Great tips, always have the windows open to get rid of that sweat. I'll add to the maintenance to set up a reminder to change the battery in your HR strap, I do it every 2-3 months, nothing worse than being half way through a session and the HR dies...
Good tips. I also use a sweat net stretched from aeat post to bars to help stop sweat dripping on the bike frame and a small towel draped over the bars so sweat doesn't soak into the bar tape (just remember not to leave the sweat soaked towel hanging on the bars when you finish).
Fun fact: Only 10% of the world population is located on the southern hemisphere. And even in their winters the temperature is warm enough to cycle outside most of the time while summers are probably too hot.
@@noragee preferred temperature for cycling is very subjective, I can ride in 40 degrees Celsius, I don't think it gets much hotter than that very often? I'm very uncomfortable under 15 degrees though.
Shout out for the Shokz. I recently got them and they work beautifully. You just have to get used to the occasional vibration but when you are focused on the ride you don't really notice it. As for the smart plug, I use the original smart plug. Who remembers the "Clapper"?
I like kickr fan controlled manually by phone slider in Wahoo app. Phone sits in front groove of wahoo rip-off desk within easy reach and quickly changed
Good tips, thanks. I ordered one of those Shoks headphones. Also tried my normal bike on the trainer yesterday and man, that was uncomfortable (riding on the same bike outside is much better). For my mainly endurance based indoor training I'll stick with the recumbent bike permanently mounted to it: - No sweat dripping down my face or onto the floor (head naturally in upright position) - no dicomfort on the bum, hands, back - better muti-tasking, e.g. watching bike race while doing low intensity endurance session
Yes, I divorced my wife citing "wrinkle free fabrics and indoor cycling" as the reasons. I got the ironing board in the settlement. Her lawyer couldn't even see why I'd need it.
I use smart plugs for fans and heater (garage). I'll be adding a smart outlet where I plug in my Leaf so that I can turn off the Leaf charger when I turn on the heater (same circuit). I'll also probably add a macro keyboard of some sort for discrete switches for the smart plugs.
I really like your setup with the phone stand and everything directly in front of you on the desk. I have a folding tray with everything sitting beside my bike but your setup is ideal! I use a cheap box fan but I am considering buying the fancy Wahoo fan for Zwift.
I don't usually care for in-vid sponsor shoutouts etc. usually however you can pry my open shokz from my cold dead hands, I use them every single day on the bike, absolutely fantastic both indoors and out. Bit of wind noise over 30km/hr so you gotta turn them up and the battery goes a bit quickly, but otherwise they are fantastic.
Quad lock handlebar mount for the phone is super useful - keeps it within reach (Zwift Companion app, music etc), secure so you don’t have to hold it (or drop it!), but out of the general sweat range (except when sprinting).
I just use 2 of the bigger elastic bands that come with garmin mounts to hold my phone to the bars. Although the phone is a bit small for zwifts (terribly designed) UI.
I'd add a better carpet than the ones sold by the smart trainer manufacturers. I use a pickup truck bed liner, it's 4x6 feet and 1 cm think, it is in its 4th season and doesn't even show any wear. They are often made with recycled tires. And best of all, they are half the price of a Wahoo matt that will rip apart one day.
I guess it is just me as no one else mentions my number one piece of kit for indoor training. That is a dehumidifier fan. If you are training indoors you might be dumping a ~litre of water an hour into the air, and it has to go somewhere (a fan only works if smelly sweat is evaporating off you). If you are in the shed with the lawn mower maybe not a problem. Indoors I want to pull the sweat out the air right by me and not let it wander about.
I don't have room for a trainer desk so I got the Trainer Tray from Foothill Products that attaches to my Garmin mount. A good spot to keep my phone, earbud case and a gel or two. But it is probably not big enough if you need a whole keyboard/mouse setup.
6:47 crazy how much the bike is moving on that trainer. i got an jetblack volt and i got 0,00 movement. Of course u gotta work with the body, but when ur stable and bike not shaking from side to side ur the fastest
Shane - try a finger trackball instead of mouse. Dont have to be reaching to the desk with it. -U10 PS - I have a small fan pulling heat off my trainer. have for years. i feel that all those yrs ago when i smoked my NEO i didnt have the fan on it b/c i had to train in another room temporarily.
