Mount And Blade Bannerlord 2 Trainer

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Justina Ky

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Aug 3, 2024, 5:44:57 PM8/3/24

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In Zwift, all of your riding speed and distance are determined via calculations using your power in conjunction with the road grade, your weight & height, and in-game bike/wheels. This is an estimate that somewhat parallels riding outside in concept.

This different approach leads the TR speed and distance to be impacted heavily by the gearing (and resulting wheel speed) that the rider is using. In ERG specifically, you can do the same workout in your low (34/28) or your high (50x11) gearing. Each will return VASTLY DIFFERENT speed and distance.

Essentially, speed and distance in training are garbage and not representative of the actual effort applied. People can manipulate that speed and distance via gear selection as shown above, which makes it highly subjective, and just short of useless.

An on-bike speed sensor measures wheel rotation speed, and multiplies it by circumference to calculate speed. A wheel-on trainer measures roller rotation speed, and multiplies it by roller circumference to calculate speed. A wheel-off trainer measure spindle rotation speed, and multiplies it by wheel circumference to calculate speed. If all three are set correctly, all three will report the same result.

I would like it if TR was able to calculate a logical speed based on your power output, weight and height. What bothers me (as vain as it is) is that my buddies spend time on zwift and that mileage is added to their annual total while I spend an equal amount of time on TR and only get half the mileage for more work put in. Just to be clear I ride in my small chainring in ERG mode because I like how that feels.

I was looking for a way to increase distance a bit as I use the counters in Strava for my equipment as reminders for maintenance. For sound reasons I use the small blade in front and a big blade in the back in ERG, hence a relatively low flywheel speed.