Originally Posted by
RiverHills
I like that answer. Anyone who has ever ridden a stationary exercise bike knows that there is also useful data to use as motivation on the display, regardless of it's practicality. Maybe I'll install my new wireless computer on the front wheel since it doesn't work on the back, and use my wired computer on the rear wheel indoors. When I take the bike outside, I'll take it off and rely on the wireless unit up front. Thanks for the input!
I'll agree that it's useful while training, just not that it's useful to record... It is useful as a measure of intensity that can be compared to other
similar workouts. It's when you try to start comparing that to actually riding on the road that it starts to become meaningless. If you have a trainer that more closely relates to actual effort then I'll agree that it's less of an issue, but I still won't consider that an objective measure of "distance" ridden.