Depressingly, the evenings are getting shorter and the mornings darker.. and with that, my time on zwift is going up. So thought it timely to share a bit about my home setup – it’s pretty basic!
The bike: a 20 year old decathlon 7.1 road bike – just about the most basic bike decathlon sold back then, and it served me well for a few triathlons back in the noughties…
The trainer: a couple of months ago I treated myself to an indoor training upgrade – from a smart, but pretty basic Tacx vortex – to the JetBlack Victory with zwift cog. I’ve never had or used a direct drive (one you take the rear wheel off your bike and connect directly) trainer, but I’d never look back – it’s just so much more realistic and smooth – and would highly recommend the Victory – for the price (£400 in the UK) nothing comes close, especially with zwift cog included.
The training app: as I’ve mentioned before, Zwift is my go to training app – and now I have zwift cog I doubt I’ll use anything else. I’ve been a reasonable user of some of the training plans in the past, but have recently discovered the Robopacer rides which have brought a whole new dimension to riding. Miguel and Maria are my current go to robopacers, but I’ll look to advance to Coco and other quicker rides in due course.
The entertainment: no matter how good the training software is, you can’t get away from the fact that training indoors is pretty dull. So Netflix and Prime Video are my current go to options
And to give you an idea of how luxurious my setup isn’t, here it is in situ in my shed/office:
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