Roller time!

I try to ride outside whenever the weather allows me. I don’t mind if it’s freezing, windy or foggy. As long as it’s dry, I’ll ride outside during the weekends. I’ll even ride outside when it rains and the temperatures are above 5°C. But snow, ice and sub 5°C conditions combined with rain = trainer time. I also use the trainer or roller for late evening rides. And the last couple of years we’ve had some harsh winters over here, so I’ve spent a lot of time riding indoors.
I like to use the trainer for longer sessions (2-3 hours). The problem with the trainer is that I can’t motivate myself to dig deep, so I stay in the saddle and brainlessly spin around for as long as I can. I usually watch series or films while I’m riding. They make the time go by faster. Series are better as one episode lasts about 50 minutes so you get the impressions these pauses are a small reward.
The rollers are less boring, as you have to stay focused more. I find them also easier to do intervals and harder rides. The faster you spin around, the better you keep your balance, so they’re definitely good for your cadence.
If TV or films get boring after a while and you own a Garmin bike computer, you may also try trainerroad.com (see also this review).
Another thing that worked well for me was inviting some friends over at my house, they brought their own bike and trainer. We set the trainers up so that we faced each other and we could talk during our workout. That was very helpful too.

http://www.thesufferfest.com/ videos are excellent for an hour extreme workout. It’s about the only way I can get my heart rate up indoors.

Separately, I find listening to podcasts helps kill the boredom. I find them better than music because my mind has to engage more.

But I agree with Broerie, as long as the roads aren’t treachourously slippery, I prefer getting outdoors regardless of the temperature.

One of my favourite French words: La cagoule (balaclava).

Can we develope some sort of competition between the ones that want to join? I mean the ones that have some sort of recording device… so we can track the progress of each one..
The idea is to touch the inner competitor that everyone has inside… That will sure get someone going… I will be in when i am not riding outside for sure..!

More interesting than watching the peleton roll along for an hour in Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Easier to lose yourself in the race.

Also, a lot of music. I prefer something with a lot of beat, a lot of DJ remixes. Not what I listen to off the bike really, but it sure works. Pick whatever you think of when you envision getting super pumped up for something (ride, race, anything).

Here’s the gist:

10-15 min warm up. Then go as hard as you can for the following prescribed amount of time followed by an equal recovery period:

30 seconds / 45 secs / 1 min / 2 min / 3 min / 4 min, then back down in descending order (4, 3, 2, 1, etc).

You can knock the whole thing out in about 50-60 minutes depending on warm up and cool down, and you get 22+ minutes of all out effort. Incredibly effective and efficient.

and learn how to play mariogolf 64 while riding them. if that gets boring, i’m forever giving up on stationary cycling.

I"m all into it (inline skates if you prefer), even got a couple neighbors dusting theirs off and out rolling. Charleston is doing it’s “It’s Winter… no it’s Fall… no it’s Summer” thing. But for the most part it’s beautiful here right now.