My Stationary Bike Lied to Me
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tri-ac posted 1 year ago.
let the indoor trainer numbers go...
you are on track...good for you to not give up just because it's snowy outside! you just have different numbers than you expected, that's all. keep up the good work and realize that the indoor bike is overly optimistic (it's trying to help you train all winter)
Adam
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Triguy98 posted 1 year ago.
Stationary bikes are notoriously unreliable as a guage of speed and distance. Even bike trainers and rollers with bike computers are not accurate.
BUT... you were on a bike all winter, so you will have a lot of carryover fitness. Your position on your bike is different than the stationary, so it will take a couple weeks for your muscles to adapt. You wont be as fast as you thought, but a solid base will help you more than you may realize.
Next winter, consider a fluid trainer (or computrainer, if you have the $$$) and train with YOUR bike all winter. And judge workouts by percieved effort or heartrate combined with time. Distance is very arbitary, not accounting for vertical distance or winds, both of which can effect your time on the bike.
Life is short. Play hard and get dirty doing it.
Hi everyone. I'm new to the triathlon scene - July 14th will be my first one. I've been training indoors at the local YWCA because of the Minneapolis winters, and I have been able to consistently ride 20-24 miles @ 25-26 MPH keeping a cadence of 112-118. I was optimistic to start biking outside once the snow melted, but the last two times I have gone 17-17.7 miles @ 16.5-17.1 MPH and have struggled to reach even that. I was expecting a difference, but not that much. How can I get back on track?