http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cycling - erm inside en Wed, 13 May 2026 04:42:06 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-248709 Thu, 04 May 2017 12:55:48 +0000 threefromleith 248709@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@dougal @wee folding bike Dressed? When turbo-ing over the winter in the living room of my flat, I go topless and wear nothing but a pair of scabby old bib-shorts, socks and cycling shoes.</p> <p>That way I only feel like an improper chump who's going nowhere! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-248655 Thu, 04 May 2017 09:15:11 +0000 dougal 248655@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wee folding bike</p> <p>I think you hit most of the details square on, though I would also add feeling like a proper chump being dressed for going nowhere. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-248605 Wed, 03 May 2017 19:04:37 +0000 wee folding bike 248605@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I got a Tacx with a wee computer on the handlebars which can control the resistance.</p> <p>It's rancid boring and I'd *almost* rather listen to Barry Manilow. I've not used it in the last 18 years. That might not be a glowing review but I think it applies to mag trainers of any kind. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-248603 Wed, 03 May 2017 18:53:03 +0000 davey2wheels 248603@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Arellcat, no better reference for sports tech than Ray Maker:<br /> <a href="https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/10/annual-winter-2016-2017-bike-smart-trainer-recommendations.html">https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/10/annual-winter-2016-2017-bike-smart-trainer-recommendations.html</a></p> <p>For a trainer you might also want to consider whether they're "smart", direct drive, the amount of noise generated and obviously how much you want to spend. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-248596 Wed, 03 May 2017 16:04:53 +0000 Arellcat 248596@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm looking at getting a turbo trainer for using over the next few months. My usual training routes are becoming clogged with cars unless I'm out of the house at stupid o'clock in the morning, and I want to use my recumbent race bike on it.</p> <p>I need to adjust the resistance on the fly so that I can do ramp tests and so on, but no other specific requirements that I can think of.</p> <p>Any recommendations? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-241411 Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:20:20 +0000 neddie 241411@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>7 months to do LEJOG! That should be in the Guinness Book of Records for slowness. By my back of the envelope calculations, that's an average speed of 0.2 miles per hour </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-241408 Mon, 23 Jan 2017 13:47:37 +0000 deckard112 241408@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@baldcyclist - I have almost managed to kill myself on the rollers inside. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-241406 Mon, 23 Jan 2017 13:43:02 +0000 Baldcyclist 241406@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I must admint, I've done over a hundred miles on my inside bike now, and not a single person has tried to kill me yet. It's quite refreshing. ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-241404 Mon, 23 Jan 2017 13:38:26 +0000 slowcoach 241404@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>inside pretending to be outside with google streetview, on BBC web: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/b/uk-scotland-38688618">"Virtually cycling the length of Britain" </a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-239677 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 21:51:07 +0000 LaidBack 239677@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ed 1 - <em>An inside bike is like fitting wheels to a tomato<br /> </em><br /> It's red and all about cycling outside, inside :-) </p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/dbdWnC"><img src="https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8169/7991970430_4033c28936_n.jpg"></a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/dbdWnC"><br /> On the A8 near Uphall</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/66067108@N08/">LaidBackBikes</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-239627 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 12:26:39 +0000 chdot 239627@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I've heard urban legends or people leaving fixies unlocked in bike theft hot spots then hiding nearby and watching the effect."</p> <p>I knew someone with a fixed (before it was fashionable).</p> <p>Never locked it.</p> <p>Only had to look a street or so away if it ever got nicked. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-239625 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 12:23:13 +0000 amir 239625@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Maybe I'll be fit enough to ride an actual bike again in 3 or 4 months... "</p> <p>Good luck with that - I hope you come out in the spring raring to go.