The Indoor Cyclist's support thread

[Norm]

Last year I had a professional training coach for 6 months leading into the Cancer charity ride (first time ever having a cycling coach) and the majority of his training plan was endurance and SST intervals with some occasional Z4+ type efforts.

Occasionally you will see a workout like this:

Ride for 3 hours at L2/L3 pace
Every 15 minutes do a 30-60 second all out sprint
Go home and rest

Many people think the 30-60 second sprint is what the target is. Every coach will tell you the whole point if this is to get you out there for 3 hours. You can replace "all out sprint" with "do 5 hail marys" or "sing a song of sixpence" and it'll get you the same results.

 

[iman29]

Occasionally you will see a workout like this:

Ride for 3 hours at L2/L3 pace
Every 15 minutes do a 30-60 second all out sprint
Go home and rest

Many people think the 30-60 minute sprint is what the target is. Every coach will tell you the whole point if this is to get you out there for 3 hours. You can replace "all out sprint" with "do 5 hail marys" or "sing a song of sixpence" and it'll get you the same results.

exactly!

 

[Santapez]

When I started I only entered Monkey Knife as my A event. With Improve gravel climbing.

Will switch to Xc training after April 11th

I also hated using the TR app. Following the blue line was so lame.

That's why I go with ERG mode and watch a movie. Trainer time in the winter is the only time during the year I watch TV so I catch up on movies then.

 

[ChrisG]

So, this began happening today. Thought I might as well join the conversation.

I haven’t been on a trainer since 2018, when I did a winter of Trainer Road, prior to the last season I actually raced bikes.

Right now, I’m doing Rouvy, which has been Mrs. G’s choice for several years (that’s her Synapse next to my old cross bike).

 

[Steve Vai]

Dumb idea invite. Going to ride all of the Routes in France tomorrow starting at 8am if anyone wants to join. Should take less time than NYC but I’m not really sure. Anywho, I think you can just click the join me thing and warp to where I am?

 

[MarioGed]

Dumb idea invite. Going to ride all of the Routes in France tomorrow starting at 8am if anyone wants to join. Should take less time than NYC but I’m not really sure. Anywho, I think you can just click the join me thing and warp to where I am?

Are you going to ride all of France routes in one go? There is quite a bit of climbing there and half of the routes are pretty long. But I suspect you already know that. Good luck on that endeavor!

 

[Steve Vai]

Are you going to ride all of France routes in one go? There is quite a bit of climbing there and half of the routes are pretty long. But I suspect you already know that. Good luck on that endeavor!

I might’ve fucked myself. 10k of vert in 64 miles. Only on the 4th Route now.

 

[Steve Vai]

4 of 9 and I’m calling it for today. Lots of climbing. I don’t want to go up Ventoux again 😂

 

[Jeremy]

Its pretty crazy when you PR a climb but you’re still in 238,489th place. 😂

 

[Patrick]

Its pretty crazy when you PR a climb but you’re still in 238,489th place. 😂

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cause of the ebikes and digital epo

 

[Steve Vai]

cause of the ebikes and digital epo

And because every European on earth is a better cyclist 🤷

 

[Norm]

Just set your weight to 50 pounds.

 

[Steve Vai]

Just set your weight to 50 pounds.

If I rode with 2 speed sensors I wouldn’t be able to touch the Ventoux KOM 😂

 

[qclabrat]

Anyone using a rocker board or those tennis ball aftermarket feet? Every ride is giving me joint pain which I didn't have previously with a Kinetic Rock n Roll trainer. Anywho, got one on Amazon to try and will report back. Also adding back the swiveling tire block to make up the height difference. I really liked this block when I used it with the Kinetic

 

[Roadie]

Anyone using a rocker board or those tennis ball aftermarket feet? Every ride is giving me joint pain which I didn't have previously with a Kinetic Rock n Roll trainer. Anywho, got one on Amazon to try and will report back. Also adding back the swiveling tire block to make up the height difference. I really liked this block when I used it with the Kinetic

I was curious but not sure about wanting a ton of movement and also not excited by the cost. So I went with these things off Amazon. They were inexpensive and give enough movement to add forgiveness. Needed to add a solid block to the center (under the BB) though to prevent vertical bounce and promote side-to-side movement

 

[iman29]

I got these mini yoga pads probably 3-4 years ago when rocker plate stuff was all the rage. While the trainer bike is in a specific spot I need to be able to move it around easily if needed. These pads made a huge difference in my fatigue it’s just enough movement to take the strain off especially when seated. I got 3 packs of 2 for pretty cheap at Walmart I think. They are maybe like 1.5” thick.

I saw the Amazon ball things a while back but decided it might be too much bounce.

 

[Jeremy]

 

[Glenn Rides After 4 PM CST]

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Look at what I started

 

[qclabrat]

Look at what I started

How does this compare to a regular bike?

 

[qclabrat]

I was curious but not sure about wanting a ton of movement and also not excited by the cost. So I went with these things off Amazon. They were inexpensive and give enough movement to add forgiveness. Needed to add a solid block to the center (under the BB) though to prevent vertical bounce and promote side-to-side movement
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I got the tennis ball feet today and they work great for $20, with the block still needed a little more height so temporarily using some soft matting. I'll add a better mat next week. But a 30 minute ride felt a lot better on the joints.