About The 6 Second Test

The 6 Second Test is designed to find the highest absolute peak power over a single revolution and peak rpm. Despite its short duration it can be very stressful on both the muscular and nervous system. An adequate warm up is needed before attempting this test.

Peak power and peak rpm are usually attained with the first few pedal revolutions. The result will also establish the average power and average rpm over the 6 seconds.

Resistance Recommendations

The following tables provide recommended trainer resistance settings for performing the 6 Second Test, for all Wattbike products with manually adjusted resistance.

Wattbike Pro - Male

Rider Weight (kg)	Air Setting	Magnet Setting
<50	1	1
51<55	2	1
56<60	2	1
61<65	3	1
66<70	3	1
71<75	4	1
76<80	4	1
81<85	4	1
86<90	5	1
91<95	5	1
96<100	6	1
101<105	6	1
106<110	7	1
111<115	7	1
116<120	8	1
121<125	8	1
126<130	9	1
131<135	9	1
136<140	10	1
141<145	10	1
146<150	10	5

 

Wattbike Pro - Female

Rider Weight (kg)	Air Setting	Magnet Setting
<45	1	1
46<50	1	1
51<55	2	1
56<60	2	1
61<65	2	1
66<70	2	1
71<75	3	1
76<80	3	1
81<85	3	1
86<90	4	1
91<95	4	1
96<100	5	1
101<105	5	1
106<110	5	1
111<115	5	1
116<120	6	1
121<125	6	1
126<130	7	1
131<135	7	1
136<140	8	1
141<145	8	1

 

Wattbike Trainer - Male

Rider Weight (kg)	Air Setting	Magnet Setting
<50	4	1
51<55	5	1
56<60	6	1
61<65	7	1
66<70	7	1
71<75	9	1
76<80	10	1
81<85	10	4
86<90	10	5
91<95	10	5
96<100	7	6
101<105	7	6
106<110	8	6
111<115	9	6
116<120	10	6
121<125	4	7
126<130	4	7
131<135	5	7
136<140	6	7
141<145	7	7
146<150	8	7

 

Wattbike Trainer - Female

Rider Weight (kg)	Air Setting	Magnet Setting
<45	3	1
46<50	4	1
51<55	4	1
56<60	4	1
61<65	5	1
66<70	6	1
71<75	7	1
76<80	8	1
81<85	9	1
86<90	9	1
91<95	9	1
96<100	10	4
101<105	10	5
106<110	10	5
111<115	7	6
116<120	7	6
121<125	7	6
126<130	8	6
131<135	9	6
136<140	10	6
141<145	4	7

 

Wattbike Nucleus - Male

Rider Weight (kg)	Air Setting	Magnet Setting
<50	3	1
51<55	4	1
56<60	5	1
61<65	6	1
66<70	7	1
71<75	8	1
76<80	9	1
81<85	10	1
86<90	10	2
91<95	10	2
96<100	10	3
101<105	10	3
106<110	10	3
111<115	10	3
116<120	10	4
121<125	10	4
126<130	10	4
131<135	10	5
136<140	10	5
141<145	10	6
146<150	10	6

 

Wattbike Nucleus - Female

Rider Weight (kg)	Air Setting	Magnet Setting
<45	2	1
46<50	3	1
51<55	3	1
56<60	3	1
61<65	4	1
66<70	5	1
71<75	6	1
76<80	7	1
81<85	8	1
86<90	8	1
91<95	8	1
96<100	10	1
101<105	10	1
106<110	10	1
111<115	10	3
116<120	10	3
121<125	10	3
126<130	10	3
131<135	10	4
136<140	10	4
141<145	10	4
146<150	10	4

About The 6 Second Test Duration

The Wattbike power metric reports full revolutions rather than being time based. Peak power is power over the single highest full revolution. You may notice in your test summary that the actual seconds recorded is fractions less than exactly 6 seconds. This is nothing to be concerned about and occurs when a partial revolution has occurred at the very beginning and/or at the very end of the test and is therefore discounted from the report. Within the data every 100th of a second is captured and all underlying data is retained.