Acceptable Afternoon Activity?

[petatodd]

This is what I did this afternoon while watching the giro, is it ok?

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Erm, why the hell are you worries what we think about what you watch when you train?

[Wayne Potgieter]

Nothing beats on the road training.

[JimmyB]

I like to sip a good glass of red if I'm at home watching. Especially in Winter...

[DJR]

In Cape Town, Friday, with this duck weather......red wine for me!

[SwissVan]

Blerry good idea, while most will say the IDT is not the same as training outdoors it definetly beats not training and if you follow a decent IDT plan then you will benefit fitness wise.

[SwissVan]

This is what I did this afternoon while watching the giro, is it ok?

 

BTW, which training software is that in your screen shot, and what type of IDT do u use?

[MariusC]

I would also like to know what software that is?

[El Dodgius Bastardo]

Tacx based on what it says on the toolbar

[Brett]

Training in the rain is refreshing and will help hone your skills. Ha!

[T-Bob]

Have an indoor Giant Trainer and really can't be bothered to use it. Rather ride on the road or go hit the spin bikes at the gym esp as it seems I have to get extra 'trainer specific' tyres and keep switching them over on to my training or race wheels just to sit indoor and ride. Seems a hack.

[Zac.A]

Have an indoor Giant Trainer and really can't be bothered to use it. Rather ride on the road or go hit the spin bikes at the gym esp as it seems I have to get extra 'trainer specific' tyres and keep switching them over on to my training or race wheels just to sit indoor and ride. Seems a hack.

 

Buy a cheapie wheel and IDT tyre.

 

I've got my racing wheelsets, training set (for rollers) and then another old wheel with conti home trainer on for IDT.

[Kranswurm]

Have an indoor Giant Trainer and really can't be bothered to use it. Rather ride on the road or go hit the spin bikes at the gym esp as it seems I have to get extra 'trainer specific' tyres and keep switching them over on to my training or race wheels just to sit indoor and ride. Seems a hack.

I found the same.A hassle unless you have a spare bike standing on the trainer.

[T-Bob]

Training in the rain is refreshing and will help hone your skills. Ha!

 

Keepers of the cog Rules

 

 

Rule #9

// If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.

 

Fair-weather riding is a luxury reserved for Sunday afternoons and wide boulevards. Those who ride in foul weather – be it cold, wet, or inordinately hot – are members of a special club of riders who, on the morning of a big ride, pull back the curtain to check the weather and, upon seeing rain falling from the skies, allow a wry smile to spread across their face. This is a rider who loves the work.

Also makes you feel a little bit Flandrian. I'm selling my trainer... unused, who wants it!

[RockCoach]

I haven't used my IDT much as I tend to get out onto the trails often enough - they are on my doorstep. The wife and daughter do use it often though.

 

But it is at time like these when I can't ride that I'm really thankful to have it. Actually, today was he first time I have ridden on it since the broken wrist. I hardly ever ride the road bike so it stays on the IDT. Bought a roller specific tyre and put it onto my training wheel. That wheel gets swopped between the wife's road bike and mine.

[SwissVan]

This is what I did this afternoon while watching the giro, is it ok?

 

The clue to the OP's original question is in bold

 

 

To the naysayers, but can you watch the Giro while out riding?

 

 

For those who are battling to find suffcient time to train in a busy schedule, or to find suitable routes for quality specific training using an IDT is highly effective. If anybody is going to bother to buy an IDT it requires a little more planning and expense (training wheel, fan, entertainment) to set yourself up to benefit properly from using an IDT.