(((Blueberry))) hopefully you can find that right balance. Is the bad biking area short enough that it would make sense to walk your bike through it? As for me, if it wasn't for a local large nature park with miles of roads with a very low speed-limit, my injuries these past couple of years would have probably taken me off the bike entirely. That would have been sad, and yes, trainer miles just aren't the same. I can't even get my heart rate near as high on the trainer as I do on the road - even on gentle terrain.