Don't know will have to try
guessing you could set 300watts and resistance would alter accordingly. That is assuming you have anything left from going up hill. Not a problem for the like of you, Bill, Bridgy et al
You ride to a power figure you select. If you're a high cadence rider, spin away and try maintain power level. Once you slow down in cadence the software adjusts resistance accordingly. Speed is corrected automatically to whatever gradient you're going up. No more gear changes! The benefits for me are, it allows me to keep in a certain cadence range, say 95-100rpm whilst going up 10%+ gradients holding a power figure I know I can sustain. No more grinding up super steep sections.
If you look at stage 5 in the summer cup I did. I used it twice on the second hill at two different power levels, first time around 300 watts and as I began to tire half way up, 280watts. You can see flat power line and high cadence
Its not perfect and will drop out of Erg mode if you drift too far from the target power set, well that has happened to me.
Pressing P on the keyboard is awkward when you're beginning to struggle on a climb.
Useful for bigger, chunkier, solid, alright, fat riders like me
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