I need some advice. First some quick background: I’m relatively new to cycling; my primary goal is increased fitness (170 pounds lost over the past 18 months, 40 more to go). I like to have a trainer for lousy weather days or times when I just don’t have time to get outside but still want to log a few miles. I have a Kurt Kinetic fluid trainer with an inexpensive hybrid bike mounted in it. I never liked riding that bike outside, and (surprise) I don’t like it any better sitting in my basement. Lastly, my wife is interested in a trainer too, so I’d like to either have something that is easily adjustable or two separate setups.
So here’s the question. If you had $1,500 bucks to spend on a trainer would you:
A. Buy a second fluid trainer for $300 and an extra bike to go with it.
B. Buy a Computrainer (http://www.racermateinc.com/computrainer.asp) and worry about a bike to mount in it later.
C. Buy a CyleOps Pro 300PT (http://cycleops.com/p-196-pro-300pt.aspx)
D. Save the money for a therapist because I clearly need professional help.
Univega
07-24-06, 06:41 PM
E. Use it to buy a gym membership and start lifting weights. Lifting weights will greatly increase your metabolism and not only help you loose the last 40 pounds but keep it off.
biket
07-27-06, 08:25 PM
Easy answer, the Emotion rollers from Inside Ride are the best indoor trainer you can buy!
But that's just me talking.
Check out a review of them on Fixed Gear Fevers website
www.insideride.com
kuan
07-27-06, 09:36 PM
170? That's unbelievable! Congrats! :beer:
But yeah, I'd get rollers, and then a gym membership, and save money for new clothes. :) Always fun to do things together with the wife, and rollers allow you to change things up a bit. Those Nebraska winters can be brutal.
picuomaha
07-28-06, 06:00 PM
Thanks for the advice. I've got the (home) gym and use it regularly. I may benefit from the advice of a personal trainer, but my schedule has been too crazy to support that.
I've never even considered rollers, nor have I ever tried them. Just the thought of somehow falling off them and plowing my bike into my TV and basement wall was enough to keep my bike bolted to a stationary frame. You've given me something new to consider.
ericgu
07-28-06, 07:09 PM
I need some advice. First some quick background: I’m relatively new to cycling; my primary goal is increased fitness (170 pounds lost over the past 18 months, 40 more to go). I like to have a trainer for lousy weather days or times when I just don’t have time to get outside but still want to log a few miles. I have a Kurt Kinetic fluid trainer with an inexpensive hybrid bike mounted in it. I never liked riding that bike outside, and (surprise) I don’t like it any better sitting in my basement. Lastly, my wife is interested in a trainer too, so I’d like to either have something that is easily adjustable or two separate setups.
So here’s the question. If you had $1,500 bucks to spend on a trainer would you:
A. Buy a second fluid trainer for $300 and an extra bike to go with it.
B. Buy a Computrainer (http://www.racermateinc.com/computrainer.asp) and worry about a bike to mount in it later.
C. Buy a CyleOps Pro 300PT (http://cycleops.com/p-196-pro-300pt.aspx)
D. Save the money for a therapist because I clearly need professional help.
E. Spend the money on something to occupy your attention while you're on the trainer.
Seriously, I hate the time I spend on my trainer. I know people who love the computrainer, but I think I would have a hard time getting into it.