Fluid trainer

Chris Hughes said:

I have a Performance fluid trainer that is a little too hard to pedal in the gears I normally ride
in. Is there any way to lower the resistance. I was thinking of either draining some fluid out or
using a lighter weight oil. Has anybody tried either of these and if you did change the oil what
did you use.

Uh, change gears?? That's the usual solution. Simple, too.

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Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971

I think what Hughes is saying is that changing gears gives too much of an increase in resistance. If
a rider wants a small increase while maintaining cadence, shifting up a gear may require too much of
an increase in resistance.

Although one can hit a target wattage on almost any trainer, one may not be able to get the target
wattage at the right cadence. This is where having a trainer with a customized resistance curve
would be useful.

See: hostsrv.comKineticTrainerCustom.jspOpen ↗ (a trainer sold
by AnalyticCycling.com)

Regards,

Tom Compton www.AnalyticCycling.com

A Muzi said:

Chris Hughes said:

I have a Performance fluid trainer that is a little too hard to pedal in the gears I normally
ride in. Is there any way to lower the resistance. I was thinking of either draining some fluid
out or using a lighter weight oil. Has anybody tried either of these and if you did change the
oil what did you use.

Uh, change gears?? That's the usual solution. Simple, too.

If that's the case, then maybe the solution is to use a straight block cassette on the trainer. If
you can't hit the power/cadence band you want with that, then you're not going to be able to do it
on the road either.

Tom Compton <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

I think what Hughes is saying is that changing gears gives too much of an increase in resistance.
If a rider wants a small increase while maintaining cadence, shifting up a gear may require too
much of an increase in resistance.

Although one can hit a target wattage on almost any trainer, one may not be able to get the target
wattage at the right cadence. This is where having a trainer with a customized resistance curve
would be useful.

See: hostsrv.comKineticTrainerCustom.jspOpen ↗ (a trainer
sold by AnalyticCycling.com)

Regards,

Tom Compton www.AnalyticCycling.com

A Muzi said:

Chris Hughes said:

I have a Performance fluid trainer that is a little too hard to pedal in the gears I normally
ride in. Is there any way to lower the resistance. I was thinking of either draining some fluid
out or using a lighter weight oil. Has anybody tried either of these and if you did change the
oil what did you use.

Uh, change gears?? That's the usual solution. Simple, too.

If a rider has large steps in gear size, going to a straight block would help. However, even with a
one tooth change (while keeping target cadence within nominal range), the increase in resistance can
be too much for some riders.

Regards,

Tom Compton www.AnalyticCycling.com

Eric Larsson said:

If that's the case, then maybe the solution is to use a straight block cassette on the trainer. If
you can't hit the power/cadence band you want with that, then you're not going to be able to do it
on the road either.

Tom Compton <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

I think what Hughes is saying is that changing gears gives too much of an increase in resistance.
If a rider wants a small increase while maintaining cadence, shifting up a gear may require too
much of an increase in resistance.

Although one can hit a target wattage on almost any trainer, one may not be able to get the target
wattage at the right cadence. This is where having a trainer with a customized resistance curve
would be useful.

See: hostsrv.comKineticTrainerCustom.jspOpen ↗ (a trainer
sold by AnalyticCycling.com)

Regards,

Tom Compton www.AnalyticCycling.com

A Muzi said:

Chris Hughes wrote:

>I have a Performance fluid trainer that is a little too hard to pedal in the gears I normally
>ride in. Is there any way to lower the resistance. I was thinking of either draining some fluid
>out or using a lighter weight oil. Has anybody tried either of these and if you did change the
>oil what did you use.

Uh, change gears?? That's the usual solution. Simple, too.