Bike Trainer Miles Vs Road Miles

My husband overheard and whole heartedly agreed.

Bike trainer miles vs road miles. Road miles don t even equal road miles. Most likely due to the hilly terrain here and the fact that my resistance setting was on low. To put it plainly riding 20 miles on a stationary bike is not the same as riding 20 miles on the road. The answer can be both.

Don t know if that helps you or not. Either way the indoor trainer becomes necessary evil. Now my question is is 10 miles on the indoor trainer the same as 10 miles road riding. Right now 12 miles on the bike equates to about 4 miles running.

Or is it equivalent to more road miles or less. Neither of them do much exercise except their daily walk. Regardless figure out which one works best for you and your lifestyle. So in terms of energy expenditure riding 20 miles at 20 mph is equivalent to running 6 9 miles.

While riding indoors can be mentally taxing there are benefits to be gained by logging time in the sweat box. As far as a formula vs. Well after an extensive experience of exactly 20 miles on my new stationary trainer i would tend to agree. Using tss generally 1 1 however i can get more trainer miles in than on the road because i am not stopping i use 1 5h 2h.

When conditions make it my only choice i ll suffer on it for and hour or so. Feb 2 07 6 33 post 24 of 46 32307 views. You re not going anywhere. There is a way to add a different bike in dailymile and view your miles based on which bike you are riding.

Ya i ll second that one. I d guess 60 minutes on the trainer 90 minutes on the road but i guess that depends on the individual. The effect and benefit of a workout depends on intensity and time. 12 comments on trainer miles vs.

I can run 15 miles but cannot bike 60. I guess it varies person to person though. I keep a schwinn spinmaster in my workout room but use it primarily as a clothes rack. I think you could simply do the same with a trainer if you wanted to keep track of those miles on their own.

Bike trainer time vs road time tri ski in reply to quote reply. I frequently do rides of 15 20 miles my longer rides being about 30 35 miles. I think it may be more mental than physical though. For me i m a much better runner than i am a biker.

The result is 5 7 miles. 20 miles at a recovery pace on a flat road isn t the same as 20 miles of climbing at a hard pace. For the fall frolic they set the bike miles 1 4 running miles. This means that cycling 20 miles at 15 mph burns as many calories as running 5 7 miles.

Thanks for your answers. The result is 6 9 miles. If you rode 20 miles at 20 mph you would divide by the corresponding number on the table 2 9.