INDOOR TRAINING Masterclass
It seems that every man, woman and their dog now indoor trains on a regular basis. Where once the turbo trainer was seen as an instrument of torture, now the smart trainer is seen as an essential tool to prime you for race season. The likes of Zwift and RGT have seen impressive uptake over the past few years with market-leaders Zwift securing a $120-million investment back in December 2018. The curve was steepening. Then the pandemic took hold and the curve hit the vertical. It’s the same at RGT.
“At the start of lockdown one, within the space of 10 days, we did a year’s worth of business,” says James Vickers, head of marketing at virtual-cycling app RGT Cycling. Vickers is sensitive to reveal those figures because of the year we’ve all endured, but it highlights how indoor cycling threw a much-needed sanity and stamina safety blanket over triathletes and cyclists everywhere. If you could indoor ride, of course. Remember when smart trainers were rarer than hen’s teeth, the likes of Sigma Sport
