Hello, I am a relatively new cyclist so I am starting from a base of nothing much (FTP 160ish, think I am about 2.3W/kg, 40 year old female). I used to be a runner but I discovered cycling and find I enjoy it much more and seem to be a bit better at it. I have been looking at different indoor train…

Use your posh bike with Quarq on the smart trainer, and use “power match” so that it’s setting your watts based on the Quarq numbers. So, in other words, say you need to do 150 watts, Trainer Road will take your power reading from the Quarq and use that to adjust the resistance on the smart trainer. …

As an additional point, rollers are excellent for bike handling, so if you have an “easy” session where you don’t need to hit a series of intervals at a specific wattage, you can just go on the rollers, use the Quarq power readings to check you’re going at roughly the right pace, and get some time i…

[image] sheepysheep: sweating all over my pride and joy best bike Just place a towel over the stem, headset and top tube and you’re good to go.

Use the posh bike with the power meter. Better to use one measuring device for ALL cycling activities although it’s not always possible to do. Note that the smart trainer you have isn’t supported by TR, at least I can’t find it, so it may very well become a dumb trainer if TR can’t control or read i…

Even better, Make sure you get a high quality fan. Better yet, two fans. The Lasko Performance series blower fans (and similar from other brands) are the best for our needs. Make certain you have a LOT of airflow over your body. It minimizes sweat, the related mess and risk to your bike. More i…

Thanks for all the great advice :slight_smile: It looks like I have a few more things to buy… many fans and a sweat catcher. I have found that cycling goes hand in hand with an ever increasing shopping list!! Apparently the turbo is smart - the elite novo is a dumb trainer but the one I have is a …

I go with opposite of the above. I keep an old bike always on the trainer. This way my good bike and trainer are always ready to use, no messing about swapping wheels/trainer etc. I know it’s simple but I don’t want anything giving me an excuse not to train (I’m pretty weak willed) I mostly do CX r…

I’ve got an older Elite trainer myself although not Ant/BT so I can’t calibrate it for use with Tr unfortunately… anyway it’s got P1/2/3 settings that you could calibrate using your good bike versus the power meter (in theory). The calibration seems really accurate on mine at least. If you trust t…

[image] sheepysheep: smart trainer vs rollers and Smart trainer, hands down. You can use the rollers in addition, but rollers can only provide limited resistance and you can hurt yourself while training (e. g. if you get distracted for a second). [image] sheepysheep: relying on smart t…

Advice please - Best set up

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SeeEl June 14, 2019, 9:47pm 9

There’s a thread about UK Lasko fan equivalent here.

https://www.trainerroad.com/forumt/uk-users-looking-for-a-lasko-fan-check-this-out-thanks-to-hugo1/9554?u=seeel

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Advice please - Best set up

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