Taking P1 pedals to a spin bike at a gym while traveling?
Hi, I'm going to be traveling for 2 weeks over Christmas. I don't plan to bring a bike, but do plan to go to local gyms to spin. I just got P1 pedals. I was wondering if anyone ever tried taking their pedals to a gym & putting them on a spin bike to monitor and record the workout? I just called one gym in Truckee, CA and they didn't seem to have a problem with it.
Obviously, the pedal spindle would have to match the size of the hole in the crank arm (I don't know how much variation exists here, but I don't imagine their is much). I looked at a spin bike at a local gym Friday & it looked like they would swap in pretty easily.
Thanks!
Obviously, the pedal spindle would have to match the size of the hole in the crank arm (I don't know how much variation exists here, but I don't imagine their is much). I looked at a spin bike at a local gym Friday & it looked like they would swap in pretty easily.
Thanks!
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if you want to record to a garmin, have true power that can be brought into WKO or TP, the P1s are the way to go..
note Al's comment on above. The threads should be the same, the other issue, is if the back side of the crank is hollow or solid. Never seen a solid one, but they are spin bikes. If they are solid behind the pedal spindel, you won't be able to mount P1s..
might be worth investigating gyms that have actual bikes on trainers. a friend of mine who is a casual cyclist at best, but big into Zwifting for his wkos did this over thanksgiving when travelling. if you bring your laptop with Zwift or TrainerRoad, you can just do your workouts that way with an interweb connection!
I've already set out my p1s, pedal wrench and 8mm to take with me the next time I go to the gym to see how to interchange them. Then I can just use my wrist-mounted 920 for recording!
Good question @Dave Tallo , I am in the November bike focus OS. So I'll be in weeks 9 & 10 of that program. Week 10 is a testing week. ATP = Adenosine Triphosphate? (I've never seen that abbreviation used for anything other than the ribonucleotide) or "at that point?" (my guess). Thanks for elaborating so I didn't have to guess.
@Dave Tallo
Mystery over ATP = Annual Training Plan. Yes?
Larry - are you a Scientist?
Kinda. I'm a biology professor. I would say I was a full time scientist while I was completing my PhD. Now I'm a part time scientist, part time teacher.
Unless the molecular usage of atp offers an insight, that is!
Larry - you should be able to do a search for where you are going to find gyms with bike trainers... if nothing else, find the best bike shops in the area, if you can't find, I can connect you with some friends outside of Reno that will know.. connect to me on Facebook & I'll connect you to them!
I used a pedal wrench to remove the current flat pedals from the Keiser (m3 model, I believe) spin bike, but could've also used a size 6 allen wrench. Then it took my 8 allen wrench to attach my P1s.
NOTE: I'd suggest getting easier-to-use allen wrenches, the ones with the rounded ends, that enable use at a slight angle, because the access for those crank arms on the spin bike are TIGHT.
I used my wrist-mounted garmin 920 to record.
As you'd expect, no distance was recorded because GPS isn't usable inside. The bike-mounted computer said I went 28.8 miles in 70 minutes (yeah, right!).
I'll have to come up with some "multiplier" factor to more accurately account for mileage. Then I'll have to figure out how to alter my wko4 workout to add the more-accurate mileage.
Ideas for either the "multiplier" or the wko4 alteration?
@Scott Alexander , I think a good way to estimate mileage would be to take a phone/device & log into Zwift. You don't have to watch the Zwift screen (I don't think), but your avatar will just ride around whatever course you select and Zwift's algorithms will estimate mileage and climbing.