Winter Cycling - Indoor training devices

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ckostas
11-28-06, 07:23 AM
I was wondering if anyone could provide feedback on different ways to train on my bike indoors for the winter. Discussion about different training devices available, best brands, failures would be great..... (i.e. Kurt or cycleops, so here i was training when.....)

thanks

chris

Portis
11-28-06, 09:34 AM
The only thing i have is a trainer and I hate it. I much prefer to ride outdoors.
Hezz
11-28-06, 11:50 AM
The only feedback I can give is that stationary bikes usually have the wheel in the front and the power transfer is 180 degrees out of phase compared to a real bike. As far as I know the cyclops is the only stationary bike worth getting for this very reason.

I have not tried indoor trainers. I think it is more fun to try and ride a bike in the snow but of course it is nice to have an indoor solution since you can't always ride as often as you like.

Portis
11-28-06, 06:41 PM
The only feedback I can give is that stationary bikes usually have the wheel in the front and the power transfer is 180 degrees out of phase compared to a real bike. As far as I know the cyclops is the only stationary bike worth getting for this very reason.

I have not tried indoor trainers. I think it is more fun to try and ride a bike in the snow but of course it is nice to have an indoor solution since you can't always ride as often as you like.

And with trainers, you don't really "ride" you just pedal a lot.