Kinetic Pro Flywheel - 18 lbs. of hell...

Wednesday Nick and I went on a ride outdoors in the hills of Marlborough, and as usual I sucked at hills.  My heart rate was jammin but my legs weren't.  It took a great effort for me to ride on the road, espcially in the hills.  More so than the effort needed to train indoors on my Kinetic Trainer with an 8 lb flywheel, which by the way is harder to train on than most out there. 
After the ride, Nick offered to let me use his Kinetic Pro Flywheel that adds an additional 12 lbs to the already existing flywheel, making the combined weight 18 lbs. Last night was my indoor ride on the reconfigured trainer at Newington Bike, and we did Spinervals - Mental Toughness, 90 mins of tempo riding. 

The added weight meant that spinning up was much more difficult, but so was maintaining a higher cadence.  It was more like riding on the road than before, which is exactly what I need.  The only caviat is that this ride was the day after riding in the hills, so my legs might have been a bit toasty, but I lost about 1 mile and hour and 10 rpms off my avg cadence, although there was a lot of big gear riding in the video.  I think I will have to wait until a few more indoor rides before I know whether these numbers are typical or not, however I can't hurt.



 Here is my Garmin File: