Originally Posted by
johnybutts
Here in Houston, traffic has gotten noticeably worse since I started riding. With the city's sprawl, you have to ride further and longer to get to the decent roads. I'm not worried so much about the cars as the inconvenience.
So I just ride the trainer now.
Originally Posted by
topflightpro
I've started giving track a go this year. It's a three hour drive there, but it's different. And the lack of cars is definitely a plus.
That said, Monday through Friday, I'm on the rollers or trainer. I don't bother trying to ride among the cars during the workweek.
Even in the summer of the South? how do you guys have the trainer set up? How many fans blowing, and any portable AC units? I remember @
topflightpro mentioning that the AC doesn't do much anyway, so that may be a moot point.
I've gotten very caution about my riding lately, spending hours on google maps to make sure that roads have shoulders (though that alone is no guarantee of anything). Perhaps eventually i'll do M-F riding on rollers as well, and if it's summer, i'll probably have to use ice vests