Hi guys! First time posting in a Very long time. I started when you simply downloaded the Sufferfest videos and used RPE to guess how hard to push. For years I’ve been battling my way up Mt. Sufferlandria with a Kinetic Road Machine. and it has done me well. I recently purchased a WaHoo Kickr Snap…

I never regretted the move. You can always ride in Level mode, and ride based on RPE. You can switch back and forth between ERG and Level mode during a ride.

My first trainer was a Kurt Kinetic Road Machine. Great unit and served its purpose very very well. The Sufferfest was my first exposure to indoor training. My next trainer was a Kickr Snap and I have not regretted it for a second. Then, in late 2018, as a retirement gift to myself I got the dir…

~20 years ago or so I had rollers and a dumb trainer. Very occasionally rode them. ~2010 I started riding Computrainers (early smart trainer) and it was a whole new world. Much more engaging in SIM mode (resistance changes based on virtual ride terrain) and much better (IMO) workouts in ERG mode.…

Oh yeah!! Semi-fitness equipment + torture contraption in one.

[image] Heretic: I never regretted the move. You can always ride in Level mode, and ride based on RPE. You can switch back and forth between ERG and Level mode during a ride. This, exactly. It gives you so much more, but also you don’t lose what you have (plus also perhaps just a trainer up…

[image] Oldcatnewtricks: My question to you folks is, did you ever regret moving from a dumb to a smart trainer? No regrets at all. The smart trainer is a game changer for most workouts - that fact that it controls power means one less thing to think about while doing the workout. Workouts li…

You can still get them…Fifty year old tech that still kicks your ass.

I love my smart trainer. No regrets. Over the course of 10 years I moved from ‘dumb’ to Kickr Snap then Kickr V5 this year. Each iteration was better than the previous. Smart trainers make indoor riding more immersive. I could ride in level mode, but I love ERG mode: all I have to do is turn the l…

Thank you all for your replies! It would seem then that the move to a smart trainer is the right choice. I felt that may be the case but was interested in hearing the opinions of those more experienced than me with respect to this. You have been heard! The Snap goes under the tree to wait for Decem…

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Heretic November 27, 2022, 3:18pm 5

Some of us remember the old Schwinn Airdyne bicycles.

What will happen with SYSTM / SUF after the last round of layoffs?

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