Show us your Turbo training torture chamber!
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bakerstreet said:
Is that two Scott Foil 30s hanging from the ceiling? I test rode one recently. Found it a bit harsh, but I was impressed with how responsive it was and it felt much stiffer than my Giant too.
Yep , storing one for a pal over the winter . I've heard that comment a few times since I got mine , but can't say I've noticed anything excessively harsh. Noticeably stiff but not uncomfortable for me. Had read reports before purchase that arm and hands would go numb etc but never been a problem . TBH I don't really notice a huge difference in harshness to the Alu specialised sector elite in the picture . GT3cs said:
Yep , storing one for a pal over the winter . I've heard that comment a few times since I got mine , but can't say I've noticed anything excessively harsh. Noticeably stiff but not uncomfortable for me. Had read reports before purchase that arm and hands would go numb etc but never been a problem . TBH I don't really notice a huge difference in harshness to the Alu specialised sector elite in the picture .
I'd echo all of that. Mine is a premium shod with sram s60s and while it's definitely a "racer" it's not harsh.Well, since I live in a ridiculously tiny studio apartment (I'm a tight a*se), it has to double up as a torture chamber / place to live / place to store 2 mountain bikes and a road bike. I don't know that the pictures give you a perspective of just how small it is. But at least the TV and hi-fi are in the same room, which provides a bit of relief from the boredom.
Anyhow, the guy who lives below me swears he can barely hear the turbo trainer and thankfully he's very understanding. Nevertheless, I dropped him off a bottle of Smirnoff as appreciation today.
I'm in training for an Ironman 70.3 in June 2014 and with the weather the way it is, long hours at work and no daylight, the trainer is getting a fair bit of use - maybe around 8 hours a week.
I'm looking forward to when it's light enough to be able to use the road bike in the evenings!
Anyhow, the guy who lives below me swears he can barely hear the turbo trainer and thankfully he's very understanding. Nevertheless, I dropped him off a bottle of Smirnoff as appreciation today.
I'm in training for an Ironman 70.3 in June 2014 and with the weather the way it is, long hours at work and no daylight, the trainer is getting a fair bit of use - maybe around 8 hours a week.
I'm looking forward to when it's light enough to be able to use the road bike in the evenings!
RichUK said:
I really need to tidy the garage up.
Still, after ten minutes the fact that I'm in a cold garage doesn't seem to matter anymore.
I use trainerroad and stream content from my NAS in the house to keep me occupied.
Finally tidied the garage up, took an entire day - but well worth it.Still, after ten minutes the fact that I'm in a cold garage doesn't seem to matter anymore.
I use trainerroad and stream content from my NAS in the house to keep me occupied.
Managed to get a puncture in the rear tyre which curtailed a 90 min Trainerroad session the other day. Still not sure how that happened.
IroningMan said:
Yikes - do you live on the San Andreas Fault?
Lol, it encourages me to pedal faster in fear of slipping into it. I'm not sure whats happened, its an old detached garage and will likely be pulled down in a few years to accommodate an extension. Its cracked from a manhole cover to the end of the concrete so probably some movement has cracked it.
Not bad for about £80 worth of materials to the actual garage, plus the extra bits of storage
It started like this in June
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