As mentioned elswhere I broke my leg back in Jan. Been in an external fixator frame since then.
I've been doing 1 or 2 stints on the turbo each week since then - 15-30 mins, just turning the legs over watching old concert videos on Youtube mostly.
Over the last month or so I've been able to get out for some gentle traffic free, flat rides (with the X-fix on) which has been ****in' amazing.
I'm having the frame removed on Thursday and as the leg will be, again, very fragile for another month - 6 weeks, its back on the turbo. But as I'd like to be able to hit the ground running once that's up and try and salvage whats left of the summer, I could do with it being a little more progressive and focused than just churning away in zone 2.
Now in general I HATE turbos. Riding bikes is about being out in great wide world, experiencing nature in its full glory, sun, wind, rain, sleet, whatever. Its not about being a hamster in a wheel staring at another bloody screen and doing what I'm told when I'm told by some inane voice. I ride bikes to get away from all that. (Equally this attitude is a large part of the reason I have a broken leg in the first place <<sigh>>)
But needs must.
I have an old, basic, dumb turbo and a bike on it. I have an ipad I can stick on the bars. What can I get that will make pedalling on it for an hour+ a few times a week a) bearable, which probably implies some kind of interaction and b) sufficiently progressive that I can actually perform usefully once I'm allowed to ride for real? Years ago I had a couple of Sufferfests, which were amusing enough the first couple of times, but then got boring when you knew what was coming. (and they're also on a now extinct laptop)
To add to that, I have a general loathing of software thats subscription/rental based. I want to buy something once and own it for as long as I choose to.
(I'm not totally averse to an upgrade to the Turbo - my local Evans is closing and they have some very cheap deals on Wahoo Turbos, if they're any good - but equally I'm using an old standards QR/rim brake bike, so it'll need to be compatible with that. I certainly WON'T be buying big TVs or weird rise & fall front wheel holders etc)
Thoughts and ideas please? And yes, I'm aware that I'm probably in Moon-On-stick territory
