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Old 03-10-10 | 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by alexp247365
Had a question about the amount of effort on the trainer and how it translates to the street.
It doesn't.

Originally Posted by alexp247365
... it seems like quite a bit of effort just to maintain a 17mph avg. Assuming I put this same amount of effort on the road, would I be any faster, slower, or roughly about the same as the trainer? Just curious what everyone else has observed...
Depends on what kind of trainer you have and how you have it set up. Also on what the terrain and weather are like when you're actually on the road.

I'm kind of wondering how someone could spend so much time on a trainer and not want to go on the road more.
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