Note: The interface has changed slightly since this video was recorded. The text below describes the current version.
General flow: Event & course → Wind → Groups & power → Setups & equipment
Use one of these entry points:
Optimizations → Create new optimization ▾ → Equipment.
From an event: Create new optimization ▾ → Equipment.
From the start page: Quick access → Create equipment optimization.
From a pacing result: Optimize equipment ▾ (recommended, see below).
The optimization is named automatically (e.g. Equipment for Roth) and is saved automatically. To rename it, click the pencil next to the title.
Load event (or Create new event) to use the event’s course and race date, or Load course (or Create new course).
On the course summary card you can change the Segmentation (Coarse / Medium / Fine, or Custom after manual edits), click Edit to Trim course or Split / Merge / Move end / Edit surface segments, and use ⋯ → Save as course.
Changes made here are specific to this optimization and won't affect courses in your collection. Once the optimization has results, the segmentation is locked; duplicate the optimization to change it.
Click Next.
Set the Local date and time of the event → Get forecast, or click Edit wind manually. For events, the date is fixed to the event date.
After fetching: Update forecast (after changing time or segments), the Wind forecast summary, and Manual wind overrides → Edit segments / Use forecast for entire course.
In Edit segment wind: columns Manual (toggle) • Headwind [km/h] • Wind from • Wind speed [km/h]; tick rows to bulk edit with Define manual wind or Use forecast.
Click Next.
Equipment comparison uses a fixed power plan (no optimization). All rider/equipment setups will be simulated using this same power plan.
Apply constant power → enter a Pedalling power [W] (e.g. 250) → Apply to fill all segments.
Or select segments and click Edit pedalling power (n), or type values per segment directly.
Groups can share one fixed power.
Every segment needs a power before you can continue.
If you create the equipment optimization from a pacing result (Optimize equipment), the powers are pre-filled with the optimized pacing strategy and a banner links back to that result.
Click Next.
Select Rider setups (compare multiple rider setups) or Wheel options (compare multiple wheel options for one rider setup).
Click Add rider setup → load one from your collection (or Create new rider setup). The selection table shows name, rider weight, bike type, bike weight and drag parameters.
Add more rider setups the same way (e.g. Road race vs Triathlon). Use the card’s ⋯ menu to Duplicate or Remove a setup.
The rider setups need to have unique names.
Tip: For clean A/B tests, keep the same rider profile and CdA across setups and vary only what you want to test.
Select a rider setup as basis for the comparison.
Click Add wheel option and select Front wheel, Front tyre, Rear wheel and Rear tyre (tick Same tyre front and rear to use one tyre for both). Click Add; repeat for more options and click Done.
Toggle Show Swiss Side wheels to include Swiss Side wheels in the list.
The first option you add is the Baseline: the wheel choice for which the CdA and bike weight of your rider setup apply. To change it, open the option’s ⋯ menu → Set as baseline.
Remove options via ⋯ → Remove.
Run optimization becomes available once you have:
≥ 2 rider setups (with unique names), or
1 rider setup with ≥ 2 wheel options,
complete wind data and a power for every segment.
Otherwise you’ll see a warning, e.g. You need to select more than one wheel option.
Click Run optimization. Each run uses one optimization credit (refunded if a run fails).
Name your run, then review the time deltas vs the reference. See How to read the Equipment results.
Keep the pacing consistent: Because every option shares the same power plan, your comparison reflects equipment differences, not pacing differences.
Choose a realistic baseline: Use the setup you’d normally race; this makes deltas meaningful.
Wind matters: If you adjust segments later, hit Update forecast before running.
Naming: Give your runs descriptive names (e.g. “TT vs road”) for easy retrieval in View results history.
Run optimization is disabled → ensure at least two things to compare (multiple wheel options or multiple rider setups with unique names).
“Wind data incomplete.” → go back to Wind and Update forecast, or define manual wind.
Unexpected results → verify the Baseline in the wheel options; the comparison is relative to it.