Originally Posted by
slothlike
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.
When riding on the road the faster I pedal the less resistance I feel. Not sure why people keep saying otherwise.
I just bought my first trainer and love it. It is a mag trainer, but works fine for me since I like to set the amount of resistance I want to start out and keep the bike in the middle of the cassette, making it harder or easier by changing the gears. I was only looking to buy a basic trainer just to stay active during the bad weather.