I'm not a retrogrouch.
There it is. I just want to put that out there before everything else. I'm not a retrogrouch.
I've got a real nice heart rate monitor/speedo/cadence thingy, but it hasn't seen handle bars in a while. I'll probably put it on soon so I can make sure my heartrate doesn't stay in the lazy zone too much, and so I'll know when i've been riding for 4 hours and it's time to head home. A clock is nice too, but mine rarely shows the right time.
It's not that I don't understand the watts & zones and all that jazz, but it sure doesn't interest me. Here's why:
Bike racing is not watt racing. Bike racing is about the intagibles.
The ability to suffer. Withstanding cold. Heat. Tempering desire with patience. Confidence. Charactar. Panache. Patience some more.
Get off your trainer.
You will reach 95% of your wattage potential by riding in all sorts of weather with all sorts of folks, but you will reach none of your intangibles potential on the trainer.
I'm going to have to say the intangible of suffering can definitely be reached on a trainer :) Maybe character and heat as well.
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