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The problem with this article is everything is advertises at 2-3 times more expensive than it needs to be.  Plenty of discount Smart Turbo’s around, use an old / second hand bike for the turbo, refurbished computer for your App du jour, Screwfix Fan for £30 etc.

it’s £60

https://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-trainer-table

or £80

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Old road bike, Tacx Vortex trainer, Zwift on ipad connected to 27″ PC monitor, Zwift companion on ipod touch on the bars. Argos fan.

@Kryton57 – it’s “what she’s using and why” not how to set up on the cheap.

A bike you already have is cheaper than buying a special turbo bike anyway.

I have one of those “Pro” trainer tables. It’s ace!

I use it almost daily as a very handy charging point for all sorts of things. It has two usb power outlets, and a combined 3-pin / 2-pin mains outlet… All at the perfect height. Great stuff 🙂

A second for the (semi) Pro Trainer Table.  Got one for Xmas and it is worth it, very little chance of computer/tablet/beer crashing to the floor during those sprint efforts.

My fan certainly needs an upgrade, although just opening the garage door right now gives me all the cooling I need.

That looks like an awesome setup and given the spare funds I’d have the same.

I’ve got (possibly) the cheapest, most opposite setup possible.

2nd hand Cannondale CAAD 8 – which I bought in 2011 for £200.

Zwift Hub – £470 inc shipping

iPad Air 2 from eBay – £99

COOSPO HRM from Amazon – £23.99

60 * 80cm heavy duty carpet mat from eBay – £20

Adjustable iPad stand from Amazon – £21

Pedestal fan from the loft – FOC

So that’s how to do the same on the cheap.  No flashing lights when you’re pumping out the big watts 🙁 and it’s not pretty enough to have in the lounge, at least according to my better half – so it’s lived in the conservatory since November and I’ve managed to use it at least 5 days a week since then.  And having it setup all the time but still out of the way is the reason it works for me 🙂

I have a Lifeline trainer table, it’s fantastic. One of those things you don’t realise would be that good until you have one.  Hands down worth the money.

Good because it goes really high and can come close to you so you can reach stuff on it – like drinks, snacks, phone, laptop keyboard, fan remote if you have one, and so on.

Got one for Xmas and it is worth it, very little chance of computer/tablet/beer crashing to the floor during those sprint efforts.

Have a plus one for beer-obic sprint efforts.

Good to see someone else using TrainerRoad to facilitate adventures. Mightily impressed that you can concentrate enough to read while tackling the blue graphs of doom though (I watch superhero nonsense on my laptop cos it doesn’t need much brain).

Tacx T2240 – Cost me £150 but RRP around £200

Ant+ dongle and extension £20

Old monitor and mini PC – say £100

Existing bike £0

Fan £20

Add Zwift etc

Does the job, although everything folded away currently as my base miles are commuting, and that’s more than enough, plus proper rides. The turbo is mainly there if I get injured. Spent a lot of time on it after my broken spine though.

Outdoors any time.

No rocker plate?

I made mine – 2ft x 6ft 18mm plywood sawn in two. 2 vibration mounts and a couple of tennis balls. Reckon it cost about £35.

Comfy comfy and none of that horrid constrained feeling when you stand up to sprint. Made my indoor training experience so much better.

If you wanted to buy one then they’re available at ridiculous prices …

> Ami the only one who actually LOVES indoor training?!

I’m not going to call it training, because I wasn’t really training for anything, just doing it for fitness.

I do love my setup, I can get in there after work circa 6pm for an hours race of some sort, a bit of weights and then straight in the shower. I probably do about 5 sessions a week.

There are *no* hills near me – I’m in the vale of aylesbury and its 30 mins in the car to get to foot of the ridgeway, so its riding bridleways round the edge of fields for fun if you only have an hour to two. I’ve also had some very near misses on the road bike recently.

I’ve just added a second hand treadmill and started doing zwift duathlons, which are 30 min TT ride, 10 min break and 20 min run, and pencilled in a triathlon for june, none of which would be likely without daily indoor rides. I think I better start calling it training now.

@b33k34 – a Wahoo Tickr (or similar) on the forearm / upper arm works pretty much as well as a chest strap but without the issues of strap interference …

This is the one my wife uses – https://uk.wahoofitness.com/devices/heart-rate-monitors/tickr-fit-optical-heart-rate-monitor

Thanks.  I was wondering about the armband ones.  Used to have one when I was jogging but found it didn’t use it and sold it on.

Disagree on the vac master fan – I find it turn it up and down during a session so the remote is well worth it.  Both of mine were open box returns from eBay at a discount (one was 52, the first 70).