Indoor vs Outdoor base training

Hi everyone

Me and my significant other have been debating the concept of base training. The basis of this discussion is;

She is old school and has told me I need to do long steady rides outside 3+ hours etc

My argument is that I can get the same training effect in 90mins on the Wattbike.

For context I have been a successful crit and track racer and now am looking to compete in Nat B road races of 100-120km. This is also my first winter of structured training with TR.

So who is right and why?

It depends on how the 90 minutes inside is ridden v. the 240-300 minutes is ridden honestly. But, check this out below. Coach Chad answers your question better than I can:

https://support.trainerroad.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001766091-Base-Phase-Training-Everything-You-Need-to-Know