With an empty nest, we recently fled Boulder CO and moved to San Diego, and the loss of a basement. With year round good weather I didn't expect to even use a trainer, but it turns watching a sunset in my backyard is more enjoyable than an afternoon ride in rush hour traffic and for set workouts, etc... turns out I kind of like it.
I cobbled together an iPad stand with some cement in a bucket and galvanized pipe with an iPad holder rigged up to it so it is portable. I had already hung an outdoor AP outside, because conference calls by the pool are better than inside. This gives me a very portable station where I just set up the stand and trainer in a salutary spot depending on sun or shade, connect all the gizmos to the iPad and suffer away on The Sufferfest.
I'm very happy with the flexibility of it all. If I had it to over again ( and I may) I would use a larger 5 gallon bucket and get one of those canvas pouch units that provide a bunch of pockets. That would make it easy to bring shoes, bottles, nutrition and miscellany in one contained unit.... A Pain Picnic!
" I take my gear out of my car and put my bike together. Tourists and locals are watching from sidewalk cafes. Non-racers. The emptiness of of their lives shocks me. " (opening lines from Tim Krabbe's
The Rider , 1978