revchuck 

I've got a dumb trainer that I haven't used for years. One of the reasons I ride is to be outside, about the only thing that'll keep me inside is icy roads or days like yesterday - rainy, windy, windchill in the upper 30s. The rain is gone and I'll come back with my base layer damp with sweat, so it's not too bad. I've been riding my Look 585 with the SRM because the bottom brackets in my other two bikes were squeaky and I was procrastinating replacing them; now that the SRM needs a new battery I'm looking forward to riding the other bikes.

I'm starting almost from scratch on base building. Coach wants to build back some power first before concentrating on endurance, but at any rate, I'll be spending lots of time on the bike this winter. I just can't see doing that indoors.