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Lunchtime fun: don't waste those turbo calories! + video

Got a Lemond trainer with a big fan? Make the most of it...

"Yeah, but can Mark Cavendish do this?", asks Olympic-gold-medal-winning triathlete Simon Whitfield. The two have a lot in common, according to this vid. Cav's won Giro d'Italia stages, Simon's been to Italy. Cav's won Tour stages, Simon's been to France. They both own a Specialized Venge Di2. But Simon's got another trick up his sleeve, thanks to his Lemond turbo trainer and its beefy fan...

It's a cracking party trick. Can Cav do it? no doubt, although with the tour looming he's probably got other things on his mind. Certainly it'd be interesting to line Simon up against Cav and see who could get their castle up the quickest. My money's on the Manxman. Against pretty much anyone...

Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.

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Crash_gav | 13 years ago
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That's a seriously nice piece kit.. The bike's not bad either.  26

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Celeste08 | 13 years ago
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Some creative multitasking Simon. Training at the same time as spending time with the kids. Good effort.

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merino | 13 years ago
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probably the first thing i would do if i could afford a £6,000+ bike.

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downfader | 13 years ago
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That is pretty cool.

When I had mine on the turbo I used to latch bits of material on the spokes to create drag and that would whip up a fair bit of air (as well as making the turbo session harder)  4

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