Okay, I borrowed a CT to use until I buy a new one. But, when I do the spin up, after I hit 25mph I stop pedalling and it coasts down. On my other one, I would get some number around 2 and then hit F3 to save. On this one, the number always comes back as 99.99. And, there seems to be no control of resistance. So, is the load generator broken?
Dave
Good question. Mine coasts down and offers up that number, usually somewhere between 2 and 3.5. I would call Racermate.
Yea, I wrote Roger since I agree, seems like the generator is bad.
Dave
You seem to be having a bad string of luck with training gadgets.
Yes, I have noticed that lately… :o(
Dave
Man, these things just do not like me. I borrowed a DIN cable from a friend, hooked it up to the LG, and it worked.
Hooked the original back up and it worked. I just love cable connections. Shall be interesting to see if it now keeps working. (I will not take them back out for now.)
Dave
This is the secret training god perched somewhere on top of a mountain near Xantusia telling you to quit fiddling with gadgets and just actually train the old fashioned way. No gadgets, just put one foot in front of the other for 1-6 hours per day. Bring a bottle of water and a banana if you are going longer than 3 hours. That’s all you really need.
That’s so simple. It can’t possibly work.
Dev, I sure can say I have heard of your advice from more than one person. Toms comment from TF to me was he has his folks use a 1999 CT and only with spin scan. He then just gets them out on their bikes and ride.
Problem is I love to tinker. Now, the more material items one has, the more hassles.
Now, maybe I should try to get that Velotron back and see if I can figure out why it was flaky for me. :o)
Dave
no one has proof that this “put one foot in front of the other” works, but it sure is simpler.
Its also easier on your head. You wake up in the morning and it is rainy, so you run, its clear, so you ride…just go with the flow. Your engine does not know the difference,especially this far out if you are planning a mid summer peak.
" no one has proof that this “put one foot in front of the other” works, but it sure is simpler."
I dunno. I think there are years and years worth of champions in every discipline that offer proof it works.
I forgot the “lose 5 kilos”… at least that is what Merckx told a “soft Indurain” back in 89 when he came to ask for advice on how to win the tour.
Miguel: “Eddy, what do I need to win the Tour de France”
Eddy (looking at a “soft Indurain”): “You don’t need anything…just 6 hours per day on the bike, a bottle of water and a banana…and lose 5 kilos”
…now if the rest of use could just make this formula work for us. Until then, I guess we’ll be calibrating our CT’s…
“…now if the rest of use could just make this formula work for us. Until then, I guess we’ll be calibrating our CT’s…”
I wonder how many people have actually tried this formula (i.e. no-nonesense training) and shown that it doesn’t work for them. It’ll work for one of the best cyclists in the world, but not for some AGer triathlete? I think people are afraid of working hard. They want to be distracted. They want quantifiable numbers and precise feedback for every movement they make. If they’d focus on actually training, rather than planning, monitoring, evaluating and tweaking their training, something fantastic might happen.
Yes, and the best way to do this is ride the bike, and ignore the internet!!
Dave
But Indurain wasn’t that good, was he?
you may be onto something here.
after yesterday’s ride (3 hours on a single speed mountain bike), playing on the internet is about all i can do.