Just moved to a slightly bigger apartment so got a office for work and to keep the bikes + do my trainer workouts.
Focus with this room was to have good fan placement, a nice speaker, as well as having the computer or iPad in a good height when doing the training. Also nice to have the window right by the bike come winter time, to get the cool air in.
I’m single, so the living room/dining room is one giant cave. Kurt Kinetic trainer and Elite quick motion rollers (plus old school rollers in the corner). Gravel bike is missing (cause I sorta broke it and it went to the hospital)
I was getting a lot of drop outs when it was on the stem and I needed to see it. I was using a dumb trainer with PowerTap wheel and no s/w while watching stuff on my MacBook.
Similar story here - not riding outside due to lockdown, and then my wife bought a treadmill which triggered the motivation to build a dedicated pain cave in our garage/carport. Pretty stoked with the outcome…
Not at this stage. The climate here (regional Victoria, Australia) is pretty temperate. Winters aren’t too cold, most mornings get down to 1 or 2 degrees celcius, with the odd morning down at -2 or -3 celcius, but I run pretty hot on the bike so that doesn’t faze me - just wear a flannel shirt for the warm-up but it never lasts too long.
Summers are the potential issue. It gets pretty hot here, consistent days above 35 degrees celcius, with plenty into the 40s. If it gets too hot in there I’ll look at cutting in a vent in the ceiling, but hopefully I’m spending most of my time on the road over summer rather than in the cave.
I put some foil backed ceiling insulation in, so I’m curious to see how that impacts the temperature in the cave. We don’t have any ceiling insulation in our house (cathedral ceilings - look amazing, not great for energy efficiency), so I’m hoping the cave is alright in comparison.