Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sphinx.UChicago.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!eam3 From: eam3@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (edward a. morris) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Stationary Trainers, Rollers, Winter Message-ID: <1327@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 17:14:32 EST Article-I.D.: sphinx.1327 Posted: Tue Nov 12 17:14:32 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Nov-85 00:27:23 EST Organization: U. Chicago - Computation Center Lines: 41 Just a follow-up to my query of some weeks past. I recently spent a Saturday trying out various trainers, including the new Kreitler "Killer" load simulator. My impressions: 1. Kreitler products are top drawer. The rollers with wind load simulator are the best indoor training product I've seen. The "Killer" stationary trainer is a close second best, although it doesn't force you to concentrate on good form. Unfortunately, they are expensive and take up a fair amount of space. 2. The "original" type RacerMate wind load simulator and its many clones gives you a good workout (sans form, again). As far as I could tell, though, these types of machines also give your frame a pretty good stress-test too. Many of the people with whom I spoke who use these types of trainers said they used an old, stripped-down bike. One guy had a fixed gear machine which he swears by for working on smooth cadence. 3. The RacerMate Piggy-Back (tm, I think) is compact, less hard on the frame, and gives a pretty good work-out. It is also quite inexpensive (approx. $70). I live in a *small* apartment, and went with the Piggy-Back. It is relatively quiet, takes up little space, and gives a good workout at my level of riding (former cross-country runner in first year of biking). I am currently working up some cadence/gearing/time charts based on some workouts a friend of mine suggested. This, combined with weight training and some running will hopefully keep me ahead of the game for next spring. Am also thinking of developing an interface to a PC-compatible micro, and some software to monitor and trigger different stages of a stationary workout. Any ideas? Ted Morris University of Chicago Library Computer Systems Group ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!eam3 (312) 962-8763