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In Depth Product Reviews
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My Photography Gear: The Cameras/Drones/Action Cams I Use Daily
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that is so cool that survivor is located on the same place you were! and…is survivor still on tv??? who knew?!?!
some day soon i’ll be talking bike training sessions, too. you just see if i don’t.
and i’m glad the knee cleared up! nice work!
Wow – I’m a big time Survivor fan (you probably guessed). Very cool that you were there afterwards. I’m always curious as to the impact that show has on the local environment, after the contestants and production crew and all the associated hangers-on trample all over the place for a couple of months. They pick some beautiful locations; I hope they leave them just as beautiful when they’re gone.
I’m in awe of your trainer prowess. I always seem to go dreadfully slow on the trainer as compared to the road. 10 miles would seriously take me 45 minutes at least.
Do you have a computrainer or a power meter? What do you recommend?
I can’t believe you went out and did sub 7s on some regular day. Remember how I said we were similar? Ahh, no. We’re not. You kick my ass! Just so you know that I know!
Hi Ironmatron:
I have a Computrainer that I got last fall. A power meter would be a cheaper option (generally anyway) and more versatile. The downside of only a power meter is in the winter I can train like I’m outside on hills that feel amazingly like real hills. The downside of the Computrainer is that I can’t take it outside in the summer and ride 100 miles on it – so I’m without power data. i would say that this late in the winter, I’d look to get a Power Meter instead of the Computrainer, and perhaps look at the Computrainer next winter.
At some point I’ll become unlazy and actually writeup a review of the Computrainer. I’ve got a number of similiar reviews queued up to write (CompuTrainer, Erg Training Videos, Real Videos Ironman Training videos, etc..) when I become unlazy.
Nice run. Nice biking, I guess. That’s interesting stuff you write about Palau. I’ve never watched Survivor so I dunno about that.
You wild man!!! It really is amazing how they make things look different for TV. It is awesome that you were there and able to have such a great adventure.
Thanks Rainmaker!
Okay: Now the question is power meter or tri-bike?
I have a road bike right now.
What do you think?
Tri-Bike vs Power Meter:
That’s a tough one honestly. Well, the power meter would be cheaper likely. I guess it would depend on what the condition of your existing bike is. If the existing one is really rough, then I’d go tri bike. If your current bike is a fine road bike – then I might go power meter and focus on that.