Turbo Trainer Advice

If you find your rear wheel slipping when you 'jump' into hard efforts a bit of skateboard griptape wrapped around the roller (particularly metal rollers like on Fluid2) helps.

Got back on the turbo this week after abstinence over the summer. Thought my day to day commuting and riding would see me maintain or achieve a basic level of performance.

How wrong I was-performance has been pathetic which apart from the wheezy sweat sodden misery of the sessions themselves has been made more explicit comparing garmin stats from April. To be fair I missed prime summer months because of lingering injury following an rta but it's still really disappointing to have it spelled out to you... Finding myself newly astounded just how much more you have to give on the turbo to maintain pace and really feel yourself turning the cranks at a good cadence... this week's been like turning a tap on to discover after the initial surge there's nothing but a feeble dribble of energy.

I haz lots of work to do over winter :/

It's November. You can't be worried about your form in November if you are racing in May/Jun/Jul.

Not so much worried, just facing reality. Shattered delusions of fitness and all that. Existential kick in the face from a cleat clad foot and so on and so forth... Yesterday's was all the more filled with self loathing as I'd drank a fair bit of Talisker the night before and I could actually smell it on my sweat. A strange mix of revulsion and wonderment followed...

It's November. You can't be worried about your form in November if you are racing in May/Jun/Jul.

Indeed. I'm not even thinking about intervals or worrying about form until January

just using turbo/intervals to aid weight loss until Jan/Feb....

....said the man who used beer as a recovery drink last night and started the day with a bacon n egg sandwich. #hungover

I was doing Tabata Protocol intervals last night.

You're racing cross though aren't you? Weirdo

just using turbo/intervals to aid weight loss until Jan/Feb....

....said the man who used beer as a recovery drink last night and started the day with a bacon n egg sandwich. #hungover

fishfingers ftw!

You're racing cross though aren't you? Weirdo

Says the long distance time triallist!

I'm just doing as the British do.. trying to fit it..

sings god save the queen

just got a turbo, had a couple sessions and so far so good.

however, just fitted a turbo trainer tyre and just hopped on and started pedalling and the innertube exploded.

it was only pumped to 80psi and i am pretty sure i did have the roller pressed too hard against the wheel. has anyone experienced this or got any ideas of what it could be?

installation error - pinched the tube?

Heat maybe? What does the p_nctr look like?

Defo tube brand failure. Stop using Spesh tubes and youll be fine..

its a gash about an inch long, perfectly straight. dont think it was user error - probably the tube. though its not a new one - had it about 10 months though i suppose it could have just been a borderline duff one.

only spare i have lying around is a spesh one......am sure hippy has just jinxed it!

Is the gash on seam?

near, but not on the seam. chucked a new tube in and did an hour this morning. was probably the old tube just being generally rubbish

I've got the Conti home trainer one in not orange, but nothing to compare it to noise-wise.

I have so far failed to paint a not orange rubber stripe up the wall behind the turbo, which I am counting as a success.

Bump.

Need something With more resistance than the elite crono fluid I have.

Looking at the elite power super crono Vs the cyclops jetfluid pro.

Anyone ridden either or care to comment why one would be better than the other?

Jetfluid Pro, any day of the week.

Resistance increases with effort - you want more resistance? Pedal harder / change gear.

53/12 at 100 rpm has me dead within 30 secs.

The resistance slope is not the same as riding on a road, but it's close enough, and a lot closer than a graded resistance unit.

Not on your list, but I bought a Kurt Kinetic Road Machine and it's been brilliant. Couldn't reccommend highly enough.

Elite turbo trainers. Do TacX skewers fit?
(before I buy one)

Well apparently the Jetfluid is LOUD. Helicopter was one of the words used! Morning sessions will be fun. Recon a matt under it will make a difference.

I've got a Fluid2, loudness is proportional to effort, a 300 watt interval would drown out the TV at a normal volume, but I'd not call it a helicopter.