I Never Thought I'd Say This As I've Always Hated The Things....

[MikeW-71]

To be honest it's the same as the one that CGN have on their YouTube channel 30 mins with a number of high intensity pushes.

If it's one of the recent ones they did, I was really feeling for poor Tom Last. He looked absolutely and utterly finished before the final push.

 

[MarkF]

I bought one about 3 years ago and fitted it up on the cellar with music and TV, but gave up very quickly, b.o.r.i.n.g. I now buy a gym membership Jan/Feb/March for £69, bikes (not great) spinning classes (great), meet people, use the sauna etc Far better for me than pedalling, going nowhere, in my cellar.

 

[bancrobba]

I've never thought of using any sort of trainer. Mrs b got me a db roller trainer thingy for Christmas. She saw how I suffered on 75 miler after hardly cycling last winter and thought it was a great idea.
I'm using an old sun solo racer I'm slowly restoring and finding it great to combine the two. Really get a feel for the bike, and can take my time getting the build right. Jobs a gudun!

 

[Cuchilo]

Get a Tacx and try to calibrate it . You'll be farked after ten minutes
The Halfords £50 offer is a great deal for a very steady turbo .

 

[Fisheh]

Turbo trainer boring ?? Have a quick search on youtube for Zwift , you don't need an expensive smart trainer all you need is a compatable one that they can calculate the power and a speed and candence sensor. I have a standard Elite and a garmin speed candence and a cheapo ant dongle from Amazon.
It works great and I find it hard getting off the thing.
You get a free trial and two free months if you are a premium Strava user.
You could look at bkool as well but not tried that yet.
Good luck with it but you don't have to be bored :-)

 

[Cuchilo]

Turbo trainer boring ?? Have a quick search on youtube for Zwift , you don't need an expensive smart trainer all you need is a compatable one that they can calculate the power and a speed and candence sensor. I have a standard Elite and a garmin speed candence and a cheapo ant dongle from Amazon.
It works great and I find it hard getting off the thing.
You get a free trial and two free months if you are a premium Strava user.
You could look at bkool as well but not tried that yet.
Good luck with it but you don't have to be bored :-)

You say that but it looks like i need a new pc to run Zwift

 

[Fubar]

Maybe I'll get to like it...

If you do you're not doing it properly...

 

[HLaB]

I never thought I say it either but I'm starting to enjoy my turbo; interval training seems to stop it getting boring and virtual power gives me a measured work out I can appreciate !

 

[Drago]

It's just weather. You soft southerners are finally getting a taste of the weather I was raised to believe was normal!

 

[RichardB]

I've been using a cross trainer that I bought a few years ago and never used much. It's a good workout, but so boring. At least it gives me the justification to listen to loud and energetic music that my classical loving wife finds hard to tolerate.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've always wondered why they're called turbo trainers. Why the turbo?

 

[fossyant]

They used to have a turbo fan on them to introduce resistance. Incredibly noisy.

I've just picked the Halfords one for my recovery.

 

[Accy cyclist]

They used to have a turbo fan on them to introduce resistance. Incredibly noisy.

I've just picked the Halfords one for my recovery.

I hope it does a good job for you! When i was hospitalised 8 years ago the doctors told me to keep off my bike for a year. I was back on it in a fortnight and i'm still here.

 

[fossyant]

Won't be till I am allowed out of the body brace and of course get out of this ruddy hospital.

 

[screenman]

Often seems odd to me that the turbo can be seen as boring whilst sitting down watching tv is not for some people.