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Old 01-13-12, 10:49 AM
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How about an indoor trainer forum?

Nothing could be better than riding the trainer in the garage, huh?
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Old 01-13-12, 10:50 AM
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You are welcome to post it in the forum suggestions. I can save you some time though, probably not going to happen.
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Is the garage considered "indoors"?
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Me thinks an outdoor riding through the snowy winters forum would be a hell of a lot more interesting. Riding indoors simply sucks. Period.

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Originally Posted by surgeonstone
Me thinks an outdoor riding through the snowy winters would be a hell of a lot more interesting. Riding indoors simply sucks. Period.
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Riding the trainer is like pooping out a monstrously large, hard turd:

Everyone does it at some point, it hurts really bad, no one else wants to be in the room while you are doing it, and certainly no one really wants to talk about it.

Oh, and it takes about 45 minutes.
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I quite enjoy riding the trainer in the garage. I leave the door open so I can watch the people that actually have a life go by.
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Originally Posted by thump55
Riding the trainer is like pooping out a monstrously large, hard turd:

Everyone does it at some point, it hurts really bad, no one else wants to be in the room while you are doing it, and certainly no one really wants to talk about it.

Oh, and it takes about 45 minutes.
True that.
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I think I would rather deposit that turd. Major news though. We have been having a pretty serious winter storm with low temps and high winds as well as a fair amount of snow. The roads are terrible out in the country so I road the trainer for an hour and a half. First time on it in almost two years. Now that is a record I am proud of.
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Meh. If you were a real man you'd get studded tires and go ride out there anyway.
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Originally Posted by hhnngg1
Meh. If you were a real man you'd get studded tires and go ride out there anyway.
Bite me.
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Here you go ... it's not a forum, but it is a sticky in the Training and Nutrition forum:
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...Weight-Lifting

And there is a outdoor riding through the snowy winters forum called "Winter Cycling".
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Old 01-13-12, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by surgeonstone
Bite me.
Originally Posted by surgeonstone
We already have a pcad.
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Originally Posted by halfspeed
We already have a pcad.
But what if he dies. We have to have someone in training.
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Old 01-13-12, 07:28 PM
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There's not really much to talk about. It sucks. That covers at least 90% right there.
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Originally Posted by hhnngg1
If you were a real man you'd get studded tires and go ride out there anyway.
I'm pretty sure the OP doesn't even need studded tires.
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I rode 2 hours on the trainer last Saturday, 1.5 hours Wednesday, and 1 hour yesterday. It's not like riding outside, but it beats not riding.

I'm getting to the point where I love having my trainer. Remember the key word: TRAINER. It implies you are training...as opposed to RIDING. Sorry to be M.O.T.O., but there you have it.
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Originally Posted by thump55
Riding the trainer is like pooping out a monstrously large, hard turd:

Everyone does it at some point, it hurts really bad, no one else wants to be in the room while you are doing it, and certainly no one really wants to talk about it.

Oh, and it takes about 45 minutes.
Guess I'm constipated....I've been known to take over 3hrs
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You're in it. The 41 from December to March.
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Originally Posted by Doohickie
You're in it. The 41 from December to March.
Are you talking about the monstrously hard, large turd?
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