Exercise Bike v Getting on the Road?

[burndust]

well i def notice it if i take time off

I dont find having a few days off has any determinant, the weather in winter usually offers enough days/nights to ride from Jan to April this year I did 410miles, 537, 502 and 866 miles. the avg temp ranged from 5 to 9 degrees C. avg distance 23 to 36 miles. I can take up to nearly 2 weeks off with out to much fall off in fitness. Why would I need to use any form of exercise bike/ turbo ect. You don't lose fitness overnight. it takes a long time like it takes a long time to regain it.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

well i def notice it if i take time off

I actually come back from a little time off, being faster as a rule, though this increase is getting less the fitter I have become. It all depends what your goals are, mine are just general overall fitness and the ability to ride the bike longer with ease, not to win a race or a T.T. as I said before, I do notice an increased H.R. for a few days, having said that, I have only had 11 days off the bike in the last 90, covered nearly 3,000 miles in what ever the weather has been, this includes shopping going to the hospital and longer rides. I appreciate others don't have the time I do.
I took a week off in July due to illness, and came back better.

 

[michaelcycle]

I actually come back from a little time off, being faster as a rule, though this increase is getting less the fitter I have become. It all depends what your goals are, mine are just general overall fitness and the ability to ride the bike longer with ease, not to win a race or a T.T. as I said before, I do notice an increased H.R. for a few days, having said that, I have only had 11 days off the bike in the last 90, covered nearly 3,000 miles in what ever the weather has been, this includes shopping going to the hospital and longer rides. I appreciate others don't have the time I do.
I took a week off in July due to illness, and came back better.

Could it be that the recovery period off allowed your body time to deal with the accumulated stress of training over time and once achieved allowed your body to build itself up or would you attribute it to something else?

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Could it be that the recovery period off allowed your body time to deal with the accumulated stress of training over time and once achieved allowed your body to build itself up or would you attribute it to something else?

Thats exactly what I would call it.

 

[Mike_P]

Anyone got any advice over the quality of folding exercise bikes, I bought an Everlast EV410 last year which has become very clanky and the crank bolt will not budge. The only way to get it off seems to be to drill it with no doubt needing a new "shaft and pulley", into which it is fitted, as a result along with what actually needs fixing.

This seems to be a relatively common model with various brands but I presume there must be better quality ones.