Winter training
 

This is my first year with my ICE Trike and am looking for some advice on what type of indoor training to do. I have been looking at the Sportcrafters rollers but then I see the fluid resistance units, although at much greater cost. Any input would be appreciated.
TIA
10cup

Bundle up and keep riding outside. :D

You got three wheels. ;)

My wife and I live in NWAR and we are trying to keep riding outside during the winter. She'll probably make it longer than me because...
I am a "cold wimp"...

Scubaquarius

I'm the cold wimp in my family (my wife doesn't ride), but I make myself ride all year, because I can't stand indoor trainers.

Also, I got a velomobile so it's much better than being in the open...still cold, but MUCH better. Coldest I've been riding in is ~7F.

7 degrees...man that is cold! But after looking at that picture of your magnificent Velomobile... I'm not feeling too sorry for you :) .
Maybe a little jealous :)

I'll never make 32 degrees F on my bike.

Good biking to you,
Scubaquarius

I've been training on my resistance rollers with my DF for 25 years. Get the resistance. Rollers without a resistance unit are much more limited. It's a lifetime investment, lots of time for amortization.

You saw that Sportcrafters makes a resistance roller set "just for you," right? I ride 1,000 miles or so on my rollers every year.

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.

Suggesting you the best option
 

I would suggest you to go with Marcy ME-709 Recumbent Bike. It is an amazing one and one of the best used by many people. I own it myself and i loved to exercise on it for time being when I cannot go outside.

Thank you for the input! Much appreciated. I ended up getting rollers with graduating resistance and I think it is going to be just what I needed.

I love to train inside my house with my marcy recumbent exercise bike. It is actual fun to train with this bike. I gained great results with this recumbent bike.

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. :thumb:

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.

Sounds like a great way to train indoors. Thanks for the info on FulGaz, wasn't aware of this and looks like it would really help.

Indoor training is the best. Try Schwinn 270 recumbent bike