http://www.mt-olympus.com/apollo/archives/2007/08/13/trying-out-the-trainer/ Snippets from the life of Apollo Lee Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:54:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.mt-olympus.com/apollo/archives/2007/08/13/trying-out-the-trainer/#comment-41774 Cateye Astrale 8 at The Oracle of Apollo Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:22:05 +0000 http://www.mt-olympus.com/apollo/archives/2007/08/13/trying-out-the-trainer/#comment-41774 [...] Yesterday, as I was wandering around in my car, which I drive about once a week, I decided I should swing by Bicycle Outfitter for the first time in about 8 months, and buy a cyclometer that works with my back wheel and counts cadence. I picked up the feature-rich Cateye Astrale 8, so that I can keep track of some metrics for my work on the mag trainer I own. I’ve ridden on the trainer only twice before (Aug 13 and Aug 14), but as winter sets in and there are more rainy cold days, I imagine it will be far too tempting to drive my car to the train station (instead of doing my normal marching commute) and spin a session in my bike room on the trainer to make up the calories. [...] [...] Yesterday, as I was wandering around in my car, which I drive about once a week, I decided I should swing by Bicycle Outfitter for the first time in about 8 months, and buy a cyclometer that works with my back wheel and counts cadence. I picked up the feature-rich Cateye Astrale 8, so that I can keep track of some metrics for my work on the mag trainer I own. I’ve ridden on the trainer only twice before (Aug 13 and Aug 14), but as winter sets in and there are more rainy cold days, I imagine it will be far too tempting to drive my car to the train station (instead of doing my normal marching commute) and spin a session in my bike room on the trainer to make up the calories. [...]

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