Not sure I understand the recommendation of the Shokz headphones - they make sense outdoors certainly, but indoors I find in-ear headphones must better since they can block out (or in some cases noise-cancel) noise such as fan noise, turbo trainer noise etc - not sure what benefit (of any) there is indoors for bone conduction? Surely you want to block out background noise indoors, and don't have the safety aspects that you have outdoors (needing to hear traffic etc)?
Firstly, they're sponsoring this video, so they're going to be on show. Secondly, it depends how much you sweat as to how well in-ear ear phones work indoors. There's a few videos I have up where I'm sprint testing trainers and the left (it's always the left!?) AirPod goes flying out. Ultimately it comes down to preference. If you want to bang out the tunes with a speaker system, over-ear cans, or with a set of bone conducting units, all good.
Hi Shane, I use my Aftershokz every day, and that's my second one after losing the first. They are great...but the biggest problem with them is the inevitable mic failure on discord after 15-20mn if you are in a room with a high level of humidity...Making you sound inaudible or like in an aquarium...I had to stop using them for the WTRL races...if anybody got a solution, thanks to let me know-I played with most settings on discord with echo cancellation etc. cheers!
Once again, Shane awesome practical suggestions for comfortable/tolerable long or difficult virtual cycling adventure. Nice set up! Would the Kickr desk which looks very stable be compatible with a motion platform such as the KOM? It's nice you have been able to situate your table close to handlebars on bike, so at to not reach awkwardly forward, potentially injuring your back.
@@gplama I found it after I made comment. Thanks mate. I already drilled a few holes into my desk and will be mounting water bottles tomorrow. They are not secure so they need a nut to hold them still. Apple remote ordered. Thanks mate! btw, you are my 1st go-to for zwift questions. Thanks for all the great vids
Maintenance plan guys, no joking The bike may look clean but can be rotted inside like mine was, lots of corroded parts and an almost frozen axle piece on the trainer after six months without removing the bike off the trainer. Chain was stretched too.
I have a question for you or your viewers….do you wear your garmin/wahoo etc watches whilst riding? I’ve always taken it off as outdoors I get all the data from my head unit, indoors I use Zwift but I find it doesn’t really work all that well with garmin connect… should I wear my garmin watch whilst using Zwift? How can I get them to work together so I’m not recording data twice from the same ride?
Might be a personal thing, but when I had a fan pointing at my face, I was ending hard races with a sore throat. So I had to tilt my fan down a bit when racing.
They reached out last week. Unfortunately until it's officially certified for use here in Australia I'll have to pass on the opportunity to test/review it.
my sweat seams to be so corrosive both for outdoor bike, same exact blue Giant as you, and my kicrbike. looking for something I can use on the bolts etc to help keep it from rotting away. I wipe it down but short of taking the kickr outside for a washdown wondering what to use. Thanks.
indoor training has improved significantly in the last 5-10 years. its also got a lot more expensive. looking forward to the post-zwift era of indoor cycling, when people get bored of the digital simulacrum and races bereft of tactics/breakaways. another video people will find helpful. your efforts appreciated.
Can vouch for the Vornado, I've hooked mine up to a smart power board (TP-link Kasa) and can switch off/on via my phone. Shane, a random question - do you shut down Zwift after every session, or leave it running for quick start next time? Some days the start up I find slow and painful, but then I don't always have a reliable session (in terms of connectivity)...
Good to hear another Vornado success story! :) They're pricy but work very well. I shut down the system I run Zwift on each time. It's Windows 11 with an SSD drive, so start-up isn't too much of a problem. It's more the never-ending Windows updates for the OS and Nvidia card that are a pain.
I am very interested in the mods you have done to your Wahoo desk, and how you did them. I’m especially interested in the phone mount. I currently have a tray attached to my stem via an out front Wahoo computer mount. I hate getting out of the saddle because I just stream sweat onto the tray and my phone. I’d love to move the phone to the desk and still be able to use the Zwift companion app easily (gotta throw out those 👍s).
