Cycling

Using an Indoor Trainer

Before you can use a compatible indoor trainer, you must pair the trainer with your watch using ANT+® technology (Pairing Your Wireless Sensors).

You can use your watch with an indoor trainer to simulate resistance while following a course, ride, or workout.

While using an indoor trainer, GPS is turned off automatically.

1. From the watch face, press .
2. Select Activities > Cycling > Bike Indoor.
3. Hold .
4. Select Smart Trainer Options.
5. Select an option:
   • Select Free Ride to go for a ride.
   • Select Follow Workout to follow a saved workout (Workouts).
   • Select Follow Course to follow a saved course (Courses).
   • Select Set Power to set the target power value.
   • Select Set Grade to set the simulated grade value.
   • Select Set Resistance to set the resistance force applied by the trainer.
6. Press to start the activity timer.

The trainer increases or decreases resistance based on the elevation information in the course or ride.

Power Guide

You can create and use a power strategy to plan your effort on a course. Your fēnix device uses your FTP, the course elevation, and the projected time it will take you to complete the course to create a customized power guide.

One of the most important steps in planning a successful power guide strategy is choosing your effort level. Putting a harder effort into the course will increase the power recommendations, while choosing an easier effort will reduce them (Creating and Using a Power Guide). The primary goal of a power guide is to help you complete the course based on what is known about your ability, not to achieve a specific target time. You can adjust the effort level during your ride.

Power guides are always associated with a course and cannot be used with workouts or segments. You can view and edit your strategy in the Garmin Connect app and sync it with compatible Garmin devices. This feature requires a power meter, which must be paired with your device (Pairing Your Wireless Sensors).

Creating and Using a Power Guide

Before you can create a power guide, you must pair a power meter with your watch (Pairing Your Wireless Sensors). You must also have a course loaded to your watch (Creating a Course on Garmin Connect).

1. From the Garmin Connect app, select .
2. Select Training & Planning > Power Guide > Create Power Guide Strategy.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to create the power guide.
4. Select .
5. Select your watch.
6. From the watch face, press .
7. On your watch, select an outdoor biking activity.
8. Scroll down to select Training > Power Guide.
9. Select a power guide.
10. Press , and select Use Plan.

TIP: You can preview the map, elevation plot, effort, settings, and splits. You can also adjust the effort, terrain, riding position, and gear weight before you start riding.