shows the Cykelstrom Bicycle Power Meter App and detailed information of where the cyclist’s power goes. Calculated power estimates are shown for wind, up/down hill and rolling resistance power components.

Accuracy For This Ride

The best accuracy for this ride is highlighted in bold.

SensorsCrank Power Meter
(Watts avg.)
Cykelstrom
(Watts avg.)
Difference
(Watts)
Margin of Error
(Watts)
External Speed and Cadence89.56106.3016.74+/- 1.74
GPS Speed and External Cadence89.56103.7514.19+/- 1.69
External Speed Only89.39129.3539.96+/- 2.30
GPS Speed Only89.39126.0836.70+/- 2.24
Table created using Bland-Altman Analysis using a 4iiii Precision Pro dual sided crank power meter as the standard with 95% confidence level.

Discussion Of Bicycle Power Meter App Ride’s Results

The best accuracy, in bold, is when GPS Speed and an external cadence sensor was used. I would also like to point out that when only and external speed sensor or GPS speed was used in this ride, the accuracy was not as good due to a lot of coasting. The addition of the cadence sensor really helps out in this situation. You can observe on other rides where there is not a lot of coasting the that the GPS speed or speed sensor only results are better. For best accuracy, I recommend using an external cadence sensor. Cadence sensors are very inexpensive relative to purchasing a crank power meter. If you would like to learn how to add a cadence sensor please visit Adding Bluetooth Sensors to Cykelstrom.

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Elapsed Time Moving Time Distance Average Speed Max Speed Elevation Gain Calories Burned
01:02:44
hours
01:01:44
hours
13.83
mi.
13.44
mph
23.19
mph
276.90
ft.
544
kcal

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