Hi there. I'll start by saying that I am a runner and have been trying out some indoor cycling cross-training due to weather and/or injuries. So I am looking to fine tune my setup for casual/infrequent use but also am very data driven with my training. And please excuse me if I get the terminology wrong with this stuff too!
For equipment, I have a road bike on a generic trainer with a manual resistance control. I also have the Garmin Speed 2 and Cadence sensors along with a Venu 3 watch and a Polar HC10 heart rate strap.
With that, I was able to follow along with a couple of cadence-based workouts on YouTube while using the Bike Indoor activity on my watch. But looking at the watch is a bit annoying so a dedicated display on my phone would be handy.
I tried installing the Tacx Training app onto my phone and with the sensors in Bluetooth mode, I have them paired and connected in the app. I told the app that I have the basic Tacx Boost trainer even though it's another generic brand of trainer with manual resistance control. Then I also connected the heartrate monitor to the Tacx app. If I chose the Power Workout, then I get a basic display that shows Power (estimated/calculated), Speed, RPM (Cadence), and HR. When I stop recording, I can save the workout to my Garmin Connect account.
That worked ok for a bit but now for some reason the speed/power don't work on the iPhone app anymore. I have no idea why and it's very frustrating. So I tried the macOS app on my Macbook, paired all the sensors, and that works instead. It's more inconvenient to have to use the laptop though.
Any idea why the Speed sensor works on the laptop and not the iPhone app?
If Tacx isn't the right app for me, I'm open to other suggestions too! I want a basic app that can show Power (estimated/calculated), Speed, RPM (Cadence), and HR. I myself don't care about the virtual rides/races. I just follow cadence-based workout videos on YouTube and try to match power/effort targets.Ideally the same app could be used for riding outdoors and it would also record GPS data and have a calculate power metric.