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BUT I did pick up some rollers last year off here for £20 tho and I actually use them at least once a week and like them.
I have a set of rollers that I barely use, but it would be good to get confident on them for race warm ups (mainly track at HHV). Do you use a powermeter with them, or just RPE? How structured are your sessions?
Why?
AI FTP potentially too high after a few weeks off due to sickness (although it did come down a fair bit). But generally I just can't motivate myself to ride in 10+ minute blocks indoors. I used to find TR a novelty and have used it successfully previously.
Fuck that.
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At first just trying to ride on them for 30 minutes was enough of a workout for me.
Can see my power and cadence etc but I totally ignore the power. At the start I did look up some sessions to do that mainly focused on cadence reps. Now I just stick a playlist on shuffle and when a fast song comes on I try and keep my cadence above 120 for the whole song. That’s as technical as I get! Rest of the time I try and hold 100. I switch it up between gears. I find lower gears are actually in some ways harder to maintain smooth pedalling.
It’s weird, my heart rate stays pretty low but I come off sweating and knackered and I can feel it in my muscles the next day for sure. I did manage an hour the other day, but usually do 40-45 mins. This sounds lame but honestly sometimes I just practice one handed, no hands, and drinking out my bottle and putting it back etc. I know this will sound ridiculous to some people but I honestly think it’s doing me good.
Its just my backup when I really don’t want to get out or can’t for whatever reason or am short on time. I don’t make it too structured, if I enjoy it there’s more chance I’ll do it and it’s better to do that than do nothing.
I put them away in the summer.
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So, likely too hard, too soon for that one session but in general, you need to have a reason to ride them, really, otherwise you may as well just sandpaper your eyeballs or something. I use turbo because I know I need to do some training for events but I don't want to ride outside most lunchtimes because it's shit, risky, not very productive (insert all the reasons). Turbo is good for time-crunched training.
If you want to ride them, I'd dial it right down and ride something like 30min easy while watching something (ie. super chill to just get in the habit of getting on turbo) OR keep it 30min but make it challenging enough you can't concentrate on watching something. Painful enough that it seems to be over quick.
If you just can't be arsed with it though, no harm in doing something else.
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I fucking hate stationary training with a passion, and have avoided it for many, many years successfully.
When lockdown kicked in and no-one was sure if you were meant to ride outside, I decided to learn to ride the rollers I bought a few years previously, and maintain a modicum of fitness that way. I found using the rollers more stimulating that regular turbo training, but it was still dull as hell. As soon as I thought it okay, I switched back to riding outside, then crashed and broke a rib so it was back to the rollers for a month or so whilst it healed.
Haven't touched them since.
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andyp
Not quite quit no, but I don’t use a trainer and don’t want to get one. I do almost all my training outdoors.
BUT I did pick up some rollers last year off here for £20 tho and I actually use them at least once a week and like them. Feel they’ve improved my riding too, could barely do it at first.
If I had a garage or something maybe I’d get a turbo, but I’ve already got enough bikes I don’t ride and plenty of winter kit. Plus it’s good for me to get out properly.
Few mates have even offered me their old ones for free but I still say no.