Does anyone own an indoor bike, the more 'bike-like' ones which are fully adjustable?
Any recomendations?
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.
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(24 posts)- Started 7 years ago by Baldcyclist
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You can rent a watt bike for a while I think?
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I'm not sure what you mean by "oily bike on turbo trainer not ideal" - I've used a bike on a turbo in our flat and not had problems with oil as far as I know.
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Unfortunatelty I have got oil on the carpets before. It is now mandadted by Mrs Baldcyclist that bikes don't come into the house.
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I bought a pack of EVA interlocking foam floor mats for using beneath me when I'm using the turbo in the flat.
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!!
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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.
Can't help, then, I'm afraid. I think a decent indoor training bike is quite expensive, though.Posted 7 years ago # -
As ARobComp says, you can rent a Wattbike. Pricy though.
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Wattbike out of my price range. I was thinking more this level:
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/vs930-studio-bike-id_8309439.html
I'm not sure I quite understand the difference between 'Studio' and 'excersise' bike yet.
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@Baldcyclist
Affix some of these to your bike and claim it's a free-standing candelabra?
I remember de-greasing piles of bicycle components in the bath in my bachelor days. Happy times.
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Santa delivered the studio bike from Decathlon yesterday, couldn't resist a shot.
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.
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!
Maybe I'll be fit enough to ride an actual bike again in 3 or 4 months...
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An inside bike is like fitting wheels to a tomato
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"An inside bike is like fitting wheels to a tomato."
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?
"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!"
I've heard urban legends or people leaving fixies unlocked in bike theft hot spots then hiding nearby and watching the effect.
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"Maybe I'll be fit enough to ride an actual bike again in 3 or 4 months... "
Good luck with that - I hope you come out in the spring raring to go.
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.
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"I've heard urban legends or people leaving fixies unlocked in bike theft hot spots then hiding nearby and watching the effect."
I knew someone with a fixed (before it was fashionable).
Never locked it.
Only had to look a street or so away if it ever got nicked.
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Ed 1 - An inside bike is like fitting wheels to a tomato
It's red and all about cycling outside, inside :-)
On the A8 near Uphall by LaidBackBikes, on FlickrPosted 7 years ago # -
inside pretending to be outside with google streetview, on BBC web: "Virtually cycling the length of Britain"
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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. ;)
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@baldcyclist - I have almost managed to kill myself on the rollers inside.
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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
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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.
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.
Any recommendations?
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@Arellcat, no better reference for sports tech than Ray Maker:
https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/10/annual-winter-2016-2017-bike-smart-trainer-recommendations.htmlFor 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.
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I got a Tacx with a wee computer on the handlebars which can control the resistance.
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.
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@wee folding bike
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.
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@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.
That way I only feel like an improper chump who's going nowhere!
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