Saturday, September 3, 2011

LeMond Revolution follow up

I was introduced to Greg and Kathy LeMond in 2008 by Betsie and Frankie Andreu.  They all came out to my summer place and all Greg could talk about besides the fishing was this new trainer he was working on. A year later, I flew a small plane across the country and stopped in on Greg and Kathy in St Paul (unannounced I might ad--They very generous people offering me their cars, food, etc). I ended up staying three days and never felt unwelcome. Their German Shepherd did bite me on day three so I knew it was time to leave but not before going to the lab to see the new wind trainer Greg and his team where working on.

Well, I Just set up my new LeMond Revolution trainer. OMG--WOW
  • 5 minutes to unpack the box and mount the base
  • 20 seconds to mount my bike to it
  • Sits level--You don't need a stand for your front wheel
  • Has levelers in the base for ground that is not flat--so easy
  • Rides like you are on the road--NO BS! Blew me away.
  • No wearing out tires, works on MTB and Cross bikes
  • Not as noisy as the ones I saw in the lab two years ago with G LeMond in St Paul
  • It is simple and of very high quality
  • I want stock in this company
Things I will ask the company about:
  1. How can I hook a blower up to the fan to direct the air coming off the fan to my core, for cooling
  2. What is the plan to add power?
Photo as of today

Photo of me and GL in the lab in 2009
Hunter Ziesing, for Echelon