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Holy sore neck from tri bike...

Chris GChris G
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Was a beautiful weekend here and as I had been working on it a bit I decided to take the tri bike out this weekend.  Road 28 miles with a few hard intervals.  First time on the bike since the last race in October.  This is the first year I used the road bike on the trainer over the winter.  What a difference the position makes.  I felt weak on the bike, could barely hold the indoor road bike numbers outside on a perfect day and Sunday and Today my neck my very sore from holding it up.  Road bike is going away for a while until I adapt.  Wow, would have never thought the difference would be so great.  I guess those years I spent having only a tri bike served me well...

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  • manconamancona
    I hear you on the sore neck. I'm not looking forward to that either. A nice bonus to learning the aero head tuck is your neck wont be nearly as sore :-) The downside of course is you can only see about 10 feet in front of you.

    To each their own, but here is the approach that I find works for me:

    I mount the tri bike to the trainer at the end of the season and leave it on the trainer all the way through the end of the OS and some general prep. I do FTP and VO2 work sitting up, but I try to ride as much of the 85% stuff in my aerobars just so my body remembers the position.

    When spring rolls around I start riding the road bike outside on weekends and weekday rides end up being on the tri bike/trainer. Usually I get to see another increase in FTP because of switching to the road bike and getting outside.

    When race prep time comes around I switch to riding the tri bike outside full time. I still can't push quite as many watts on the tri bike, but gap gets down to 10 watts or so. FWIW I always do at one ride on the trainer per week for the entire year as I don't have access to routes where I can repeatily do intervals exactly as written in the plan.
  • chris malonechris malone
    x3...took mine out Saturday for the first time outside since October....shoulders/neck got cranky
  • Coach PatrickCoach Patrick
    what's a tri bike.

    - scared of TOC in Boston
  • Ironman281Ironman281

    Be careful with the the whole looking 10ft down the road.  3 yrs ago a truck pulling a landscape trailor did a right on red and then stopped just  before i went through an  intersection and I never saw him while down on the areo bars and plowed the trailor at about 28 mph,  Front wheel and fork went about 50 yds down the road.  very impressive.  I don't know how it didn't kill me but for sure one to remember. WOW!!  So I had a sore neck, back , arms leggs, etc.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     P.g.

  • Coach RichCoach Rich

    Framless sunglasses help.

    My neck gets worked on my road bike on long descents in the drops. The thought of a long ride on my tri bike terrifies me. My neck is likely a serious limiter.

    No doubt this is a serious training limiter for many of us. Time in the saddle, in the bars, and making an effort to strain your neck helps on race day.

  • Mike HedmanMike Hedman

    Due to the chaos of my life, I tend to do much of my training rides in the garage.  A long while back I realized that I was "cheating", and started wearing my helmet and in aero position.  I think getting used to having the weight on the head makes a big difference.

    And then my wife walks into the garage and sees me pedaling away on the trainer with my helmet on, and yet again, she thinks I'm a big dork.

    Mike

  • Spokane_AlSpokane_Al
    Mike, although I have yet to wear my helmet while on the my trainer, I am with you on staying aero all winter. I find that being areo is more comfortable than an upright position, and it helps to not need to re-learn at least that part when I finally head outdoors when the weather turns.

    P.S. Today I just did my first outdoor bike ride since October 2009.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
    I mounted a TV on the wall at the same eye height as you would have if you were the look down the road while on the road. Then ride the Tri bike exclusively on the trainer and stay areo for as much as possible including the intervals. Cool thing is when you transfer outside to the road bike it feels like you are in a Barker Loungerimage

    I have a sore neck from a bar fight "back in the day" and this method has helped image

    No neck issues like last year!!
  • Michele CellaiMichele Cellai
    Posted By Mike Hedman on 23 Mar 2010 10:12 PM

    Due to the chaos of my life, I tend to do much of my training rides in the garage.  A long while back I realized that I was "cheating", and started wearing my helmet and in aero position.  I think getting used to having the weight on the head makes a big difference.

    And then my wife walks into the garage and sees me pedaling away on the trainer with my helmet on, and yet again, she thinks I'm a big dork.

    Mike



    Oh Yeah! Definitely need pics of this!!! ROTFLMAO

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