Originally Posted by
crhilton
I've got a fluid 2, it's my first trainer. I've ridden with people using a variety of trainers and I don't think I'd have cared fluid or mag.
Fluid isn't like riding on the road, no matter how much they say it is.
It is not that the Cycleops Fluid (or any fluid by any company) "feels" like the road, but rather it is the resistance you feel as you increase your cadence. With a magnetic trainer, the faster you pedal, the less resistance you feel. With a Fluid trainer, the faster you pedal, there is a progressive resistance. This is more akin to what happens on the road. Any good quality fluid trainer will be better than the corresponding mag trainer from same company.