Indoor Trainers

"Stomper" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hey guys,

Thinking of investing in an indoor trainer rather than a stationery.....
any tips???

Need to improve my fitness and drop 20kgs before tackling the BRx

Karl aka Stomper

I can highly recommend the Cycleops Fluid2, it would cost somewhere between
$450 - $500. The resistance increases exponentially as you increase speed. I
would steer clear of mag trainers IMHO.

jh

Stomper said:

Hey guys,

Thinking of investing in an indoor trainer rather than a stationery..... any
tips???

Need to improve my fitness and drop 20kgs before tackling the BRx

Karl aka Stomper

that'll help but so will coming out on the BR(x)'s! 😄

we aint THAT good! (well, some of us! youre sure to have company)

seriously, there's plenty of 'bail' spots where you can turn back/off if it aint youre thing

flyingdutch said:

that'll help but so will coming out on the BR(x)'s! 😄

we aint THAT good! (well, some of us! youre sure to have company)

seriously, there's plenty of 'bail' spots where you can turn back/off if it aint youre thing

Come out now so you can beat Dutchys land speed record down the hill...if you lose 20kg you've got no hope 😄

As FD said, we ain't exactly A-graders, and alot more social. So who's responsible for putting fear into all these potenial BR'ers, the ride is as hard, or as easy as you want to make it!

"essendon93" wrote in message ...

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As FD said, we ain't exactly A-graders, and alot more social. So who's
responsible for putting fear into all these potenial BR'ers, the ride
is as hard, or as easy as you want to make it!

umm..er... maybe me taking s*it in this newsgroup?.. nothing new there...
🙂

To put the ride into perspective (yet again).. if you can ride any type of
bike anywhere from 22-30kmh/h+ avg for a few hours then the BR is for YOU!
If you have no group skills there are lots of slow 'neutral' zones where
everyone is off the pace and you can practice grabbing a wheel.. bring on
the numbers, bring on the BR peloton!

cheers,
GPL
:still tinkering:

GPLama said:

GPL
:still tinkering:

no excuses fella!

we expect to the 'black-n-blue' out tomorrow morning. resplendant in gladwrap so as to protect against that stoopid-ass bit in ol' warrandyte Rd.

(and you teased ME for washing my bike after!!!)

"flyingdutch" wrote in message ...

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no excuses fella!

we expect to the 'black-n-blue' out tomorrow morning. resplendant in
gladwrap so as to protect against that stoopid-ass bit in ol'
warrandyte Rd.

That's the plan.... Took it for a few laps of the Kew crit track late
today - all feels good.. I'll have to introduce it to the BR family steeds
tomorrow, hopefully it plays well with others 🙂

Fingers crossed for no Paris-Roubaix style roads - it HAS to be sealed by
now!

cheers,
GPL

flyingdutch said:

GPLama said:

GPL
:still tinkering:

no excuses fella!

we expect to the 'black-n-blue' out tomorrow morning. resplendant in
gladwrap so as to protect against that stoopid-ass bit in ol'
warrandyte Rd.

(and you teased ME for washing my bike after!!!)

No me tomorrow, late night watching the TdF followed by the evil "r"
word in the morning.

DaveB

"DaveB" wrote in message...

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No me tomorrow, late night watching the TdF followed by the evil "r" word
in the morning.

aw... Looks like me and FD at the moment.. ess you out to play?..Gags..
JayWoo..? Just burning some DVDs (divx/xvid) of TdF stages to hand out to
those who rock up..

oh, to keep this thread on topic - CycleOps Fluid2 indoor trainers #1.

cheers,
GPL

On 2005-07-23, GPLama (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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Fingers crossed for no Paris-Roubaix style roads - it HAS to be sealed by
now!

So was it fixed?

--
TimC
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"TimC" wrote in message ...

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On 2005-07-23, GPLama (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Fingers crossed for no Paris-Roubaix style roads - it HAS to be sealed by
now!

So was it fixed?

No grrrrr.. though it was dry and hard packed for 80% of the way... the
downhill was a little hairy being all loose gravel/stones... one day we may
break 20km/h+ down there again!

cheers
GPL