garysol1
11-05-07, 06:15 PM
Looks like a wet windy week so in about 15 minutes I am going to do my first full ride on the trainer. Anyone else been on the trainer yet this season?
Great Lakes - Breaking out the trainer
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Little Rider
11-05-07, 06:56 PM
Yes, sadly.... Its going to snow tonight. Very depressing.
Psimet2001
11-05-07, 09:01 PM
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Little Rider
11-05-07, 09:23 PM
Psimet, Im in Naperville so I expect you will be getting some snow as well. At least thats what the weather man says, but what does he know :)
Psimet2001
11-05-07, 09:25 PM
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Gromit
11-06-07, 06:18 AM
Ack. given my work schedule and having a wife and three kids, I do three rides a week on a trainer at night. To quote Alice Cooper: "Welcome to My Nightmare."
tzracer
11-06-07, 07:51 AM
When I am on te trainer I use Spinerval DVDs. Much better than just riding and watching tv or reading.
octaneTom
11-06-07, 12:34 PM
How about some trainer recommendations? I'm in the market for one - quit the gym and no longer have access to spinning classes.
garysol1
11-06-07, 01:18 PM
How about some trainer recommendations? I'm in the market for one - quit the gym and no longer have access to spinning classes.
Here is my setup. Real Axiom V3 (http://www.performancebike.com/shop/Profile.cfm?SKU=23636&item=40-3737&slitrk=search&slisearch=true) from Performance. It is the budget alternative to a Computrainer. You ride the with video while the trainer is changing the resistance as ascend and descend. The software shows your wattage, speed, gradiant, HR and so on. Very cool trainer for those long winter months.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c342/garysol1/Picture001-3.jpg
Here is my setup. Real Axiom V3 (http://www.performancebike.com/shop/Profile.cfm?SKU=23636&item=40-3737&slitrk=search&slisearch=true) from Performance. It is the budget alternative to a Computrainer. You ride the with video while the trainer is changing the resistance as ascend and descend. The software shows your wattage, speed, gradiant, HR and so on. Very cool trainer for those long winter months.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c342/garysol1/Picture001-3.jpg
slim_77
11-06-07, 02:20 PM
I've been on it once already:(...but I had a good video to preview for school/work: Walking With Cavemen produced by the BBC~yeah, its not everyone's cup of tea, but damn good stuff for nerds like me!
Last winter was not too terrible...cross your fingers!;)
Last winter was not too terrible...cross your fingers!;)
cyclpsycho
11-06-07, 04:19 PM
How about some trainer recommendations? I'm in the market for one - quit the gym and no longer have access to spinning classes.
To quote Psimet: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! :eek:
Invest your cash in warm clothing, a beater bike and ride through winter!!! :D If you dress right, its like riding on a summer day. You stay motivated cause your out riding, while your friends are turning into Jack Torrance (The Shining) riding their trainers :crash:
What's also nice is people in cars give you plenty of room cause they think your crazy! ;)
To quote Psimet: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! :eek:
Invest your cash in warm clothing, a beater bike and ride through winter!!! :D If you dress right, its like riding on a summer day. You stay motivated cause your out riding, while your friends are turning into Jack Torrance (The Shining) riding their trainers :crash:
What's also nice is people in cars give you plenty of room cause they think your crazy! ;)
garysol1
11-06-07, 04:26 PM
To quote Psimet: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! :eek:
Invest your cash in warm clothing, a beater bike and ride through winter!!! :D If you dress right, its like riding on a summer day. You stay motivated cause your out riding, while your friends are turning into Jack Torrance (The Shining) riding their trainers :crash:
What's also nice is people in cars give you plenty of room cause they think your crazy! ;)
Easy to say. I get a much better work out on the trainer than if I tried to ride in cold, snowy conditions. If you want to dress like a polar bear and go out on a snow covered road then more power to ya. The roads here are way to narrow as is when they are clear and dry but I would say it is close to suicidal to ride on them when it is slick. I will personally ride into the 30's as long as it is dry but with out a trainer that would leave a lot of time off the bike for me.
Invest your cash in warm clothing, a beater bike and ride through winter!!! :D If you dress right, its like riding on a summer day. You stay motivated cause your out riding, while your friends are turning into Jack Torrance (The Shining) riding their trainers :crash:
What's also nice is people in cars give you plenty of room cause they think your crazy! ;)
Easy to say. I get a much better work out on the trainer than if I tried to ride in cold, snowy conditions. If you want to dress like a polar bear and go out on a snow covered road then more power to ya. The roads here are way to narrow as is when they are clear and dry but I would say it is close to suicidal to ride on them when it is slick. I will personally ride into the 30's as long as it is dry but with out a trainer that would leave a lot of time off the bike for me.
cyclpsycho
11-06-07, 04:47 PM
Easy to say. I get a much better work out on the trainer than if I tried to ride in cold, snowy conditions.
Oh sorry, I did forget to mention I have a Computrainer just in case I can't get out. I really do hate :mad: riding it though!
Oh sorry, I did forget to mention I have a Computrainer just in case I can't get out. I really do hate :mad: riding it though!
Gromit
11-06-07, 05:25 PM
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c342/garysol1/Picture001-3.jpg
Damn, that beats riding my 1989 cannondale on my kurt kinetic in the basement with a radio hands down :eek:
Does that program come with some rednecks in a pickup throwing cyber-beer cans at you for some LT work?
Damn, that beats riding my 1989 cannondale on my kurt kinetic in the basement with a radio hands down :eek:
Does that program come with some rednecks in a pickup throwing cyber-beer cans at you for some LT work?
garysol1
11-06-07, 05:53 PM
Oh sorry, I did forget to mention I have a Computrainer just in case I can't get out.
You did skip that little detail....LoL
You did skip that little detail....LoL
Psimet2001
11-06-07, 07:19 PM
Oh sorry, I did forget to mention I have a Computrainer just in case I can't get out. I really do hate :mad: riding it though!
Hmmm....I know where you live.
Well I know approximatly where you live ;)
Hmmm....I know where you live.
Well I know approximatly where you live ;)
cyclpsycho
11-07-07, 07:28 PM
Hmmm....I know where you live. Well I know approximatly where you live ;)
WHOA Pman!
Do we know each other well enough to swap sweat on the trainer? :eek:
WHOA Pman!
Do we know each other well enough to swap sweat on the trainer? :eek: