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[<Tommy>]

I vote for a vote. Survey anyone?...

 

[Joffey]

I vote for a vote. Survey anyone?...

SURVEY??

 

[IrishAl]

Because I use a vintage bike for the turbo and can't find cleats that fit it (/haven't looked at all) I just cycle in my trainers in the turbo. Wonder how many watts I'm missing there

Clip in pedals are overrated and are Just one part of the marginal gains bunkum pushed by Brailsford and the pro cycling world trying to sell more fancy hardware. Standard trainers (or gutties as we call them) all the way!! 😂

 

[BurningLegs]

Yeah and vintage bikes are the fastest. None of the development on bikes in the last 30 years has added any benefit for power transfer either on a turbo or on the road!

 

[mjd1988]

Pretty sure I saw you @IrishAl flying around county down on a penny farthing with a pair of gutties and a top hat

 

[bobinski]

Because I use a vintage bike for the turbo and can't find cleats that fit it (/haven't looked at all) I just cycle in my trainers in the turbo. Wonder how many watts I'm missing there

of course, if I wasn’t a team mate I would call this out as a humble brag...😜

 

[mjd1988]

of course, if I wasn’t a team mate I would call this out as a humble brag...😜

Unfortunately I doubt it is subtracting as many watts as my wheel-on trainer may adding!
There is part of me that hopes when I move to turbo bike or direct drive I'll be world class but...I doubt it

 

[<Tommy>]

Unfortunately I doubt it is subtracting as many watts as my wheel-on trainer may adding!
There is part of me that hopes when I move to turbo bike or direct drive I'll be world class but...I doubt it

Ah don’t worry about it. The beauty of zwift is that there’s always someone slower than you, and everyone faster than you is obviously gaming the system!👌👍

 

[Whorty]

Unfortunately I doubt it is subtracting as many watts as my wheel-on trainer may adding!
There is part of me that hopes when I move to turbo bike or direct drive I'll be world class but...I doubt it

When I started I had an old hybrid bike, no fan, flat pedals, unpadded shorts, on a Bkool Pro trainer. On Bkool I got myself up to 300 watts for a 30 minute blast on the velodrome.

Switched to newer bike, SPD pedals, padded shorts, NEO trainer, with fan and it dropped to 220 ish. I'm still not sure if it was the pedals or the padded shorts that lost me all those watts

I do have days I wish I'd kept the Bkool trainer

 

[JuhaL]

My indoor history started early 2000 when i had Tacx Cycleforce Basic and Trek 5500 bike, no fan either. It was very primitive trainer. From remote you could change slope or resistance but no programming, all had to do manually. Those days i was better shape than now and now i have power meter, smart trainer etc...

 

[<Tommy>]

My indoor history started early 2000 when i had Tacx Cycleforce Basic and Trek 5500 bike, no fan either. It was very primitive trainer.

@bobinski, care to talk us through your first turbo trainer?

 

[bobinski]

@bobinski, care to talk us through your first turbo trainer?
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If only training were still so simple 😁

 

[berty bassett]

@bobinski, care to talk us through your first turbo trainer?
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Are the top pedals for me ??

 

[CXRAndy]

TDF2021 is going for two ascents of Ventoux stage mid way through the tour- should be fun to watch.

Maybe Berty can do a virtual cingles?

 

[berty bassett]

TDF2021 is going for two ascents of Ventoux stage mid way through the tour- should be fun to watch.

Maybe Berty can do a virtual cingles?

Thank you very much ! You tagging along ?