If you are spinning at home, show us your setup?
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If you are spinning at home, show us your setup?
OK, I admit it - I have been doing some spinning at home on my retired mountain bike as a trainer.
I find if I make things "comfortable" for my mind set - (my brain just jumps all over the place, so I need to keep it occupied) - I do better. So, here you see - TV to watch programs, 2 TV screens hooked up to my VCR/DVD, a phone, a tablet, water bottle, various remote controls, board with exercise program, cadence meter, HRM, old mtn bike, tension adjustment for the trainer. I also use the DVD screens for my TRX DVD.
So, how about you?
I find if I make things "comfortable" for my mind set - (my brain just jumps all over the place, so I need to keep it occupied) - I do better. So, here you see - TV to watch programs, 2 TV screens hooked up to my VCR/DVD, a phone, a tablet, water bottle, various remote controls, board with exercise program, cadence meter, HRM, old mtn bike, tension adjustment for the trainer. I also use the DVD screens for my TRX DVD.
So, how about you?
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Can't resist; the unedited title puts me in mind of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, and one would be tempted to respond to the question:
'Uh - I think it can be said of me that I have never, ever soinned at home. That's one thing I have never done - I can lay my hand on my heart, or indeed anybody else's heart, and say "I have never soinned at home". Never soinned at all. I think what you probably want to know is do I spin at home .... you misread completely the question...'
'Yes, I'm awfully sorry. I did ... make an error ... do you spin at home?'
'Uh - I think it can be said of me that I have never, ever soinned at home. That's one thing I have never done - I can lay my hand on my heart, or indeed anybody else's heart, and say "I have never soinned at home". Never soinned at all. I think what you probably want to know is do I spin at home .... you misread completely the question...'
'Yes, I'm awfully sorry. I did ... make an error ... do you spin at home?'
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I could, but don't.
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Showing off the square footage of your (man?) cave it appears ..
My house is small, so I go Outside with my Bike , to ride It.
My house is small, so I go Outside with my Bike , to ride It.
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I spin at the health club. There are a lot of very attractive people there to watch while I work out but they don't want us to take photos inside because PRIVACY... but here's one I snuck while pretending to choose a different song on my phone:
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One of the things about living in San Diego is the year round cycling weather. So no, I don't soin at all.
Damn autocorrect. It's hard to type that.
Damn autocorrect. It's hard to type that.
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Must be a pretty big health club to get that sort of mileage in.
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I have a couple mag trainers and a set of rollers with mag resistance and I usually procrastinate long enough that I don't end up using them over the winter months. So, sorry, no pics of my layouts. This year will be different as I wholly intend to get some trainer time in, I hope, probably, maybe, we'll see how things go.
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I do my spinning here. —> Cycling Florida's Withlacoochee State Trail
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This is my setup. The rear wheel is replaced with a spare out of the shop and junky 25mm tire....
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I've just recently removed the desk... and converted the home office into a man cave. But before I move the trainer setup to the basement I'll be spending some time with the trainer in the garage.
Tomorrow (new years day) if at all possible... I will ceremonially [go for a] ride outside.
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if you're not riding rollers, you're not spinning
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When I last rode my rollers I day dreamed of rollers like these:
cycling rolling hills - Google Search
Then I almost fell off and switched to the trainer. That was a long winter.
cycling rolling hills - Google Search
Then I almost fell off and switched to the trainer. That was a long winter.
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My set up is really minimal. Low end Specialized MTB that I switched to some road tires that I had on another bike, old Cycleops rollers that I picked up on Craigslist. Set-up is in the basement between a wall and a support to reduce falls. I did spring for a Quadlock (It was 50% off because it's for an S4.) to mount my phone so that I can watch videos while I spin.
I get on the bike just about every day. It's one of the highlights of my day.
I get on the bike just about every day. It's one of the highlights of my day.
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Here is my setup for my wife and I for when we can't ride outside. Two Wahoo Kickr Snaps using Zwift on the computer. (The photo was taken before we got the second Kickr Snap)
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Hey - some interesting responses. Yes, I would love to be outside, but this has been a rough late fall and winter so far. The ice ruts on my street make my car go bounce-bounce. My back/ribs have not fully recovered from my mountain bike fall last summer, and I am not interested in further injuring them, as my wife is having surgery in 2 weeks and needs me fully operational. It seems to take me longer to heal nowadays.
So, I will swim, walk, and ride inside, trying to make it as bearable as possible.
So, I will swim, walk, and ride inside, trying to make it as bearable as possible.