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08-27-21, 03:16 PM | |
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Northern Virginia
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Hi Vannie - Just saw your question about a fluid trainer.
It's equipment that enables you to use your road bike like an indoor stationary bike. There are magnetic trainers, wind trainers and fluid trainers. Fluid trainers are the quietest, provide the smoothest rides and feel the most like a real ride. Mine's a Kurt Kinetic -- here's the latest version of mine. I bought mine in 2004 or 2005 so it is not "smart" like this one.
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08-30-21, 03:19 PM | |||
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Northern Virginia
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I really am blown away by all the stats and options that Peloton has integrated into the bike. I'm sure their huge subscriber base helps make it possible to develop all those great options. On the other hand, I like the smaller feel of the Hydrow community and I hope it stays that way for a long time. I keep learning new things about Peloton. After using the digital app since January 2020, I thought I knew just about everything about the service. Wrong! I spent a good 10 minutes the other morning trying to locate the tread running classes on my bike screen. (It's right next to my treadmill so I can easily see and hear it.) I hit every single icon and vertical dot-dot-dot stack I could find. And people, there are a LOT of options and icons and they're all pretty fantastic. But I could not find the running icon! What the heck? I finally gave up and turned on the Roku and did the Peloton running workout from the big screen TV. One hour later -- D'OH! Of course it's only on the app or integrated into the (controversial) treadmill. Why would they put it on the bike? These are my Monday afternoon ramblings. Very disorganized today, can you tell? I'll be back tomorrow and I might make more sense then. Or maybe not, who knows?
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08-30-21, 07:03 PM | |
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Northern Virginia
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Well, this morning he said that to me, so…
I finished up week 2 of century training. Yesterday I did 25 miles on the spin bike with 2 Leanne classes and 1 Denis. I was supposed to do it Saturday and have a rest day yesterday, but life got in the way of that. So today’s ride ended up being a low-impact easy spin, since it was only 15 hours later. My legs were toast, and I know that absolutely is not how to train, but I do what I can do. Friday is supposed to be nice, so if the forecast holds, I really will do a long ride outdoors on the real bike. Daphne: I played around with all the features on the Peloton when I used it at the hotel, and I thought it was pretty impressive too. I’m so glad they’re automatically refunding your $400. The company has its flaws, but it also does a lot right. |
08-30-21, 10:18 PM | ||
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Snowman Land :)
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"No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch." "God, please help me to be the person my dog thinks I am." "You can't run from your problems. But you'll both feel a little lighter when you get back." ~New Balance shoe ad You don't have to be fast, just keep moving forward. Note to self: You don't get to complain about things you won't work to change! Word for 2024: Accomplished; Word for 2023: Grounded; Word for 2022: Consistency; Word for 2021: Mindfulness |
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09-03-21, 12:41 PM | |
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Northern Virginia
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I did my long bike ride outside today. The weather was just about perfect! I biked 2:00 and change, 26.3 miles. I’m definitely slower outside than what my spin bike says, but that’s understandable. I rode town to Occoquan Park, which means I had a super-fun long downhill to the river and then a super-hard uphill back to to the main road. I also biked in Burke Lake Park, where I normally run. I didn’t bike on the running trails though, because I hate when other bikes pass me on them. It’s allowed, but it’s annoying. Anyhow, it was tough but felt good. I also learned that no matter how much chamois butt’r I think is enough, I need more. And then probably a little more! My leg muscles are already sore in a way I never get from the spin bike. My goal is to do all my remaining long rides outside and as many others as I can, but since I normally can only fit those rides in at 5:00 am, they’ll still mostly be indoors.
At this rate, I’m looking at minimum 8:00 of riding for the century, plus time spent at rest stops. They give 9:30, so we shall see if I can do this! I keep going back and forth between heck yeah and yikes no. |
09-06-21, 11:27 AM | |
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Snowman Land :)
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Had a good few days with my dad, just not long enough. I wasn't ready for him to leave. Saturday we spent 9 1/2 hours at the MN Ren Fest, most of it with friends, and yesterday we drove down to Des Moines for that fest. Yesterday was beastly hot from the moment we stepped out of the car at 10 AM. Today we're just bumming around. I wanted to go hiking but all the driving and the heat have drained us and feels good to be lazy. I can't get Cyric till this afternoon though and I miss him so much! I had booked the kennel a while back bc I assumed we would be going to my father-in-law's, but it did give us the freedom to stay at the fests longer (cancelling would have still cost me nights on the boarding package bc it was a holiday wknd).
I'm looking forward to getting myself back on track this week. Lots of good stuff has been happening the last couple weeks with camping and time with Dad and friends and everything but I am missing my routine and starting to feel ungrounded again. I'm also excited that I will be putting up my Halloween village this week! Huzzah!
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"No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch." "God, please help me to be the person my dog thinks I am." "You can't run from your problems. But you'll both feel a little lighter when you get back." ~New Balance shoe ad You don't have to be fast, just keep moving forward. Note to self: You don't get to complain about things you won't work to change! Word for 2024: Accomplished; Word for 2023: Grounded; Word for 2022: Consistency; Word for 2021: Mindfulness |
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