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"Virtual cycling without a smart trainer"
You may have noticed some virtual group rides posted on the LWA meetup, and thought that you are excluded because you don’t have a smart trainer. While that would give you maximum functionality, you can still enjoy the experience of riding indoors on frigid days with a group of your fellow club members without one. And just like on an outdoor ride, you can talk to the other riders. Dave Sheffield has been doing this, using an old Cycleops fluid trainer. He has a speed and cadence sensor, which sends data to his Garmin, but which can also be used to send data to a computer or tablet, as long it has the capability to connect a usb dongle . Video of the route can be viewed on a display, tv, tablet screen or similar.
Beyond that, you will also need the Rouvy application, and a subscription to the Rouvy service, which currently costs $15 per month. This can be suspended when the winter riding season is over. More details can be found here .
This morning, we rode a course in Switzerland, in beautiful spring weather. It was 23 degrees outside my house, but nice and toasty inside, and we got a good workout in about 80 minutes. Along the route, Paul Smith commented about how much more fit he felt this past spring after participating in these virtual rides last winter. Why not join us, and reap the same benefits?
