Computers for indoor training

portland_bill

Morning all,

I'm in the midst of setting myself up for indoor training at home after doing three sessions at a local "spinning" class and thoroughly enjoying them.

I should be going to collect my turbo trainer one night this week but was wondering what I can do about computers with my bike.

I currently have a cheap Raleigh computer which has no model numbers on it and came with my bike (second hand) and I have a Cateye Strada Wireless, but unfortunately neither of them seem to pick the sensor up when it's on the back wheel so they're no good for using on a turbo trainer and I certainly don't have the balls to go for the roller option just yet.

Are there any reasonably priced computers that would tell me what revs, speed, and time or distance I've done from the back wheel and I'd really quite like one with a heart rate monitor too but that isn't vitally important I'd just be interested?

I've had a quick look around this morning but as usual, unless you know which ones you're actually looking for, they're not that easy to sort through.

Cheers guys!

Mr Dog

Hi Bill, I use a cateye V2c which has a cadence sensor. I do the Sufferfest quite a lot so this info is a must. The turbo can be a lonely place so these training videos are great, worth every penny. 8)

jgsi

Use HR zones and time and perceived exertion... cadence yes if you want... count your revs for 6 secs and multiply.. do it often enough and you'll know your cadence in your bones anyways whether it be 80 90 or 120
speed and distance is irrelevant for turbo.

amaferanga

JGSI wrote:

Use HR zones and time and perceived exertion... cadence yes if you want... count your revs for 6 secs and multiply.. do it often enough and you'll know your cadence in your bones anyways whether it be 80 90 or 120
speed and distance is irrelevant for turbo.

Speed can be useful as a proxy for power on some turbos (to be used along with common sense and RPE).

You may as well not bother counting cadence for 6 seconds IMO as the error in rpm will be massive.

portland_bill

What about this? : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Polar-CS200CAD-Heart-Rate-Monitor/dp/B000P35VUG/ref=sr_1_11?s=sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1324466613&sr=1-11

Would that be any good do you think?

V2c look good although it is lacking the HR function. Definitely looking at getting some vids to watch too, I'm not sure I'd find I'm so motivated if I was just in my garage staring at my motorbike in bits all over the floor and the garage door.

Richj

It's a fair bit more but I use this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-Heart-Mo ... 49&sr=1-15

very good for turbo sessions as you can upload workouts and brilliant on the road.

I brought a similar Polor model a few years ago, not sure it had cadence but the speed sensor ran off the front wheel so it was no good for the turbo so I sent it back. I used this http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cateye-strada-c ... -computer/ for a few years before getting the Garmin.

McBain_v1

If you are prepared to cruise around eBay you might be able to get yourself a Cateye Astrale 8 which is a perfect computer for turbo training. Gives you cadence, distance, speed etc. and runs off the rear wheel. Unfortunately Cateye discontinued the model a while back, hence the eBay recommendation.