Timeline for How to play video games while cycling on trainer?
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| Jul 6, 2022 at 13:35 | vote | accept | Benzo | ||
| Feb 4, 2020 at 22:27 | answer | added | Jay | timeline score: 11 | |
| Apr 6, 2016 at 15:20 | comment | added | Nate W | I've done it before, I've played Battlefield and Fallout 4 from my trainer, but it's a generic spin bike style so it doesn't use my bike. But i just ride with no hands and an upright posture. It works fine for an hour and a half or so. And my pedaling did change, sometimes i caught myself slowing or increasing cadence with the game. | |
| Apr 6, 2016 at 3:52 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | Stop using your eyes - instead try music, or an audio book. | |
| Mar 28, 2016 at 7:50 | answer | added | ian | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 18, 2015 at 21:22 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBicycles/status/677962191304335360 | ||
| Dec 17, 2015 at 17:01 | history | edited | Benzo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 17, 2015 at 16:07 | comment | added | Benzo | @SuspendedUser - I prefer to ride outside, but sometimes the conditions really suck through the winter. I have gear to ride on the road or mountain bike in the snow, but sometimes it's nice to stay warm and kill some time indoors. I like training programs like trainer road, but sometimes I want to take a more chill approach. | |
| Dec 17, 2015 at 8:58 | comment | added | alex | Or, if you've money to burn and some technical skills, rig up some Di2 shifters to control a game, how hard could it be? cycle.shimano-eu.com/content/seh-bike/en/home/news-and-info/… | |
| Dec 17, 2015 at 2:50 | comment | added | Benzo | As far as gaming goes, I'm sure it would have to pick something that didn't require precise controls. A good old 90's turn based SNES RPG with 40+ hour gameplay time would probably do a decent job. | |
| Dec 17, 2015 at 0:48 | comment | added | alex | I watch a lot of movies on my rollers, but if it's a tough interval the movie fades away and if it's an interesting part of the film I can easily forget to stop pedalling. A video game is going to be far too engaging, I stick to trashy 90s action films, nothing too good. | |
| Dec 17, 2015 at 0:04 | answer | added | mkpaa | timeline score: 5 | |
| Dec 16, 2015 at 23:52 | answer | added | BSO rider | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 16, 2015 at 22:36 | comment | added | Deleted User | You may also try a GPS based game (something like Ingress) and actually ride outside. | |
| Dec 16, 2015 at 22:33 | comment | added | Zippy The Pinhead | Try Zwift: zwift.com | |
| Dec 16, 2015 at 22:33 | answer | added | Móż | timeline score: 8 | |
| Dec 16, 2015 at 22:25 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | Audio books works much better. And fit some kind of tracker so you know how much or how little work you're doing. No point sitting there just idling along. | |
| Dec 16, 2015 at 22:03 | comment | added | ojs | Add some challenge and use rollers instead of trainer. | |
| Dec 16, 2015 at 22:01 | comment | added | Batman | How far are you willing to go with this? Even watching TV on a trainer is an awkward position, unless you lay the TV on the floor or something... Also, are you sure you'll continue riding reasonably if you're playing a game? I think I'd slow my pedalling down a lot if the game was even reasonably entertaining. | |
| Dec 16, 2015 at 21:53 | history | asked | Benzo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |