Quote Originally Posted by Tuckervill View Post
Is most of the benefit just for cycling, or can it help my fitness, too? I'm not racing or into super long distances or anything like that. I have no mileage goals. I just want to bike for fun. Which, for next year, I want to have fun doing a century at the end of the season.

Do you think a trainer would be worth the money for me?
Hi Tuckervill... I missed this post when I first arrived in this thread.
Just want to confirm that yes, a trainer would maintain/support/improve your fitness.

I understand you having no mileage goals... I guess you are thinking you have a distance or a time goal... (I have goals in all three categories - just greedy I guess )

A trainer will help you with endurance over winter... estimate how long you would like to take to do your century and then ride for that ammount of time on a regular basis on the road or on the trainer - don't worry about speed so much, this type of biking will help your body get used to riding for the duration. As you keep doing it you will find you ride further/more strongly in the same ammount of time.

Keep smiling - I like that its all about fun Thats how it should be