The Indoor Riding/ Zwift/ TrainerRoad etc. Thread

Shadowness said:
Get some streaming content, watch something you can get immersed in, and times flies by.
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I never really find that helps. There's just something about indoor training which bores me to death. Even watching football i find myself staring at the clock counting down to the end!
 
Shadowness said:
Get some streaming content, watch something you can get immersed in, and times flies by.
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I try, podcasts etc, I can watch those during work in the background etc but on zwift I struggle. Helps for sure but my mental limit is still around 1hr 30 or so..

Martynt74 said:
I never really find that helps. There's just something about indoor training which bores me to death. Even watching football i find myself staring at the clock counting down to the end!
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yeah same issue, its boring but it's a "must" for me at this stage, I want to get fit enough to enjoy 40-50k rides when the weather improves.
 
grudas said:
yeah same issue, its boring but it's a "must" for me at this stage, I want to get fit enough to enjoy 40-50k rides when the weather improves.
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I still remember a mate laughing at me when we were in the gym and i gave up on a treadmill after 25 minutes. At the time i was into running long events in the Lake District at 10+ hours, yet just couldn't face indoor running for even 30 minutes.

I think it's a very mental thing that some people just struggle with.

Must say i cope better with my Kickr Bike as there's no display, so i tend to just set a power output on my phone and turn the display off and watch an episode and it goes by much quicker without a timer counting in front of me
 
Martynt74 said:
I still remember a mate laughing at me when we were in the gym and i gave up on a treadmill after 25 minutes. At the time i was into running long events in the Lake District at 10+ hours, yet just couldn't face indoor running for even 30 minutes.

I think it's a very mental thing that some people just struggle with.

Must say i cope better with my Kickr Bike as there's no display, so i tend to just set a power output on my phone and turn the display off and watch an episode and it goes by much quicker without a timer counting in front of me
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It's funny - with running, I started off on a treadmill (years ago now) and could happily plod along for an hour plus watching TV or something. I've since run a couple of marathons and a few other races, and trained outside entirely for them. I ran on a treadmill last week as I'd been ill and couldn't face the cold, and could barely hack 20 minutes, it was horribly dull.

I discovered that a combination of my standing desk and Balatro assists greatly on the bike indoors (albeit only for recovery rides - if going hard, my hands are too sweaty for the mouse)!
 
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Martynt74 said:
I never really find that helps. There's just something about indoor training which bores me to death. Even watching football i find myself staring at the clock counting down to the end!
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Pre October '22, it was turbo saddle pain that was my limiting factor, but I then got a Selle SMP "beaky" saddle and that made the world of difference, allowing me to do 90mins+ without discomfort.

Then it was boredom, if I was trying to strictly keep to sub z3.

Now it's often my legs struggling to do beyond 40mins continuous.

Yesterday I did a lap of Petite Douleur on Zwift in freeride at 100% trainer difficulty (26/36/48 triple with 12-36 cassette, barely managed to use 48/26 as my easiest gear at 96Kg), hitting the little Instestine ramps fairly hard, recovering a bit on downhills and doing a threshold+ (209W estimate FTP from 95% 20mins) effort up Petit KOM. It was a pretty engaging ~26mins to do the 14Km lap! https://www.strava.com/activities/13407217821/analysis/0/1607
 
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I find that Petit KOM anything but petit.

TR has me doing recovery rides all week so I'm going to finish Bad Boys 4 tonight and watch a podcast for the rest. Best part is I have 1400m left to go until the Tron Bike. So I should get that this week.

I'll be glad to do some routes that aren't the Alpe going forwards. Bored of the sight of it now!
 
Junglist said:
I find that Petit KOM anything but petit.

I'll be glad to do some routes that aren't the Alpe going forwards. Bored of the sight of it now!
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Petit KOM and other climbs are far more of a slog for me now than they were 2.5+ years ago, yesterday's threshold effort was 8mins41secs, but my best from '21 is 6mins, feels a lifetime ago.
 
Syla5 said:
honest advise pick up a cheapy roadbike off facebook market place, £100 tops and use it as your dedicated trainer bike.
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I think at the minute cheapest option probably is a Cog setup and virtual gears. I've tried other platforms and I always end up back with Zwift.
 
Just recently, I've started dabbling in using 100% trainer difficulty again on Zwift, instead of the usual ~33% mainly for races.

It helps my hybrid has a 26/36/48 triple, but hoping a couple of months of this will help me prepare for outdoor riding in the spring.
 
On Zwift I keep mine to 75%. But I'm on 52/36-11-28 when I'm on the trainer so I need a bit of extra help but I also want it to feel real-ish.

I have another 9 days until I get a new AI FTP detection. Not sure if I was being stupid or not but pride/ego/stupidity didn't want to reduce my FTP on TrainerRoad so I was working at a level where I was back in July/August.

First few days were a challenge but feel I've settled into it for the most part now. Threshold intervals beat me up a little bit but it's the name of the game. Hoping it thinks I'm still where I've set it and not get a humbling downgrade :D
 
robj20 said:
I think at the minute cheapest option probably is a Cog setup and virtual gears. I've tried other platforms and I always end up back with Zwift.
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As long as you have a compatible trainer this would definitely be the suggestion i would support, i went to virtual shifting via the Zwift play and I've further upgraded to the Zwift ride.
 
Syla5 said:
As long as you have a compatible trainer this would definitely be the suggestion i would support, i went to virtual shifting via the Zwift play and I've further upgraded to the Zwift ride.
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I think from my understanding while my trainer isn't listed as compatible Wahoo Kickr Core, the Cog fits of you remove the freehub and use your current one.
 
robj20 said:
I think from my understanding while my trainer isn't listed as compatible Wahoo Kickr Core, the Cog fits of you remove the freehub and use your current one.
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If you have the kickr core then it is compatible, its what comes with the Zwift ride bundle setup.
 
Syla5 said:
If you have the kickr core then it is compatible, its what comes with the Zwift ride bundle setup.
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They're not exactly the same.

forums.zwift.com

Upgrading Wahoo KICKR CORE to Wahoo KICKR CORE Zwift One - Zwift Cog Compatibility

Received my cog and went to fit it on my kikr core. Allegedly I take my cassette and freehub body off,easy, leave the collar on the axle and slide cog with it’s free hub body on. BUT it doesn’t slide over the spacer/collar!! And yes I pushed, greased and wiggled it. Didn’t tap with hammer...
forums.zwift.com forums.zwift.com
 
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