Sat nav and turbo trainer

[Freds Dad]

As the nights have drawn in and I don't really want to go out in the dark after work I've purchased a turbo trainer to use during the week to try and improve my fitness.

Anyway I record all my outdoor rides on my Garmin 500 which I upload to Strava and am now wondering if there is a way to record the time I'm on the turbo and upload it to Strava.

Any help or advice on this appreciated on what I may need to purchase to do this and how I set it up.

Thanks

 

[screenman]

I have the cadence counter and speed/distance pick up on the turbo bike.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

...if there is a way to record the time I'm on the turbo.

A clock or watch

 

[TheDoctor]

A sat-nav won't do it - satnavs measure your movement, and you're not moving

 

[screenman]

A sat-nav won't do it - satnavs measure your movement, and you're not moving

My satnav can work off of the wheel.

Whilst remembering mileage on a turbo is not the same as miles on the road.

 

[Freds Dad]

A clock or watch

If you are going to reply with a "witty" comment at least use the full quote, but if you did then your reply wouldn't be relevant.

"if there is a way to record the time I'm on the turbo and upload it to Strava."

 

[Freds Dad]

My satnav can work off of the wheel.

Whilst remembering mileage on a turbo is not the same as miles on the road.

Thanks. I'm not bothered about mileage although it would be nice just uploading the time to Strava so I have a record

 

[TheDoctor]

My satnav can work off of the wheel.
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Maybe - but it's working as a cycle computer then, not a satnav.

 

[screenman]

Thanks. I'm not bothered about mileage although it would be nice just uploading the time to Strava so I have a record

I do not do strava but I do log my time, speed, distance and HRM by downloading the info to the computer.

 

[screenman]

Maybe - but it's working as a cycle computer then, not a satnav.

Okay, I was just being helpful to the OP.

 

[TheDoctor]

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

If you are going to reply with a "witty" comment at least use the full quote, but if you did then your reply wouldn't be relevant.

"if there is a way to record the time I'm on the turbo and upload it to Strava."

Your request is pointless nobbery tbh. Maybe you have been reading to many twatty cycling magazines? Do you really want to "improve your fitness" or tell people what you have "done"?

 

[Freds Dad]

Perhaps you could explain why my request is pointless nobbery. I haven't been reading too many twatty cycling magazines as you suggest bug do want to improve my fitness and keep an electronic record of my time on the bike.

If my question was too hard for you to answer then please keep your childish answers to yourself and let people who have some of knowledge of the subject answer.

 

[ianwoodi]

I upload all my indoor rides to strava around 1700 miles this year get yourself a cadence sensor and hook it up to garmin have a look on my strava under ian wood buxton

 

[Freds Dad]

Thanks Ian. Is it easy enough to set up, can you recommend a cadence sensor and what does it record?