This question reminds me of my first winter in Quebec City. Coming straight from SoCal to an average of 13 feet of snow per year, and late December highs in the 5 to 10 degree range, I thought I was obliged to exercise indoors, and tried, variously, squat thrusts and other exercises-in-place, and skipping rope. Horrible! I then tried the indoor, 1/8 mile track, overcrowded at lunchtime, and overheated as most Quebec interiors were -- with *defense de cracher* signs every 3 feet along the wall. So I took to running outdoors, and it wasn't that bad at all.
Later I had a vigorous regimen on a mag trainer: 60 minutes of warmup, hard efforts, cool downs, repeats, measuring heartrate with cadence and resistance level (with a chart showing performance "bands") in front of a big fan in a 60*F apartment; I tried listening to NPR and watching sitcom reruns and discovered that sitcoms get *really* worse when you are watching them on a trainer, and also, they last 10 times as long. So I took to riding at temps down to the upper teens, about as cold as one need worry about here in ABQ, NM. Listening to Handel's *Dixit Dominus ...* helped me work up an aggressive anger, which made things go faster. (Dixit Dominus Domino meo: sede ad dextram meam donec poniam inimicis tuis scabellum pedum tuorum, with a driving beat -- The Lord said unto my Lord: sit thou at my right hand until I make of thine enemies thy footstool -- with images of crushing competitors, leaving them cringing and snivelling behind in my dust. Ahem.) I bought a cheap fan trainer a few years ago for the wet weather and used it twice, for a total of about 30 minutes -- I've still got it, under the workbench, just in case ... Still, I'd use a trainer if nothing else offered itself; but I'd hate every minute of it.I think I'd take up walking instead, something you can do in most circumstances. 1. It's *boring!* 2. Do it in as cold a room as possible with a big fan blowing 3' in front of you; you'll still sweat buckets, but you'll feel more comfortable than at 70*F in still air. 3. Your bike will still get sweated on. 4. You will still collect puddles under the bike. 5. Have sweat rag and water handy. I suppose if you just do it lightly, and perhaps read, it might be more tolerable; my father long ago put 4,500 miles on a cheap box store resistance trainer in a hot, Georgia garage while reading. To those who have used them: Are the fancy computerized trainers that let you race Eddy Merckx and Whatzisname Froome, or your Strava buddies, really less tedious with the gimmickry? On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 12:29 PM, Jonathan D. <jdoneho...@gmail.com> wrote: > I’m not sure if this is off-topic. I would use the trainer with a > Rivendell bike. I’m considering getting a bike trainer and wondering if > anybody has experience with one. I have a kid and sometimes it’s hard to > really go out for a long ride. Sometimes might be generous. Besides my bike > commute it is hard to ever go out riding. I also like the idea of a Zwift > compatible trainer. I also worry this will be an item that just sits in the > basement and I never use. But mostly for the winter when my kid doesn’t > enjoy biking in the rain. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique ************************************************************************** ************** *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
