"no mud, no lotus"

After using TrainerRoad for months and slogging through workouts, I must admit that I did show some improvements. I was enjoying the TrainerRoad experience, working on different TR workouts and getting lots of good work in on the trainer. As the different workout sections came up, the trainer adjusted and hit those targets perfectly more or less. My FTP was slowly rising, and I remained moderately entertained by YouTube or Netflix while I rode. However, one thing I noticed wa

After a winter of using the magnetic trainer and TrainerRoad, I decided that I should really investigate the whole “smart trainer” phenomenon that had started to catch on. A "smart" trainer is one that has a power meter built in and can adjust its tension automatically to mimic inclines and also has the ability to keep a rider in a prescribed power zone during training. With TrainerRoad, it would allow me to use ERG mode and negate the need for me to shift as the workout move

I have had some sort of trainer for the past five or six years. As I moved from running to cycling, I spent a little time on the trainer trying to maintain fitness when the winter weather hit. I do enjoy riding my 27.5+ mountain bike in the snow, but that is more for hanging out with buddies or breaking up the monotony. I started out on my older CycleOps magnetic trainer on TrainerRoad and Sufferfest running on my iPad using an ANT+ dongle. On TR, I usually watched cyclocross