Old 10-20-10 | 08:59 PM
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Accordion
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Originally Posted by gbg
Wind trainers have WAY less resistance than fluid trainers, all you have are those tiny little fans and wind resistance.
I had a wind trainer before I got a heart rate monitor, but it never seemed to give a realistic workout, I could spin out
in my top gear, not nearly hitting max effort.

I bought a Kurt Kenetic it matches my real world speed/HR really well. I did a sprint on it when I first got it and was
really pushing it at 34 mph and was still 2 cogs from my smallest in back, so it seems pretty dead on.
34mph on your KK? Wow. The most I've done is 26.4 and that took a tremendous amount of effort on my part. I've never stood up on my trainer yet though.
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