Frequently asked questions
You can link your Strava account with CR4NKUP in the Settings menu. When you finish a ride it will be automatically uploaded to your Strava account. If you don’t want CR4NKUP to upload your activities automatically you can use the “Disable Auto Upload” option in the Settings Menu.
For your safety a FIT activity file is created for all your rides in CR4NKUP and ready to upload! You find the file here:
C:Users<user>AppDataLocalLowCrankup GmbH
ESC – Switch Ingame Menu
1-7 – Change Camera
F1 – Show/Hide Chat Window
F2 – Show/Hide CRANKBOT (Personal Pace Bot)
F3 – Show/Hide Realtime Power Values
F4 – Show/Hide Realtime Power Zones window
F5 – Show/Hide Riders Nearby window
G – Graph. Show/Hide Power/HR Chart
F – Fullscreen. Pressing F several time will cycle through the different possibilities of the upper and lower HUD bar.
SPACE – Open “Finish Ride” Button
LMB – Select Road by clicking on the road name at crossroads
RMB – Brake
By pressing F2 you can switch the CRANKBOT window on/off. This option allows you to spawn your personal Pace Bot.
It has the following options you can adjust to fit your needs:
Power (Watt): This is the power the Crankbot uses.
Ascend Adjustments: Most riders tend to produce more power when the resistance increases like going uphill. This value adjusts the power the bot uses when ascending, so when Power is set to 200 and this value to 10% the bot will increase up to 220 watts when going uphill.
Descend Adjustments: This is the opposite of the previous option. This value adjusts the power the bot uses when descending, so when Power is set to 200 and this value to 10% the bot will decrease it’s effort to 180 watts when going downhill.
System Weight: The weight of the bot + bike (called system weight) used for the physics simulation of the bot.
Spawn: This spawn the bot at your position.
Despawn: Will remove the bot.
Teleport to Player: Teleports the bot directly beside the player. Very useful if you lost contact to the bot or lost it 🙂
Which is know as “Trainer Difficulty” in other popular games is called “Trainer Realism” in CR4NKUP. It can be adjusted in the Settings Menu. If you are in the main menu you find the settings menu on the left side. When you are already in the loaded world you can press the ESCAPE key to open the ingame menu. There is also a button for the Settings Menu.
If you are ingame you can open/close the Ingame Menu by pressing the Escape key.
A windows PC with a graphics card and a ANT+ Smart Trainer, Powermeter or Smart Bike.
CR4NKUP is free to use. No need to pause or cancel your subscription, because there is no subscription. No fees at all.
The Power Value window can be turned on/off by pressing F3.
The best column shows your best efforts over the according time frame.
The average values show you the average power for the last according time frame.
In CR4NKUP the power zones are updated in real time while you ride. You can switch the window on/off by pressing F4.
The zones are based on the Cogann Power Zones:
Zone 1 – Active Recovery <55% ftp
Zone 2 – Endurance 56-75% ftp
Zone 3 – Tempo 76-90% ftp
Zone 4 – Lactate Threshold 91-105% ftp
Zone 5 – VO2 Max 106-120% ftp
Zone 6 – Anaerobic Capacity 120-150% ftp
Zone 7 – Neuromuscular Power >150% ftp