I’ve converted a screen mesh patio into a 3 season room with a heater. Windows, door, flooring, gaps sealed, power, etc… It shares roof with part of house. Moving one security sensor from indoors to this door and security skewers on bike so no smash/grab. So pain cave electronics will be weather and theft safe.
If you had the money to spend this year on ONE of those two, which would you get? The Climb or an InsideRide?
Inside ride was chosen as the rocker choice due to compatibility with a Core, small footprint, and fact I climb seated most of time in Zwift. The out of saddle stuff concerns me not with rockers.
On Zwift I primarily choose routes where at some point there will be a climb or elevation variance. So a Kickr Climb would have work to do.
What say you? I would say “both” but the InsideRide isn’t compatible with a Climb. You would fall over given how the rear rocker piece works for it, it depends on you using their front fork mount. The rockers that allow this are too big and costly.
I would put my vote in for what I have: The Inside Ride E-motion rollers, with the erg unit, and the fork stand. While you don’t get the side to side motion, with the fork stand you get the handle bar movement and the fore and aft movement. When you want to ride rollers you just take the fork stand off and put on the bumper rollers. With the erg unit, you get all of that functionality through Zwift, sufferfest, etc.
I just put an order in for the Inside Ride
Though for me most of my time in Zwift is spent in a workout. Its almost all Zone 2 erg, just do I don’t have to think about shifting and can pedal away while watching TV, but this means that the climb gradient wouldn’t work.
Oddly enough I’m also thinking of converting a similar space (covered porch) into a pain cave. Any tips?
I just put an order in for the Inside Ride
Though for me most of my time in Zwift is spent in a workout. Its almost all Zone 2 erg, just do I don’t have to think about shifting and can pedal away while watching TV, but this means that the climb gradient wouldn’t work.
Oddly enough I’m also thinking of converting a similar space (covered porch) into a pain cave. Any tips?
Haha, don’t assume water wont go places. Meaning, good setup of windows, caulking, gap fills, etc. I thought I had it but missed on little gap on a press treated pair of beams….top 3 rain storm of year found the gap. No electronics in there yet and tiny leak, but man. Details.
Otherwise, I liked framing the outer walls so I could just screw on those big patio windows for $85 a pop. Ours was 4x4 verticals and the upper beams on the outers. I nailed 2x8’s im a way I got 4 uniform squares per side. So 4 patio windows per side. Then caulked around them. Easy affordable wall coverage with venting if I slide it open.
I will post pics soon. Ill be done next weekend.