Originally Posted by
alpha_bravo
Pretty simple, riding the trainer isn't the same as riding on the road. No matter how realistic you make it amnd how good your trainer is, the road's always going to be tougher.
Trainer time and road time are totally different. But YMMV. My experience is that trainer time is tougher despite the fact that I ride year 'round in anything. It's all in how you set your trainer up and how you ride it. Some of the spinervals dvds are no joke -- I can barely stand after finishing some of them.