r/IndoorCycling

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I am a rower (and do a ton of zwift-ing for overuse injury prevention) and am going to be racing in 95+ degree fahrenheit and humid conditions in about 4 weeks. I've been doing somewhat primitive heat training (layering up and just going off of feel @~45% ftp) but would like to actually measure my core temp so I can get to and stay in the 38.5-39.5 degree celsius range for getting peak adaptations.

$300 is a lot for the CORE strap, but this thermometer from Home Depot looks like it would fit fairly comfortably several inches up my posterior, and get a more accurate core temp (as it is literally inside my core, and unaffected by food + drink).

Do any of you have experience with putting this/a thermometer up there and how does it compare to other methods for tracking core temp during heat training?

It's snowing in CO today and I need to get a ride in. I have a zwift cog, play controllers and kickr core. I was hoping to use a program (doesn't have to be a game) that is free which will let me virtually shift.

Thanks!

Hi, everyone. I got a Sunny under-the-desk bike in March of this year when my doctor suggested low-intensity exercise while I recover from an injury, and I unexpectedly fell in love! I've loved how portable and easy to store it is, and how easy it was to burn calories in comparison to the daily walks which I've had to put on hold. However, it's now starting to slow down and the body is hot to the touch. I've put about 571.4 M on it, and I acknowledge that I may be using it more vigorously than it was intended. I'm under warranty so I could replace it, but I'm afraid the same thing will happen in another month or so.

Can anyone recommend an exercise bike that can take HIIT 30-minute workouts every day but doesn't have a big footprint? (I live in a condo, space is at a premium). I'm open to folding bikes, if you think they can take what I'm dishing out. Thanks so much.

After not wanting to pay for the price increase in Zwift I went to my woosh but now I am going back for a few reasons

1. no garmin connect data
   I was anyone’s as it’s the main way I track training ( I know you can import but it only gives basic data )

2. the erg is really bad
   Compared to Zwift workouts with efforts above 2.5 W/kg the erg is very sensitive and if I reposition and soft peddle for 1 second it throws me in death spiral and is a big pain in the but mentally and also make effective training hard ( I have calibrated trainer before every ride )

3. my Cadence reads 5 rpm too low

I’ve been using my bike on a smart trainer for structured indoor workouts (mostly zone 2 endurance and occasional intervals). But I’ve been thinking about switching things up and trying cheap fixie bikes just for simple indoor base rides. I keep seeing fixed gear setups used indoors n I’m curious how practical they really are when it comes to maintaining a steady effort over longer sessions. My main question is how people manage intensity without any resistance control. Since everything seems to rely on cadence and gearin, especially when trying to stay in a consistent aerobic zone. I’ve also come across DIY indoor setups where people use basic trainer stands or parts sourced through Alibaba, but I’m not sure if that actually improves ride quality or just adds unnecessary complexity. Another thing Im unsure about is knee strain since there’s no coasting and the pedals are always moving, which seems like it could add up on longer rides. At the same time, the simplicity and low cost compared to a smart trainer is really appealing for basic home training. For anyone who has actually used cheap fixie bikes indoors, do they work well for structured steady rides or are they really just better suited for casual spinning?

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What’s your setup? HR, speed or manual?

Sharing this in case it’s useful to anyone here.

The Elite SQUARE comes with a nice little handlebar controller, but most indoor cycling apps don’t currently pair with it directly, which kind of defeats the point.

I built squarectl to bridge that gap: it connects to the SQUARE over Bluetooth, runs in the background, and translates each button press into a keyboard input for whatever app is currently in focus.

It comes with default profiles for Rouvy, Zwift, and MyWhoosh, and you can add or edit mappings with a small TOML file if you want a custom setup.

Free and open source, MIT licensed:
https://github.com/kochka/squarectl

There’s a Windows installer available. macOS/Linux are supported by the codebase, but for now they need to be built from source.

I know Rouvy is expected to add native controller support in an upcoming version, but in the meantime this does the job, and it should still be useful for Zwift, MyWhoosh, or any app that accepts keyboard input.

Not affiliated with Elite, Rouvy, Zwift, or MyWhoosh. I built this for myself and figured I’d share it. Feedback welcome.

For anyone who has used this as part of their training, have you found it beneficial? For example, zone 3 intervals, one minute 60rpm, one minute 100rpm cadence?

I was curious if anyone has heard anything about our ride data from Rouvy & Zwift becoming centralized, so we can have one location for any rides, workouts, events, etc., we've completed with either program. I always agonize when I choose Zwift over Rouvy or Rouvy over Zwift because I am missing out on drops, or XP, etc.

Just me? 😄

when I go to the gym, I have taking a liking to the recumbent bike, I am looking to get one for in-home, but do not need something as serious as a peloton, what’s a good entry -intermediate level bike? Merch pulls up for me but that’s minimal diving

Hello. Can someone explain me how the 20-minute FTP test with warmup in MOWL (Intelligent Cycling) works, how does it get my FTP, atm I have manually set my FTP to 170 in settings as I don't know what it is, but I think that is a fairly close, It says that I need to cycle as hard as I can for a 20 min period in the yellow zone but how does that work, I guess it will be different if have the app set at 170 FTP or 200 FTP, as the yellow will be different wattage then.