picuomaha

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 and worry about a bike to mount in it later.
C. Buy a CyleOps Pro 300PT
D. Save the money for a therapist because I clearly need professional help.

Univega

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

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

170? That's unbelievable! Congrats!

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

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

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.