Training & Nutrition - Race online with trainer?

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Hawkster
02-02-04, 08:28 PM
Hey everyone,

I was looking up trainers today and I came across AnyTrainer 3D (http://www.anytrainer.com) in a previous post on bikeforums. I downloaded the demo and it looks like it would be pretty cool. Does anyone have any experience with it and is it is worth the money? Also, does anyone know of any other similar programs, maybe one that would allow you to race online against your fellow human beans? I am hoping to get some rollers and thought this would be worth looking into.

Thanks, and don't be shy, Paul J.


PS. I guess if you were going to race online you would have to have the same trainer and everything to make it fair. :rolleyes: :p


PPS, another link:Computrainer (http://www.computrainer.com/downloads/fullbro.pdf) (pdf, takes a moment to download)




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Jakey
02-08-04, 11:29 AM
It doesn't work with Windows XP??!?!?!?!? Grr...

Hawkster
02-08-04, 03:03 PM
I downloaded the demo version and it seems to work alright with XP. Is there anyone who has the full program and Win XP?


lowracer1
02-12-04, 09:30 PM
I use a Tacx I-magic virtual trainer with steerer. You can race other riders online plus do monthly challenges at bike.net at the Tacx site. Monthly cash prizes. If you are real good, you could win all your money back for what you spent on the trainer. I race against some guys over at the bicycling.com forums. Makes training fun, plus it gives you graphs and tables of your wattage, cadence, heartrate, speed, Kcal , and time for a course. You can race up to 5 riders at the same time.

bywayofmedia
04-18-10, 08:02 PM
I know this is really old.. but does anyone use this on a regular basis? I was thinking about getting.. travel trac real axiom.. it has some software that seems like it can race online ..

I tried to youtube some videos.. everyone seems about the same level of slightly noisey...

so my top 3 choices are:
1. Travel Trac Real Axiom (realaxiom.com seems to have a different version than the websites i see online)
2. computertrainer (it seems to.. just work with... any trainer? sorry i am new to this..)
3. tacx brands.. (the images seem real.. 90's... not realistic to me)...

does anyone have any updated input on quality? does anyone race online? that's what I'm interested in.. you know, with all this xbox/wii generation and the need for fake competition to give me entertainment..