Great ride this morning with Dan, Michael and Roger.  Roger, I'm posting your comment publicly because I think it drives the point that we've been repeating in my classes, what most indoor riders feel is "flat road" is really frictionless riding in a vacuum. A flat road still has resistance, so yes, the resistance you felt in the "cruise" sections is the resistance that you should be using when riding indoors. We similarly raise a treadmill to 1% or 1.5% grade to simulate both the rolling friction and wind resistance of running outside. On a bike the wind resistance on a flat road is still significant and you always have rolling resistance based on your weight, size of tires, road conditions, etc...

Looking forward to next time. Hopefully I'll see some of you on Saturday at 2:30PM inside.

Cheers,
-Adam
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"Thanks for the tips today. I appreciate the help.  The degree of resistance I felt on the 'cruise' part of the ride is that what I should feel in the spin class when you say to feel some road?"
 
Roger