Training & Nutrition - Longest ride on your trainer?

Whats your longest ride on a trainer or rollers? I did 2hrs and 10minutes on my rollers last night, a total of 34miles! I am paying for it today! My legs are killing me.

A little over two hours, I think. A little over 30 miles, too, I think...

About 90 minutes. I can do the distance [the physical part], it's the time [the psychological part] that gets to me. Even with tunes and intervals, and all that, the trainer takes a lot of discipline.

I've got a cadence of about 90 for most of the time and, on average, I guess I spend most of my time in 39x16 or 39x17... so that would be what? 27 km/h? 25 miles in 90 minutes?

My longest rides are about 1 hour in length. I don't like to ride too long on the rollers because I am afraid that I will start to get bored with them and I don't want that to happen. I love riding the rollers right now and figure if I am getting 40 minutes to an hour when I ride it is great.

I have heard that coaches for the pros will not let thier riders stay on rollers or a trainer for more that 90 mintues maximum at a time. This is again to keep them from getting bored riding on them for to long. They want them to keep fresh minds and figure that they can a really good workout doing intervals without ever going over that time limit. Most of their workouts are about 75 minutes in length which includes their warmup and cooldown.

Well, I am trying to get to 30 minutes with max resistance on my trainer. Afraid that will be about it. Sitting here on my computer looking over at the bike on the trainer. Hmm!! I guess I will have to get over there. Let's see. Take off pants, put on bike shoes, walk to trainer, put on HRM, get on seat, place feet in clipless, turn legs. Hmmm!! Well, pretty soon!!

Well, managed to check out the bike USENET groups, check all 6 of my user names on AOL, got my pants off, and shoes 1/2 way on. I guess I just GOTTA do it. Hello, boredom, goodbye computer.

Well, I did my 30 minutes on the trainer at maximum resistance.

Do I hear a BIG CHEER out there somewhere???

Anyway, after warm up I got the old (62 years old, to be exact) ticker up to 158 bpm for a couple of minutes there, then varied between 130 - 145 most of the time.

Anyway, i DO feel better, and since I was watching "Whose Line is it" on TV, the time went pretty fast.

Cheers!! :beer:

Fox: You da MAN!

Yeah, but does he ride with his pants off, OUTSIDE ?

:eek:

Originally posted by Louis
Yeah, but does he ride with his pants off, OUTSIDE ?

:eek:

I hate to admit this, but I ride in just my famous undies inside. No padded bike shorts. Oops, I just blew away another sacred biking dictum. Hey, I ride on my trainer and don't get any sores, and don't use any sacred biking togs. Oh, oh. I guess I am no longer "Da Man"!!:D

Nope Denver, you NOT da MAN!;)

I'm thinking of signing up for a spinning class at the local helth club. It's very cycle-centric -- it's run by a former pro and member of the '84 Canadian Olympic team -- and gets the local wieler crowd. Big screen with videos of the Giro and TdF. No way I'd turn up in Fox's famous underwear.

Originally posted by velocipedio
Nope Denver, you NOT da MAN!;)

I'm thinking of signing up for a spinning class at the local helth club. It's very cycle-centric -- it's run by a former pro and member of the '84 Canadian Olympic team -- and gets the local wieler crowd. Big screen with videos of the Giro and TdF. No way I'd turn up in Fox's famous underwear.

I think you would look really cute and would be a BIG hit!!

Who are you to be governed by the "Bicycler's Tog Code" anyway??

2+ hours many years ago...pretty tough mentally, and I can understand the soreness. With a trainer you never get a break (no downhill free rides!) so it is WORK. In the winter I typically ride 5 to 6 times each week for one hour each. A number of aids are necessary to slog my way through this torture...TV, stereo, and planned workout. Trouble is I feel like a clock watcher! All in all it beats dealing with nasty winter weather, and entering the early season in miserable shape!;)

Keith

I hated trainers before I bought my computrainer. I am on it at minimal two times a week for at least 90 min.. It is very pleasurable to ride, good indicator of where I am at, provides me fabulous feedback, and most of all keeps my slow legs competitive. Best of all the new upgrade keeps track of my racing time, heart rates and all that jazz. On my easy days, I have to turn off the pacer otherwise the competitive juice start to flow. I recommend it to everyone. The best thing about it is that the company who makes it is great to. They gave me a free upgrade at no charge when they didn’t have to. How cool is that.


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About 6 and a half feet, when using training rollers.

I wobbled, dropped of the roller and accelerated into a garage door!!

The rest of the time, the bike stayed where it was. (That counts doesn't it)

I am going to go out on my trainer soon... it will be a 50 minute ride... I can't face more today, I'm afraid... I'll make up for the short ride by doing 200 situps and 50 pushups.

I did 40 min. Ha ha, about 12 miles. I was dying from boredom. I had Jan&Dean sing the Beach boys blasting and I was reviewing the digestive system in my biology book...Hell!!

In the UK last year, a geography teacher set off to cycle around the world on his trainer. He plots out the distance on a map.

I've done 3 hours on my trainer, in my backyard, with no tv or radio. It was tough going and very draining mentally, not to mention physically :). Something I do not recommend.

QN. I've heard from someone that the time you do on your trainer is the equivalent to time on trainer x 2 on the road. Is that right?

Originally posted by cadex
I've heard from someone that the time you do on your trainer is the equivalent to time on trainer x 2 on the road. Is that right?

I've heard it the way you mention here on the Forums, but I've also heard it the other way around from some very reliable sources. Wouldn't you think it to be harder on the road, though? Wind, two wheels for resistance...

Yup, that's pretty accurate. Wind, two wheels for resistance...

I think the key thing is that you never freewheel on a trainer. The muscular engagement is consistent. This is what the HR profile of one of recent trainer sessions looks like:
http://gonzo.concordia.ca/friedman/hrm2.jpg

On the other hand, this is what a recent 90-minute climbing ride looks like [it's winter, I don't get out much, I can't do long rides at this time of year, and I want to take it easy when I do get out... :)]:
http://gonzo.concordia.ca/friedman/hrm1.jpg

I didn't have the speed or cadence sensors set up yet, but you can see when I'm freewheeling or spinning easily from my heart rate. The REAL ride just isn't as consistent as the trainer ride.