Originally Posted by
calamarichris
It was a lot easier to simply jump on the rollers and just yammer away at the pedals with the flywheel mounted, but rollers (with resistance) are for working to remove dead spots in the pedal stroke. Instead of the whirr-whirr-whirr coming from the Killer-Headwind fan, I focus on a steady, fluid whirrrrrrrrrrrr. And the more I worked on that, the more my FTP climbed.
What works for me may not work for everyone, but my spin got catastrophically worse during the 2-3 weeks when I used the flywheel, and it took a few weeks of focus to get the fluidity back.
There is really no reason to work on eliminating dead spots from your pedal stroke. Your leg motion only need be efficient. This is not the same thing as trying to maintain pedal force through the natural deadspot.
And as I suggested, if working with the flywheel mounted rollers for a couple weeks made your spin go to crap, then you should be prepared for the worst when you take your training outside. I mean, there is no better inertia generator than 200lbs of body and bike flying through the air at 20mph.
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