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Ten Minute Tips #26: The Case Against Erg Mode

Empirical Cycling Podcast

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The Benefits of Erg Mode

A lot of people like it because especially if they're stuck inside you want to minimize the amount of just crushing brutalness of pedaling inside for a three-hour endurance ride as you can. Erg mode is great when you could set it and forget it like you've got a recovery ride all right erg mode 100 watts rpe 10 out of 10 I know that. It's also very similar to setting up a treadmill where you hop on a treadmill and you can punch in yeah I want to do this endurance run at 729 per mile or something like that. If you have certain power targets like really dialed in it can really help with this kind of thing.

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