TT position on dumb turbo

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Discomfort on a trainer is a common issue. See the topics below. It’s not specifically the TT position although I suspect that position may be worse than a normal road position.

This isn’t something, as far as I’m concerned that will be fixed by a direct drive unit since the way in which the bike is mounted isn’t dissimilar to a “wheel on” trainer and is at least as stiff, if not stiffer.

Bike fit - stationary vs outdoors (discomfort)

At the risk of repeating my drum beat of rocker plates as a possible solution for indoor cycling discomfort: @Andreas, thanks for sharing the link above. I had it in my post, but removed it once I saw your post above.

Starting to get a sore ass from using the indoor trainer. Help!

Thanks everyone so far. Wow! I thought it was just me that felt a bit of discomfort after a while on the trainer. My discomfort is mainly in the perineum (which I believe is the name given to the area between the scrotum and the anus.) After thinking about it a bit more, I also notice some discomfort even at the start of a trainer ride, if I had hammered it the previous day. Also, as I have spent so much time on the TT bike in an aero position I wonder if this has made a “normal” road positi…

Genital numbness only on trainer

In general you are not moving around nearly as much indoors as outdoors. I do find that I get more discomfort on the trainer than outdoors, however you should not be getting numbness or pain. A couple things that I found to help was to stand up during the recoveries of the workout for 30 seconds to a minute or so. Another thing you could try is some rocker plates so the bike has a bit of movement while your on the trainer.