Trainers for crit/road race warmups?
03-02-09, 09:17 AM
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I use one. It's an old one that sounds like a jet engine at take off with a mere 100watts. It also gets really warm, so I pour a little low temp oil on it. The noise and smoke really makes for a good pre-race show.
03-02-09, 09:26 AM
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Around here, lots of people use them for TT's, slightly smaller percentage for crits, and not many for Road races.
Variation in useage by location, I think depends in part on access to good roads to warm up on around the course.
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Although I skipped some of the responses in the middle, it all depends on the venue. If there is a place where I can warm up before hand (do a lap of the course, what ever) I'll do that instead, but I bring my trainer to all races incase I do not have this luxury.
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I don't usually do TTs (hate em), but at the stage race this weekend there were a fair number of people on trainers or rollers for the TT and probably the same people used them for crits. I hardly saw anyone warming up for the road race on trainers or rollers. That's generally what I see, that a many people warmup up on the rollers and trainers for crits but not for road races.
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03-02-09, 10:02 AM
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I haven't done many races, but I went to watch some last year. There were trainers all over the place at the crits. It just seems to make sense to warm up on a trainer if you have one, its a much more controlled warmup.
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Depends on the location, available time, and weather for me.
But generally I see more people warming up on trainers at crits.
But generally I see more people warming up on trainers at crits.
03-02-09, 12:37 PM
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Alternatively, if you can, riding the course, particularly if you're not familiar with it, has its advantages.
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I do, unless the race is close enough to just ride there from my house.
03-02-09, 12:53 PM
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At a crit though, your odds of being allowed on the course for any significant amount of time are slim, unless you're in the first race, or after a lunch break or something.
03-02-09, 01:01 PM
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I generally warm up on the road. There's just something about getting your 'sea legs' that I don't get on a trainer. Ya, you get warm physically, but mentally it's not the same when you don't have to balance/steer. Rollers work if there's no place to do a little ride, but I'm too lazy to pack them up.
03-02-09, 07:31 PM
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Wow, this really went downhill quick. So how about "some people use them" and just leave it at that. I personally have used a trainer on very cold days when "warming up" is hard to do or as others have said, when you don't have a good place to warm up (races downtown can be difficult).
I see many more people on trainers AFTER races than before though. Odd...
I see many more people on trainers AFTER races than before though. Odd...
