My garage floor. Only students have bikes in the house (plus I'd overheat).
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Re: what mat is under your indoor trainer ? [Swanbird]
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Re: what mat is under your indoor trainer ? [Alaric83]
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Alaric83 wrote:
Somewhat convoluted system; from bottom to top: Large fairly thin rubber mat similar to the cyclops one
6x2 section of cork subflooring
6x2 section of plywood
6x2 ish carpet scrap
rollers
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Re: what mat is under your indoor trainer ? [jt10000]
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I use an old bed sheet. It's actually works really well and I can extend it out behind the bike to catch any slinging rubber/ grease. My wife is actually more concerned with that than sweat. For sweat I have two hand towels over the handlebar and top bar. It kinda acts like those fancy little sweat gards thet you can buy... that are totally over priced and necessary. Kinda like trainer tires lol
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Here's an overview of my paincave http://triathlonpal.com/...ur-of-the-pain-cave/
-Nate
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Flaer|Team Kiwami|Nuun Hydration|Honey Stinger
Twitter: @N8deck
Re: what mat is under your indoor trainer ? [jt10000]
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jt10000 wrote:
Alaric83 wrote:
Somewhat convoluted system; from bottom to top: Large fairly thin rubber mat similar to the cyclops one
6x2 section of cork subflooring
6x2 section of plywood
6x2 ish carpet scrap
rollers
Why so many layers?
Sound isolation so that I don't wake up my roommates (or my neighbors) when I'm riding at 6 in the morning.
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Re: what mat is under your indoor trainer ? [Swanbird]
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Re: what mat is under your indoor trainer ? [Dinsky11]
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Dinsky11 wrote:
I went to my local big box hardware store where they sell plastic matting by the foot. It is clear and has little plastic anti slip nubs on the bottom side and can used to cover carpet in high traffic areas. I got six feet of that and it works great under my bike.Same here - cheap, durable, easy to clean.
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Re: what mat is under your indoor trainer ? [Swanbird]
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Bare concrete garage floor.
Re: what mat is under your indoor trainer ? [triathlonpal]
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triathlonpal wrote:
I use an old bed sheet. It's actually works really well and I can extend it out behind the bike to catch any slinging rubber/ grease. My wife is actually more concerned with that than sweat.This! My trainer isn't bad (because the cassette is nice and clean), but when I'm on rollers, my chain and cassette likes to fling stuff around a bit.
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I made the platform CompuTrainer recommended. Plywood covered with VCT.