"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - I just bought a computrainer

used

on ebay

hopefully I can figure out how to use the damn thing

I dont think they work with old I-Macs so now I'll probably have to buy a lap top too

cool... always was interested in those, but $ was too much.

does it allow networking / racing across the internet?

cool... always was interested in those, but $ was too much.

does it allow networking / racing across the internet?


yes :thumb:

great thread on the subject http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-360184.html

I actually purchased the Fortius after picking Dr. WJ brain for a bit last year. Looking forward to the rain so I can get back on and re-connect with all the guys I road with last year (from New York, Alaska, Canada, France to name a few)

used

on ebay

hopefully I can figure out how to use the damn thing

I dont think they work with old I-Macs so now I'll probably have to buy a lap top too

You should be able to use it without a computer through the keypad interface. Considering the time I've spent on them over the previous few years, all I can say is you poor bastard. :)

used

on ebay

hopefully I can figure out how to use the damn thing

I dont think they work with old I-Macs so now I'll probably have to buy a lap top too

At least yours will hook up to a computer. Mine is so old it interfaces with an 8-bit Nintendo!

How much did you pay if you don't mind saying.


You should be able to use it without a computer through the keypad interface.

Stand alone in ergometer mode, all the pain you'll ever need.



all I can say is you poor bastard.

+1 Enjoy

Muhahahaha

Damn dude, you're going to be even scarier come spring...

at least yours will hook up to a computer. Mine is so old it interfaces with an 8-bit nintendo!

how much did you pay if you don't mind saying.


stand alone in ergometer mode, all the pain you'll ever need.



+1 enjoy

muhahahaha

$970

If it wants a PC interface and you have a mac you might look into running Windoze
in a VMWare Fusion Virtual Machine ( 50~60 dollars) or in a VirtualBox VM (free).

Jerry

I bet a cheap netbook could run computrainer software.

That online racing stuff just sounds awesome. I've only been on a computrainer for some testing, never doing the online stuff.

Does it make the trainer better? Or does it still suck?

That online racing stuff just sounds awesome. I've only been on a computrainer for some testing, never doing the online stuff.

Does it make the trainer better? Or does it still suck?

Dude, for us, cheaper is better.

Dude, for us, cheaper is better.

Oh, I definitely wasn't gonna buy one. I was just curious. I am gonna buy a trainer soon, but probably just a magnetic.

Oh, I definitely wasn't gonna buy one. I was just curious. I am gonna buy a trainer soon, but probably just a magnetic.

used fluid

used fluid

ftw

used fluid

Is it really that much better? I'm worried about getting a cheap fluid and having it leak. I don't know that I can really afford a good one.

Is it really that much better? I'm worried about getting a cheap fluid and having it leak. I don't know that I can really afford a good one.

Yes, it's that much better. You can't afford not to have a fluid trainer. You'll buy the magnetic, then in a month you'll wind up buying the fluid anyway, so just skip step 1 and be done with it.

If it wants a PC interface and you have a mac you might look into running Windoze
in a VMWare Fusion Virtual Machine ( 50~60 dollars) or in a VirtualBox VM (free).

Jerry

If his iMac is "older" - i.e. over 4 years old, it'll have the PPC chipset and be unable to run the Windows simulators the newer Intel processors can.

If his iMac is "older" - i.e. over 4 years old, it'll have the PPC chipset and be unable to run the Windows simulators the newer Intel processors can.

it's more like 8 years old, and if I think it's 8 years old, it's probably 10


If it wants a PC interface and you have a mac you might look into running Windoze
in a VMWare Fusion Virtual Machine ( 50~60 dollars) or in a VirtualBox VM (free).

Jerry

thanks but I'll be honest, if you would have written this in swahili I wouldnt have understood it any less.