Originally Posted by
david58
I agree - "virtual exercise" is an awful thing, but with the dark and rain we get here in Oregon, we haven't much choice if our work hours don't allow use of what little daylight we get. The 290SPX is basically the same as the TdF trainer, with less to go wrong. If it can get the feet spinning a few more days a week in the winter, it'll be well worth the $300. We are taking the money out of the "eating out" budget, not the "bicycling" budget ('course, almost any discretionary cash finds its way into the bike budget these days).
Eating all the words above. Tried a spinner or three the other night, and both my Bride and I hated them. Yesterday, bought a Kurt Kinetic trainer, a couple of floor mats at Costco, and set it up. Solid, stable, can step up the flywheel weight later on, use cycle computer that's on the bike....just what we needed. AND we are riding BIKES, not some pseudobikething.
Convert to trainer here.