Then come the issues of maintaining the bike, generally the indoor environment is not really suited for road bikes. If you want a reasonable trainer you definitely want a direct drive, which rules out the snap so you are already in the territory of a wahoo kickr core or elite direto at about $700 and $1300 will give you the absolute bottom of the line in road bikes (not that one necessarily needs more for indoor riding).
If you don't have a bike already and want to only do indoor riding $2000k is best spend on an indoor bike not on a smart trainer + road bike. People here really underestimate the cost of a decent road bike. So I am out riding, trying to be aware of the roadway, blind spots, cars (worse, trucks on narrow roads), and as I crest a hill I meet another bicycle coming straight at me. Does no one teach bicycling to their kids? My kids (young adults) all ride on the right, when they ride. Where I live, more than two thirds of bicyclists ride to the left, against traffic.
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If you have a drivers license, you know the rules, they are not that hard. But there is no excuse for stupid adults. We were all stupid young kids at some point in our lives. Stupid young kids using both side of the road, and sidewalks, I sort of understand. Leave a message.Ģ) Bicyclists that don't follow the rules of the road. I never use my phone, other than for navigation, while driving. This is number 1, by a huge margin, and it is just getting worse. I see old people using their phones, I see young people using their phones. There are two things at play, that have really cut into what roads I will ride on.ġ) Distracted drivers. Most of them without the mandatory two box fans blasting a hurricane their way, it makes me die inside just seeing that. Similarly putting a road bike you have used extensively on the trainer back on the street generally means doing a complete overhaul - you sweat salt water all over it and don't want your alloy handlebars to break in half because it corroded underneath the bar tape.Ĭeterum censeo: we should focus on fixing the reasons that many people, particularly women, feel unsafe riding a real bike outside that they would rather stare at this screen going nowhere inside. Meanwhile on the road bike you strapped to the trainer you have a chain, cassette and chainrings for no good reason - all of it ends up feeding into a variable resistance unit anyway! That allows you to make a drivetrain that can trivially last past the useful life of the equipment without any maintenance ever. One obvious reason is that no one cares what the exercise bike weighs and it will never be exposed to dirt or rain. Even the smart trainer companies have figured this out and are making fully integrated exercise bikes. I have a ton of road bikes and a high-end smart trainer but I'm under no illusion that for someone not looking to ride outside ever, a purpose-made exercise bike is a vastly superior option.
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