Riding indoors is, to me, a last resort; and I suppose this is what my legs might feel like if I did a truly hard session on a Wattbike: totally burned out.

It\’s been months since I climbed aboard a Wattbike. Weekends I\’m busy with errands and the weekly long ride. After work, I\’m rushing home to work on my social media.

A short Wattbike session once or twice a week would be beneficial, I think. One of the things a Wattbike does, is to let you see whether your left/right pedal stroke is even. Mine isn\’t as even as I would like. A perfect 50%/50% is very hard to maintain, and for me a L/R \”score\” of 48/52 is very good, indeed.

If I\’d just get back on a Wattbike, I could see what wattage I\’m capable of producing. I don\’t remember for sure what it was before, but my peak wattage was in the 200s, I think. It would be interesting to see whether my force exercises have increased that wattage.

One of my reasons for hesitating to get back to working on a Wattbike is that I don\’t need it to push my off-bike resistance and core work to the side. I really need those exercises! In addition, I can\’t get to a Wattbike until after I\’m off from \”work-work\” for the day; and by then I\’m tired. Even doing a very short session of 15 minutes means that I don\’t get home until about 6 pm.

The Wattbike would be good for a Sunday when the weather is truly terrible. Maybe I\’ll try sometime, even though riding indoors is not my thing.