Swapping to mountain bike on trainer

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Hi all. I’ve been on TrainerRoad since 2016. Yesterday I put my mountain bike on the trainer (Neo) for the first time.

Any tips and tricks for transitioning to the mountain bike on the trainer?
Greg

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What is the issue? Just pedal :wink:

(Unless you don’t use erg mode, in that case you need to think about gearing or changing the resistance level)

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It’s likely the power you can deliver on your mtn bike will not be the same as your road bike. You might wish to do a ftp test on your mtn bike setup before getting into it, assuming the mtn bike will be on the trainer from now on.

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Thanks @GoLongThenGoHome . I will have the mountain bike on the trainer for the next six months as I train for a stage race. Thanks for the tip around maintaining the same power, I’ll have to see how that goes. I’ve got 350 TR rides under my belt, so I figure I’ll know pretty quickly if I need to adjust the FTP.

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It’s fine, I use both a bit. I lock the suspension out but with that the difference is FTP would be within power meter measurement error.

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Ive had my MTB on my Kickr for years. I lock out suspension and increase psi in the fork and shock to max allowed. It pretty much makes it rigid.