Daily Archives: Monday, February 5, 2007

Well I did my first bike ride of this year! Indoors, I did 5 km on my bike using my new trainer. I think this is going to work out fine. I feel different parts of my quads are getting worked out and back into shape. This should help prevent possible knee injuries caused by muscle imbalances. I still have a few dérailleur/crank adjustments to make. I am aiming for a cadence of 70 in any gear. The trainer is made in Italy. It is an “Elite” brand “Crono Fluid Elastogel” model and I bought it for about 250.00 Canadian. (www.elite-it.com) It is a fluid trainer – which means it uses a fluid chamber to generate resistance. This resistance is not adjustable. You use the bicycle gears to adjust the resistance. There seems to be plenty of resistance range using the bike’s gears. I was told that the fluid trainers … Continue reading →