Originally Posted by
Iride01
burnthesheep It was a serious question. I don't feel that riding a trainer indoors and riding a bicycle outdoors are the same thing. Several times I've actually met young people claiming they have no time to ride outside and all they do is ride a trainer indoors for many hours. When going outdoors for a few times they wonder why they can't perform like they did on the trainer.
Don't get me wrong, trainers are very useful, but for conversational purposes it'd help to know which is being talked about.
The question came across as rhetorical. We already knew the person does ride outdoors. We also knew the number difference was pretty large.
Now, the response to mine comes across as a bit of a strawman. Of course I would say that someone who
only ever rides a trainer will have all sorts of problems converting to outdoors.
However, indoor trainers have their place. Like snowy winters, days with thunderstorms, etc....Obree rode a pretty rudimentary stationary a good bit and he could crush an outdoors TT. Hour record holder. So I don't buy that load one bit.
I'm not interested in debating that topic further and I'm not sure why it was even brought up as that it isn't related to the OP's question. The performance difference isn't small enough to chalk it up to not putting out the beans outside when you can inside or being too afraid to hold the power on the road you're riding on. 300 for an hour is a long cry from 240 for 8min from the segment posted earlier.