New 'OUTDOOR' resistance trainer-HUH?

[oldpotatoe]

https://cyclingtips.com/2017/10/terrain-dynamics-airhub-outdoor-trainer-review/

Don get it but I ain't no pro neither so...

[tctyres]

I think the point is that it's real easy to run a few 100W below threshold almost all the time on the road. That hub makes you work harder.

[54ny77]

The next time my buddies give me crap for riding 14-15 mph on the flats I'll tell them I have an airhub and I'm really fighting 350 watts resistance.

:banana:

[wildboar]

https://cyclingtips.com/2017/10/terrain-dynamics-airhub-outdoor-trainer-review/

Don get it but I ain't no pro neither so...Heck, just buy a 35 pound Huffy off Craigslist for $12 and you're already there.

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[Mark McM]

Geez, you'd think the built-in dynamo could be utilized to provide useful energy to power devices or charge batteries or something. As it is, it's just contributing to global warming.

[93KgBike]

https://cyclingtips.com/2017/10/terrain-dynamics-airhub-outdoor-trainer-review/

Don get it but I ain't no pro neither so...

I think one of the attractions of Zwift may be the weird hybrid experience of using ERG mode over simulated real terrain, as a pro level training tool. Mat Hayman's victory in Paris-Roubaix last year was a powerful reminder of the usefulness of ERG training for maintaining pro fitness (and perhaps for rest). This is ERG for real world training, I guess.

Couldn't they just wear little drag-chutes?

https://gagnesports.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/parachute-bike.jpg

Yes. Yes, they could.

[Clean39T]

Structured power training works great, but puts you indoors - if this adjusts on the fly to keep you at target watts regardless the terrain, that may not be so bad - it means I could go get a "real" workout while on safer streets or a bike path, instead of trying to maintain 325W for 5min by finding the right grade hill that you hope has a shoulder.

[Jgrooms]

That’s a lot of cash for something that I can do on my 20 yr old computrainer. Of course my fingers are no substitute for ‘smart tech’?
But it appears his main point is it allows one a group ride exp wo the variables of the group ride.




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[Anarchist]

Adjust your brakes to rub against the rim.

Same effect.

Cheaper.

[coffeecake]

I would buy and use this.

Obviously the usefulness of such a device fits only within a small percentage of competitive cyclists. In some cases, however, it would be extremely useful.

Wish it looked better though. Goddamn it's gonna **** up my campy bike

[Lewis Moon]

If I'm not mistaken...doesn't riding faster and/or up hills do the same thing?
Headwinds?
Low tire pressure?


Can't see the reason for this.

[Clean39T]

I would buy and use this.

Obviously the usefulness of such a device fits only within a small percentage of competitive cyclists. In some cases, however, it would be extremely useful.

Wish it looked better though. Goddamn it's gonna **** up my campy bike


At $350, yes - at $1350...hard to say...

[Lewis Moon]

Structured power training works great, but puts you indoors - if this adjusts on the fly to keep you at target watts regardless the terrain, that may not be so bad - it means I could go get a "real" workout while on safer streets or a bike path, instead of trying to maintain 325W for 5min by finding the right grade hill that you hope has a shoulder.

Or, you could move to Arizona
https://s3.amazonaws.com/photos.usacycling.org/2014/May/eric-marcotte-on-the-top-step-flanked-by-travis-mccabe-l-and-alex-howes-med.jpg

http://cdn.media.cyclingnews.com/2016/10/11/1/sptdw5130_670.jpg

[David Tollefson]

How Floridians do hill training...

[avalonracing]

Someone will build some super-lightweight carbon aero tubulars around that hub in an attempt to make it resistance neutral.

[EDS]

Could be useful to slowdown a pathlete.

[Clean39T]

Or, you could move to Arizona

https://s3.amazonaws.com/photos.usacycling.org/2014/May/eric-marcotte-on-the-top-step-flanked-by-travis-mccabe-l-and-alex-howes-med.jpg



http://cdn.media.cyclingnews.com/2016/10/11/1/sptdw5130_670.jpg


Funny you should mention that...the wife and I are planning our winter vacay there to see her family, and that usually results in a vow to move there to spend time with her mum before it's "too late"... Last I heard there's traffic everywhere tho.

[makoti]

If you could load in structured workouts like you might have on a kickr, this would be interesting. Lots of money, for sure, but everything around here is.