</p> <p> Arguably you need a stronger mindset to train indoors, though it is easier to do "proper" training sessions. I struggle to do more than 30 mins to an hour - partly due to the effort and part to the boredom. And I've been on 40 hour audaxes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-239622 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 12:17:18 +0000 acsimpson 239622@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"An inside bike is like fitting wheels to a tomato."</em></p> <p>I'll admit that made me chuckle. Are tomatoes knows for their ability to keep you fit when you are (for whatever reason) unable to ride a bike the way it was designed?</p> <p>"<em>The other fun thing is when you stop pedalling, and are essentially thrown into the ceiling. That only happens 3 or 4 times though, then you remember to ease cadence slowly or press the big stop button!</em>"</p> <p>I've heard urban legends or people leaving fixies unlocked in bike theft hot spots then hiding nearby and watching the effect. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-239620 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 12:13:54 +0000 Ed1 239620@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>An inside bike is like fitting wheels to a tomato </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-239619 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 12:02:07 +0000 Baldcyclist 239619@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Santa delivered the studio bike from Decathlon yesterday, couldn't resist a shot.</p> <p>What a weird thing, seemed to sugest I cycled 28 miles in an hour. It would take me more than 2 hours to do that in real life. Even with the resistance cranked up quite a bit I couldn't mimic road resistance, suppose it's not really designed for that.</p> <p>The other fun thing is when you stop pedalling, and are essentially thrown into the ceiling. That only happens 3 or 4 times though, then you remember to ease cadence slowly or press the big stop button!</p> <p>Maybe I'll be fit enough to ride an actual bike again in 3 or 4 months... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-239015 Tue, 13 Dec 2016 18:16:11 +0000 I were right about that saddle 239015@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Baldcyclist</p> <p>Affix <a href="https://www.anthropologie.com/en-gb/shop/maison-mini-candle-tin">some of these</a> to your bike and claim it's a free-standing candelabra? </p> <p>I remember de-greasing piles of bicycle components in the bath in my bachelor days. Happy times. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-239010 Tue, 13 Dec 2016 16:58:44 +0000 Baldcyclist 239010@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wattbike out of my price range. I was thinking more this level:</p> <p><a href="http://www.decathlon.co.uk/vs930-studio-bike-id_8309439.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.decathlon.co.uk/vs930-studio-bike-id_8309439.html</a></p> <p>I'm not sure I quite understand the difference between 'Studio' and 'excersise' bike yet. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-239007 Tue, 13 Dec 2016 16:16:21 +0000 Cyclingmollie 239007@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As ARobComp says, you can <a href="https://wattbike.com/uk/wattbike-hire">rent a Wattbike</a>. Pricy though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-239006 Tue, 13 Dec 2016 15:45:13 +0000 fimm 239006@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fair enough. We certainly have oil on the carpets, just not from the turbo, and I got the impression that it was a bike on a turbo that was the issue.<br /> Can't help, then, I'm afraid. I think a decent indoor training bike is quite expensive, though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-239000 Tue, 13 Dec 2016 14:53:20 +0000 threefromleith 239000@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I bought a pack of <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Interlocking-Black-Soft-Exercise-Floor/dp/B015BIIG60/ref=pd_sim_200_2?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=E0T5DMMYXJ2208GKV6K8">EVA interlocking foam floor mats</a> for using beneath me when I'm using the turbo in the flat.</p> <p>My worry was never oil though - it's the huge puddles of sweat which I deposit during a session that the mats keep off the carpet!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-238998 Tue, 13 Dec 2016 14:44:38 +0000 Baldcyclist 238998@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Unfortunatelty I have got oil on the carpets before. It is now mandadted by Mrs Baldcyclist that bikes don't come into the house. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-238992 Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:46:47 +0000 fimm 238992@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm not sure what you mean by "<em>oily bike on turbo trainer not ideal</em>" - I've used a bike on a turbo in our flat and not had problems with oil as far as I know. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-238991 Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:36:07 +0000 ARobComp 238991@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You can rent a watt bike for a while I think? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17260#post-238990 Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:35:03 +0000 Baldcyclist 238990@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Does anyone own an indoor bike, the more 'bike-like' ones which are fully adjustable?</p> <p>Any recomendations?</p> <p>I know a turbo would be easier, but will be losing garage to another room next year, so oily bike on turbo trainer not ideal. </p>