CYCLINGFORUM.COM - Where Cyclists Talk Tech --- Return To Home

 

    Register FAQ'sSearchProfileLog In / Log Out

 

****

cyclingforum.com ****

HOMECLUBS | SPONSORS | FEATURESPHOTO GALLERYTTF DONORS | SHOP FOR GEAR

Return to CyclingForum Home Page CYCLING TECH TALK FORUM
          View posts since last visit

Outdoor resistance trainer
 

Author Thread Post new topic Reply to topic
dfcas
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 2815
Location: hillbilly heaven

10/24/17 8:44 AM

Outdoor resistance trainer

I guess if you are faster than people you ride with this makes sense. Otherwise, I don't need to go slower. Maybe they could make it charge wirelessly all the electronic crap on bikes now.

https://cyclingtips.com/2017/10/terrain-dynamics-airhub-outdoor-trainer-review/

 Reply to topic     Send e-mail

Craig
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 591

10/24/17 9:42 AM

It just hurts to look at it. I mean, just strap the athlete into a hermetically sealed training chamber on a stationary bike, hook up the electrodes for heart rate/brain activity, IV in the nutrition and hydration and turn it on. Perfect training. Though it's hard to show off all that gear at the coffee shop...

 Reply to topic    

Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19068
Location: PDX

10/24/17 10:48 AM

you could always just train a gear up, or two up?

 Reply to topic     Send e-mail

walter
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 4391
Location: metro-motown-area

10/24/17 10:50 AM

for the intended purpose, allowing people with different condition-levels to train together, it seems like it'd do the trick.

 Reply to topic     Send e-mail

Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5096
Location: Nashua, NH

10/24/17 11:29 AM

I guess that make sense...

...but unless you live in an area without hills, I don't see any real utility for solo rides. I don't see any point in adding resistance so that you end up riding slower, rather than just bumping up your gear and experiencing riding at higher speed, which is beneficial.

 Reply to topic    

Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19068
Location: PDX

10/24/17 11:44 AM

"but unless you live in an area without hills"

And/or train in pace lines. ;)

I have to imagine the same 'adjustments' of time tested technique on the front VS sitting on the back once baked, etc... makes for superfluity.

 Reply to topic     Send e-mail

daddy-o
Joined: 12 Apr 2004
Posts: 3307
Location: Springfield

10/24/17 11:55 AM

They've missed the tie-in to the power meter. Include a Strava profile, it can be a dynamic tool. The article describes a static model.

The boys riding recovery and you're on a different schedule? Plug in your target watts, everyone gets what they're riding for.

Maybe a way for a top racer to act as an experienced coach for juniors or women and give them real-time feedback on topics that require nuance, like cornering without sacrifice.

One step farther, everybody but the coach rides a meter/resistance setup.

It's not going to be a big seller. But with development the creator can sell it to PowerTap and buy a house.

 Reply to topic     Send e-mail

April
Joined: 13 Dec 2003
Posts: 6593
Location: Westchester/NYC

10/24/17 12:04 PM

Where did the power for the motor comes from? I couldn't figure out. Battery?

 Reply to topic     Send e-mail

Nick Payne
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 2625
Location: Canberra, Australia

10/24/17 2:11 PM

Just wear a small parachute:-)

My next door neighbour is a dog trainer (sniffer and security type dogs), and as part of the training one of his latest animals, he sometimes fits the dog with a harness that has a couple of small parachutes attached, so that when the dog is running it has to work really hard to drag the parachutes along at speed. Ten minutes of this and it's pretty knackered. In his words: "A tired dog is a good dog".

 Reply to topic    

Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19068
Location: PDX

10/24/17 3:59 PM

I feel like I'm dragging little chutes most times, butt... Turns out it is just my butt...

Last edited by Sparky on 10/25/17 9:40 AM; edited 1 time in total

 Reply to topic     Send e-mail

KerryIrons
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 3234
Location: Midland, MI

10/25/17 9:35 AM

Dragging


quote:
Just wear a small parachute:-)


A cinder block tied on with a rope is much cheaper.

 Reply to topic    

Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19068
Location: PDX

10/25/17 10:11 AM

How about the fast guy running heavy wheels and heavy and slow rolling tires/tubes? So us, errr the slow guys have said equalizer... ;)

 Reply to topic     Send e-mail

dfcas
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 2815
Location: hillbilly heaven

10/25/17 3:33 PM

Maybe I could get an ebike to help makeup the speed lost in the front wheel.

 Reply to topic     Send e-mail


Return to CyclingForum Home Page CYCLING TECH TALK FORUM
           View New Threads Since My Last Visit VIEW THREADS SINCE MY LAST VISIT
           Start a New Thread

 Display posts from previous:   


  
Last Thread | Next Thread  >  

  
  

 


If you enjoy this site, please consider pledging your support

cyclingforum.com - where cyclists talk tech
Cycling TTF Rides Throughout The World

Cyclingforum is powered by SYNCRONICITY.NET in Denver, Colorado -

Powered by phpBB: Copyright 2006 phpBB Group | Custom phpCF Template by Syncronicity