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03-14-11, 06:39 AM
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I am wondering about something. When riding with certain guys on the road I generally can outpace them. When involved with a stationary bike race I lose to them. Can I blame something or someone other than myself for this?! I weigh more than these guys. Does that make any difference? Or is that maybe they are just better sprinters? I notice that it looks like I am working harder than they when involved in the stationary bike racing, but they get better times. Should I just get over the fact that I lost?!
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Stationary bike "speed" is meaningless. And get over losing. It'll happen a lot in cycling. Even the best pro racers lose a lot more than they win.
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What assumptions does the stationary bike race make about weight, wind resistance?
And yes you should get over the fact that you lost.
And yes you should get over the fact that you lost.
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How are you outpacing them? Riding away on the flats? If the stationary bike (Computrainer?) simulates a different type of course you might be at a disadvantage. Do you enter your weight into the trainer?
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yes, when riding a computrainer my weight is entered. the race I was involved in used trainers. I have noticed that on the computrainer I tend to outride the others when going up hills and lose to them on flats and downhills. This is the reverse of what happens in outdoor riding.
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[QUOTE=Bill;12359540 I have noticed that on the computrainer I tend to outride the others when going up hills and lose to them on flats and downhills. This is the reverse of what happens in outdoor riding.[/QUOTE]
That's telling you something. Listen to it.
That's telling you something. Listen to it.
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yes, when riding a computrainer my weight is entered. the race I was involved in used trainers. I have noticed that on the computrainer I tend to outride the others when going up hills and lose to them on flats and downhills. This is the reverse of what happens in outdoor riding.
Conversely on hills, the metric is power to weight, and the smaller rider has a relative advantage.
So it sounds like the programming of the Computrainer thinks you are less aerodynamic than you are, i.e. it increase the aerodynamic drag based on your size to too great of an extent.
And it's assumption about the w/kg necessary to do the simulated climbs seems to be understated, at least based on this limited sample.
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yes, when riding a computrainer my weight is entered. the race I was involved in used trainers. I have noticed that on the computrainer I tend to outride the others when going up hills and lose to them on flats and downhills. This is the reverse of what happens in outdoor riding.
03-14-11, 04:47 PM
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Even though I'm slow, I'm pretty sure I could beat a guy on a stationary bike.
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So it sounds like the programming of the Computrainer thinks you are less aerodynamic than you are, i.e. it increase the aerodynamic drag based on your size to too great of an extent.
And it's assumption about the w/kg necessary to do the simulated climbs seems to be understated, at least based on this limited sample.
And it's assumption about the w/kg necessary to do the simulated climbs seems to be understated, at least based on this limited sample.
A letter of thanks to the fine folks at Computrainer is probably in order.
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