25 Minutes on the Bike Trainer

Feb 19, 2008 at 11:20 AM
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...It's a start (judging by my red face, a long overdue start!) Full disclosure: it was 10 minutes, followed by a 5 minute break to hydrate and eat an energy bar (skipped breakfast and hadn't grabbed lunch yet--my usual bad habit), then back on the bike for 15 minutes with no breaks. I was shooting for 20 minutes that session, but Sara was fussing in her bouncer.
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Sadly, all my heartrate data is locked in limbo thanks to MotionBased.com and some kind of glitch affecting Garmin Training Center which might have been user error. So much for logging my indoor training rides the way I log the outdoor ones.

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John Forsythe wrote:
Feb 19, 2008

We are about to get a bike trainer in our gym at work. I have never used one of those with a bike.

How stable does it feel? Since we are on the 3rd floor, it would suck to crash off it, and then accidentally pedal out of the window.

geekgal wrote:
Feb 19, 2008

If the workplace is getting a bike trainer, I would say they're quite stable. I need to tweak my mount a bit before my next ride, but I felt in no danger of speeding off into the wall or our sofa. I can stand up on the pedals or ride without my hands with the bike on the trainer; the latter is saying something, since I can't yet do on the bike when it's NOT on the trainer (it's easy to do on my mountain bike, but the road bike is far less forgiving when it comes to shifts of body weight!)

If they get "rollers," though, watch out. I hear they provide a better workout, because you are actually RIDING your bike (namely, having to maintain balance, and thus working more muscles); however, you can literally ride off the rollers and go screeching off into the closet, or in your case perhaps, the conference room next door. I hadn't heard of them until a fellow voxer mentioned them, so I can't vouche for how they compare. I know I wouldn't trust myself on them, but this coming from the gal who blew out her ACL bringing laundry down the stairs... yeah, not very credible when it comes to athleticism (but I did earn points for style, and I stuck my landing!) ;-)

Shannon wrote:
Feb 20, 2008

I like the cap.
I'm with ya on the breakfast thing. I'm probably supposed to be three inches taller but I missed out on lots of nutrients when my grandmother was starting my day with SUGARBREAD.
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And I wouldn't have lasted two minutes on the bike.

MCL tear in 2005 from rollerskating = showing off. I'm me.

geekgal wrote:
Feb 20, 2008

I like the cap too, though it's not my preferred one. I have an Ireland one with shamrocks, but I stupidly wore it while weatherproofing our fence about two years ago, so it's covered in fence stain splotches. I tend to only wear it when I'm cleaning around the house, now (as if anyone would notice the splotches through my bike helmet...)

Re: MCL -- Ouch! I don't know jack about the MCL, other than what it stands for (Medial Collateral Ligament), but it would seem bicycling would be one of the friendliest activities for that type of injury, besides walking--no/low impact, good fluid joint motion (not jarring, not twisting, etc.)

I didn't rehab with anyone who had an MCL tear, though, just fellow ACLers and a couple (much) older folks with TKRs (Total Knee Replacements). The physical therapists had us all on the stationary bike within 2-3 days post-op, especially the poor TKR patients. My ACL rehab is what got me into mountain biking after a *very long* absence from cycling (for fitness and fun, nothing more.)