Adaptive FTP analyses your performance across multiple power zones, RPM ranges, and seated / standing efforts during a normal structured class. It refines your FTP live as you ride — nudging your target power up or down so the class keeps challenging you correctly — and then proposes the final updated FTP at the end, which you choose to accept or keep.
When to turn it on
Turn Adaptive FTP on only on the days you want to assess your current FTP — typically:
After a structured training block to see if your fitness has changed.
When you feel strong and well rested.
Roughly every 4–6 weeks, not every ride.
When NOT to turn it on
Don't leave Adaptive FTP on all the time. If it runs every class, it will move your FTP up and down with your daily condition (sick, tired, energetic, dehydrated) — and the stored number stops representing your real FTP.
How to enable
On the join screen before a Studio Ride, toggle Adaptive FTP.
You can only turn it on during the first 5 minutes of class — after that it's disabled for the session.
What it does during the class
Adaptive FTP does not change your bike's resistance directly (that's what ERG Mode does). Instead, it adjusts the FTP it's working with live, and because your zones are a percentage of FTP, your target power moves with it:
If you're performing strongly, Adaptive FTP raises the FTP it's estimating, so the target power for the current zone goes up — you're prompted to add resistance to stay in zone (in ERG Mode the resistance increases automatically).
If you're struggling, it lowers the estimate, the target eases off, and you're prompted to reduce resistance to match.
So you may feel the targets shift mid-class — that's Adaptive FTP calibrating to your real form rather than a single one-off effort.
Example
A rider sets out with an FTP of 200 W. They're holding their Zone 4 intervals comfortably above target, so Adaptive FTP edges its working FTP up toward 215 W during the class. Their Zone 4 target power rises accordingly, and the dials prompt them to turn the resistance up a touch to stay on target. At the end, the app proposes 215 W as the new FTP — and they decide whether to keep it.
After the class
The app shows the final recommended FTP based on the whole ride.
You choose to apply it or keep your existing FTP.
The live adjustments during class are only used to reach that recommendation — your stored FTP doesn't change unless you accept the new number.
Not available in
Free Ride — Free Ride has no class structure for Adaptive FTP to assess.