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03-07-05, 01:23 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Upstate, NY
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I'm with Melly--I go faster on the road than on my trainer. Any my trainer is easier than the one I used for ETRZ (yikes--not a good surprise!).
For Totally Time Trial--I go 24 miles for the entire thing (so for the whole 90 mins or whatever). For Mental Toughness (another longish one) I averaged about 22 miles for the whole thing.
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03-07-05, 04:24 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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Thanks everyone for your help. Happy Spinning!
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03-07-05, 07:40 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Northern Virginia
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Fluid trainer are suppose to mimic wind resistance
The reason fluid trainers seem to have more resistance, is that the faster you go, the resistance increases at an exponential rate, to mimic wind resistance. But in my opinion, the trainer overcompensates. I agree with Melly and Kimberly, the effort seems to be easier when I'm on the road than on my trainer.
Now as far as mileage goes, Kurt Kinetic is the only trainer company who says that mileage on their trainer is accurate. I have a Cycleops trainer(which had to be sent back) and a Kurt Kinetic trainer and my mileage on the 2 were very similar for T3...between 20 and 23 miles total. So, no, I don't keep Troy's 25K time trial in an hour 
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