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Old 02-04-21 | 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Carbonfiberboy
Besides not freezing one's butt off, indoors saves a lot of time. Put on shorts and shoes, turn on the fan, and away you go.
I finally am getting that this winter. I've been riding outdoors for 39 winters and generally in sub-freezing temps. I bought a Wahoo Kickr bout 4 years ago but never used it much. This year, though, my wife wanted to use it. She's a 4,000-5,000 mile a year rider and never rode much in the winter outside or on a trainer but she wanted to do the trainer this winter. She's been smashing it. Because I've been helping her, I started using it, too, and the thing was used about 50x between the two of us in January.

So, I finally get the indoor thing. Like stated, shorts, shoes, jersey, fan, trainer and boot up FulGaz on a large tv and good for an hour.

Also, I use a power meter on all of my bents and the Kickr is measuring and reporting power, too, to Strava. Strava's training graphs show that my power is up dramatically after a month on the trainer.
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