Indoor trainer

[Adventure Girl]

Also, for wind resistance, any ideas? I guess a fan???

A fan might be nice to keep you more cool and comfortable, but it won't help with any wind resistance training because on a trainer you will not be riding into the wind. Your only tension adjustment will your choice of gears unless you have a trainer with variable resistance.

One other suggestion I have is to put a towel or something over your bike to catch the sweat. Sweat can be very damaging to a bike. I just had to have my headset replaced because it was corroded inside from sweat. I'm pretty sure that was from time spent on the trainer. Now I use one of these:

[slinkedog]

Well, that's quite a nifty little doo-dad! I ride my trainer a TON (way more time on the trainer than on the roads) and I do put a towel over my headset most of the time. However, Specialized says that my headset is sealed, so I wonder if I have to worry? Or is everyone's headset sealed and I really need to do the towel thing?

[bluerider]

Hey Adventure Girl,

Thanks for the great advice. I checked out CycleOps and they have this fancy accessory called the Bike THONG. I'm glad it's for the bike. Nifty!

[Trekhawk]

Bluerider - check out this website that Irulan mentioned to me in another thread. www.icebike.org

This might be up your alley as Im sure you get plenty of snow where you are. Are these people crazy or sane Im not sure but its worth a look.

[bluerider]

Thanks for the link. That's not a bad idea! I was thinking about doing a winter tri. No probs riding in the snow, it's the ice that makes me wanna stay inside. I run outside in the winter and have fallen several times on icy roads/sidewalks. I love how the site says "You will be looked upon with the smile of respect by friends and co-workers..." REALLY?!?!?!?