Hammering away listening to AC DC! Does it get any better? As promised, here's a couple of vids of me riding in the basement. You can get the sense of the thing.
As I mentioned, this is actual course video timed exactly to how fast you ride and with automatic resistance for the hills. As well as the video itself, the screen displays just about anything else you might care to know (speed, average, grade, power output, etc etc). You can set it up to display as much or as little as you like. You may also be able to see on the screen the cool graph in the bottom right of the video. That graph actually represents your pedal stroke, showing you which leg is working harder, and how much power you are generating at every point of the pedal revolution. Very Cool!
One weird thing is that you can never pass anyone unless the guy carrying the camera chose to do so when they were filming. If you ride faster, so does everyone else, since all your increased effort actually does is speed up the video.
You can start from any point on the course and ride as much of it as you want. From past experience 3 hours is about all I can tolerate. Even less if I have to listen to a lot of AC/DC. I find it a bit agressive for my peace of mind, and in actual fact I cycle through all of my music at random.
I do have to work with the program a bit yet because I'm pretty sure that I can make it full screen.
I think I mentioned that is actually harder than riding outside since you can't coast on the downhills. I consider that a good thing.
You can see that I have a few accessories; the towel over my bike (to protect it from the sweat), and the fan (to try to limit the sweat). Which reminds me...I'm pretty sure I left the fan running!!
That's it! Just a word for OId John. Thanks for your comments. As to looking up my old times to set a target don't bother. I'm gonna join you for your triathlon and furthermore I will tell you how fast I will do it. Just see if you can keep up to this old grampa! Assuming they hold the distance from last year....1hr, 55mins! Take that to the bank!
30 kms computrainer...1hr, 6 mins
"The only exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions, running down their friends, side-stepping responsibility, and pushing their luck!"---Anon
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I have to say that Cory's comment from yesterday sums up quite well my feelings about this blog as well.
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(The one living in Fergus, married to Linda
Not the one who is the son of the blogger,nor the one who is the uncle of the blogger, nor the one who is the cousin of the blogger, nor the one who is the second cousin of the blogger.....are you getting this Cory?....you know, The Old One)Yes, I know a number of these John's are older than me, but you get the point. Jess also has lots of friends who call her Roo. You will notice if she comments, she uses Young Roo. We just call you Cory because you are one of a kind!
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Old John, I think this would be classified as a serendipitous way to get people to start commenting on the blog. To all readers, please check out the person's NAME to yesterday's comment.....
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Just for the record we added a new adjective to Cory's title this weekend. She is now the "Wise, High, Right Reverend, Mother Superior", otherwise known as Big Cory at our house because my daughter of course is Little Cori. Maybe we should go with Wise Cory as she does have a few years of experience that my daughter doesn't.
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