Bike Trainer very different from the road

[caligurl]

ya.... i hate my trainer with a passion! i think i've used it 2 or 3 times in the last 2 1/2 years!

[Wahine]

ya.... i hate my trainer with a passion! i think i've used it 2 or 3 times in the last 2 1/2 years!

Hey Caligurl,

What kind of trainer is it and would you be willing to sell it?

My hubby needs one so we can ride and watch movies together.

It so happens we'll be in LA next week.

Wahine

[Geonz]

Oh, dear... no, it's not anything like riding on the road

It *is* a lot harder - you get much more sweat per hour.

I rely on either a video (at the bike shop inside rides) or DRIVING MUSIC in the background.

[caligurl]

hi wahine... well... no doubt as soon as i sold it... i'd want to use it! it's just one of those thing! hubby's always trying to get me on it to do spinervals or carmichaels... but it has SUCH a dread factor! lol!!!!

(by the ways.... it's a cycleops fluid 2.... but as i said..... right now i'm not selling )

[RoadRaven]

Hey there hg, we have a spin bike set up in the living room.

Although I sometimes need to watch whatever is the telly 'cause that is what others are in the middle of doing, I do two things by preference.

I have DVDs of various tour stages (eg stages of Le Tour - my faves are Lance's TT in 2005 where he passed Ulrich, and the infamous stage from this year where our GEM, Floyd, made his comeback - or stages of various international women's races - my fave is the 2005 Wellington NZ stage when NZ's Sarah Ulmer thrashed everyone else)

Sometimes I will play a race DVD with no sound and put on music real loud... I am a "rock chick" and my fave spin choices include Melissa Etheridge, Indigo Girls, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Osbourne, CCR, ACDC... although sometimes something like Jethro Tull will do the trick.

At the moment I am listening to songs with a view to getting an MP3 and making a "cadence" selection to time trial to. Contrary to my opinion when I first joined up to TE, I now do not think listening to music while cycling on the road is a good plan... however, I have been doing indoor training to music and cycling to the rythym to improve my cadence.

My plan is to create a couple of of 'cadence selections' and then use them to train with, and when I have a TT race, to race with.

I have a couple of Spinerval DVDs on my wish-list due to the way they have been discussed here at TE, but I will need to order them in from overseas.

Have fun finding the best way to train indoors for you

[Wahine]

I'm a big fan of making playlists on my iPod for high cadence workouts.

Rhythm music works really well. If you like world music I would recommend Afrocelt Soundsystem. it's great fro spinning. Salsa and Mambo work well too.

[Jennyfer]

Inspired by this group (& the extra 10 lbs on my behind), I finally broke out my trainer today.

I plugged in a Netflix movie (March of the Penguins), planted my bike/trainer in the living room, and jumped on. I figured if these little penguins can trek miles across the tundra, brave the Antarctic and not eat for 4 months, then I could put in a lousy 1/2 hour on the bike.

It didn't take me long to remember why I hate the trainer so much: its BORING! I miss the road, the wind, the sun, and yes, even the hills. Apparently, I began daydreaming a little too much. Before I knew what hit me, I tipped over and was flailing on the living room floor. My son ran in to the room find out what all the racket was about and asked if he should call 911.

I picked up my bike and what was left of my pride, and hopped back on that horse. Hurry up, Spring!!