First Time on a Trainer
01-13-08, 11:49 AM
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Thanks, flip. I don't guess it's really all that important, but I really like to know how far I have ridden each day. Easier to pat myself on the back, I guess.
01-13-08, 07:45 PM
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I don't think trainer "miles" count. They are not road miles with all of the inherent variability of road riding. On the trainer, you merely have RPMs for a certain period of time. If you need to record anything, record time and maybe cadence, if you measure that. "Miles" and "speed" are meaningless on the trainer, in my opinion.
01-13-08, 07:50 PM
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Miles traveled at X effort are just a different way of measuring the same thing. That's why I count them in the Spinner Database as = Road miles. It takes the same amount of watts to sustain the same effort as flat ground and no wind and is actually a good standard metric.
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01-13-08, 07:55 PM
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My first year I didn't use my trainer much. I have used it more every year since then. I got in the habit of watching old TV shows while using it. I have a stack of Spinervals, but there are only 3 I actually use... Sweating Buckets, Base Builder 2 and Base Builder 3.
You'll get used to it.
You'll get used to it.
