Originally Posted by
GirlAnachronism
The whole asking for a self-ban thing perplexes me as well. Do people really lack the self-restraint to not actively do something they don't want to do?
What if you want to do it, but shouldn't?
Originally Posted by
Homebrew01
I only did 1 20 minute test last year. It was on the road, and I used that to estimate a rough FTP number.
Do most people do it on a trainer to eliminate all the outside variables ?
I was using a PowerTap last year, but not in a very structured way.... just logging output during training, but not doing much with it.
Think about it this way, when you're racing, where are you? On a road right? So by riding on a trainer you're taking away variables that exist in real time. The point is to find a flat-ish patch of road. If you can't then realize that you can pedal hard on the downhills.
All of mine were on rolling hills (out near guilford). That's the only place where I could hit it hard for 20mins without any stop lights, etc. I love that patch of road.
Realize that the bumps and flat patches aren't confounding variables, but variables that help you get closer to the 'real world' than is possible on a trainer