garysol1 

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?

Little Rider

Yes, sadly.... Its going to snow tonight. Very depressing.

Psimet2001 

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Little Rider

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 

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Gromit

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

When I am on te trainer I use Spinerval DVDs. Much better than just riding and watching tv or reading.

octaneTom

How about some trainer recommendations? I'm in the market for one - quit the gym and no longer have access to spinning classes.

garysol1 

Here is my setup. Real Axiom V3 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.

slim_77

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!

cyclpsycho

To quote Psimet: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!

Invest your cash in warm clothing, a beater bike and ride through winter!!! 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

What's also nice is people in cars give you plenty of room cause they think your crazy!

garysol1 

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

Oh sorry, I did forget to mention I have a Computrainer just in case I can't get out. I really do hate riding it though!

Gromit

Damn, that beats riding my 1989 cannondale on my kurt kinetic in the basement with a radio hands down

Does that program come with some rednecks in a pickup throwing cyber-beer cans at you for some LT work?

garysol1 

You did skip that little detail....LoL

Psimet2001 

Hmmm....I know where you live.



Well I know approximatly where you live

cyclpsycho

WHOA Pman!

Do we know each other well enough to swap sweat on the trainer?