Originally Posted by big john

I bought a trainer from an lbs that they were using to set up bikes so it was used, but not much. It was cheap but I still hate it.

Originally Posted by Wogster

It's because of where you are, if you were up here, a ride in winter then the trainer becomes the least of three evils:

1) riding outside, if your not at work, it's dark, the sun comes up after 8am and sets by 4, it's cold, it's windy, and where there isn't snow, there is ice.
2) not riding at all, your conditioning is gone by April, your up 20lbs and your back to riding once around the block.
3) the trainer, I actually rode further in February then I did in July.