cbump wrote:
Help me decide. New to power and never ridden on an indoor trainer. I like the idea of having a power meter for outside but will be riding indoors 85% of the time anyway. I'll be using trainer road with either route I choose. Price isn't that big of a difference to sway me one way or the other. I like that trainer road adjusts the kickr resistance for you and am a little worried I wouldn't get as a good a workout on the KK due to this.
However, I don't have an iPhone if that matters. I do have a macbook pro. What would you do?
I am going to go against the crowd. I have both a kickr, a powertap and garmin vector but would recommend the kickr:
I would say the kickr is the best - assuming you do most training indoor of course. I really like the ability to program the workout and with the erg mode be able to zoom out and just do the work without thinking too much. Just focus on pedalling, that is it. I think the benefit of a PM on the bike for outdoor use, if you train mostly indoors, is for races. However, i have had a few training rides where focusing on the numbers did not do me well and I am sure in a race it would have been a disaster going by the numbers. Afterall, things are not static and some days you are stronger than others and going purely by the numbers can be dangerous and lead to sub par performance. That said, if you use it as an indicator but not go by the wattage only, it is less risky.