From the looks of the screen in the background you're running Zwift and TR on the same machine. How do you manage that? I like running both, but do it separate devices...Macbook + iPhone or iPad. It'd be nice to have it all working on the Macbook.
Apologies if you're about to answer this, I'm halfway through your video. How do you run TR and Zwift/MyWhoosh etc at the same time on the same device? Maybe a good video? I hate erg mode and much prefer TR controling the trainer, but am tempted to try MyWhoosh while there's less racing available to watch online.
You'll need to use Bluetooth or have multiple ANT+ USB sticks to run two training apps simultaneously. Note: Only ONE app can have trainer 'control'. The others need to be power/cadence only.
I have to disagree with you on the Shokz Open Run Pros. They are not loud enough to drown out the fans I have, I think Apple Airpod Pro with noise cancelling is much better. I use the Shokz mainly for MTB and road cycling outdoors.
Fair call. I guess it depends on the fans and their positioning. I've tried the AirPod Pro with noise cancelling indoor and find them eerie to use, they block out too much noise. I've become accustom to hearing the low hum of a fan, or my chain ticking over.
Have you tried the openruns vs the openrun pros? I've heard that the sound on the pro's is a little more muddled at high volume, and that the bass is marginally better and not really noticeable.
Hi Shane, I'm thinking I need a smart bike but can't decide between stages,wahoo bike, I'm only going to be doing indoor training so can't see the point in getting a cheaper trainer then buying a bike. What do you recommend
Good question. I live in Adelaide and it’s bloody windy here. The only thing holding me back on this purchase is how big an impact is this likely to have on the audio?
Hey Shane, random question about Strava. I feel if anyone will know it will be you. Is it possible to set strava to have an activity type automatically set to "activity" instead of a ride/run? For example: If I want to use my Elemnt Bolt with my motorbike to track distance and time (and even heart rate as that is a form of cross training for me), I don't want to poach segments. Now I know you can change it afterwards but then the KOMs of those segments will still be notified that they lost their KOM even though I corrected the activity and they got it back. Hope that makes sense.
I'd be looking at something like ActivityFix to auto-fix/change your activities. I've done a video on that here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-I9_PAkscrp0.html
@@gplama Thanks Shane. I didn't see a way to change the activity type with ActivityFix. But I did get an idea that will work. Instead of using the wahoo app to sync to strava I will upload the .fit file with strava-web because then I can change the activity to any of strava's available activity before uploading.
@@Gr3mlin13 Yeah I didn't see an option for that though. But I got another Idea and that is to upload the .fit file with strava-web instead of syncing it to strava with the wahoo app.
Hey GPLama, is that the regular or the mini OpenRun Pro? I'm thinking of getting them for outdoor rides and would be nice to get something that fits well.
Long-time subscriber here. Just want to provide some respectful feedback: I see your content as no holds barred, honest product reviews. This is the first time I recall seeing product placement. Including sponsored products as recommendations would definitely take away from the trustworthy consumer advocate reputation you’ve earned, in my view.
I try to integrate these in a way that's not bullshit or misleading in any way. It's clearly marked as sponsored and the sponsored sections clearly defined within the chapters. With how things work with income/revenue in basically giving away my product, it's just business. If having a sponsor on board pisses a few people off, I can't do much about that. It allows me to continue doing what I'm doing. Without video sponsors like this there's more desperation in having to make shitty clickbait videos for attention. And those piss ME off. 🤣 In regard to review trustworthiness, in my review videos I talk to the data and experiences I have. For example, when I'm getting angry at smart trainers or power meters, there's no debate to be had about trust. It's the data that talks. That doesn't change if a sponsor comes on board for the next video. Shokz also sponsored a previous video, this isn't the first. 1447 videos uploaded over seven years. Two sponsored videos. I think the ratio is good.
Technically fans, desks, and smart plugs have nothing to do with cycling either... but... preferred music is a proven performance enhancer: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20391890/ (Quite an interesting study, imo).
