Which bike to put on the trainer?

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I live in a region that stays decent during the winter months, I’ll be training for an April Full IM, but many of my weekend long rides can be done outside with a layer or two. My midweek rides will need to be done on the trainer. I have a road bike and a Tri bike that I’ll race on. I’d like to keep one on the trainer for the most part. Which one should I put on the trainer?

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Tt based on primary objective. Stay in the skis

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I’d put on the bike I wouldn’t take outside but that’s because I’m lazy but if that bike is not the best bike for the trainer I’d do the other one. It’s not like switching bikes is the most arduous of tasks

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What kind of trainer do you have? I don’t know about you, but it takes me about 60 seconds to put on/take off my bike on my Kickr.

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I’m training for TT’s so its mainly the TT bike which is on the trainer and whilst the weather here is not to inclement I’d rarely take the TT bike out at this time of year. Even when it does go out its for solo rides and I prefer outside rides in a group and a road bike is preferred for that. If I were in your place @Colemanwag it’d be the TT bike on the trainer and the road bike outside the majority of the time for fun.

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Use the road bike.

Full IM pacing is Z2. Your midweek rides are presumably sweetspot and VO2max. You won’t be hitting those zones in TT position anyway. Use the bike that lets you hit the highest numbers.

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