Do gym miles count?

Whitedown Man
Whitedown Man Posts: 6
edited July 2011 in The bottom bracket
Aiming for 10,000 miles this year, but do I only count miles on the road? Do I add the turbo miles? What about miles on the stationary bike in the gym?

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Surely that's entirely up to you. I'm not sure anyone else cares if you do it or not.

    (Probably not though - no wind in the gym)
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  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    Divide by 6 multiply by 5 deduct the number you first thought of.
  • stevewj
    stevewj Posts: 227
    yes - because they are genuine miles (in a way) as you don't freewheel. This is maybe why at least two national coaches whose work I have read recommend that if you have to do turbo miles instead of road miles then do about 2/3 as 'far'.
  • BelgianBeerGeek
    BelgianBeerGeek Posts: 5,226
    Not sure I understand this. Are you riding 10000 miles? Or just covering them in some vague, "I would have done the mileage if it was oudoors", kind of way?

    Is this like those people you see in shopping centres on rowing machines "crossing the atlantic"?
    Ecrasez l’infame
  • Homer J
    Homer J Posts: 920
    Only if you are in full kit
  • Whitedown Man
    Whitedown Man Posts: 6
    I did 8,000 miles (all on the road) last year, so 10,000 miles this year seemed like a good training target. I've been working on increasing my cadence, and the gym bike has helped make 90rpm feel "natural" the way that 75 or so felt "natural" 12 months ago.

    Somewhere deep in my psyche miles on the the turbo feel "real" but miles on the gym bike don't. Now I know why - not wearing lycra! Will mend my ways on my next visit (but presumably wearing Rapha would mean I have to subtract the miles instead :D )
  • Bobbinogs
    Bobbinogs Posts: 4,841
    Stanley222 wrote:
    Only road miles count :wink:

    ...and only if you are going uphill.
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    You have to minus every freewheel - such a chore..
    sounds good on the cadence front tho for you.
  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    What about a pedalo on holiday? I went all the way out to the big rock and back.
  • Lazarus
    Lazarus Posts: 1,426
    Cornerblock wrote:
    What about a pedalo on holiday? I went all the way out to the big rock and back.

    That only counts if it was against the tide.
    A punctured bicycle
    On a hillside desolate
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  • DIESELDOG
    DIESELDOG Posts: 2,087
    Homer J wrote:
    Only if you are in full kit

    Team kit.

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    DD
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  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    Lazarus wrote:
    Cornerblock wrote:
    What about a pedalo on holiday? I went all the way out to the big rock and back.

    That only counts if it was against the tide.

    It was. And in speedos with no chamois cream! :shock:
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    On the Commuting Stats board (link below) we specifically exclude turbo + roller miles. That's us tho; it's your choice in the end.
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    I count them - 20 miles for an hour on the turbo - up to you though.
    it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
  • Stoo48
    Stoo48 Posts: 54
    There are not many hills here in Southern Indiana, but I still count my miles....
  • Martincan
    Martincan Posts: 188
    Homer J wrote:
    Only if you are in full kit

    Matching, of course.
    Pain is weakness leaving the body.....I have a lot of weakness!

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  • shouldbeinbed
    shouldbeinbed Posts: 2,660
    Martincan wrote:
    Homer J wrote:
    Only if you are in full kit

    Matching, of course.

    but make sure you've earned the right to wear it.


    does moving about in the bath count towards my swimming target (not got one really, just being silly)
  • Martincan
    Martincan Posts: 188
    shouldbeinbed wrote:
    Martincan wrote:
    Homer J wrote:
    Only if you are in full kit

    Matching, of course.

    but make sure you've earned the right to wear it.

    does moving about in the bath count towards my swimming target (not got one really, just being silly)

    Whilst considering what others may say or think.
    Pain is weakness leaving the body.....I have a lot of weakness!

    My Blog: http://ipluswheels.wordpress.com/
  • Nuggs
    Nuggs Posts: 1,804
    stevewj wrote:
    yes - because they are genuine miles (in a way) as you don't freewheel.
    Really? Next you're going to tell me that my turbo miles only count if I engage the roller... :roll:
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    RichN95 wrote:
    Surely that's entirely up to you. I'm not sure anyone else cares if you do it or not.

    (Probably not though - no wind in the gym)

    +1... I'm pretty sure no one but yourself really cares how many miles you do or what gym work you do, other than just casual conversation. If you what to do 10,000 miles, great, but it doesn't generally affect other peoples worlds. Do it for yourself.

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