Originally Posted by
RoderWrench
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As it turns out I am impressed with the Performance trainer, it's solid, very smooth (once warmed up) and provides all the resistance I can handle. I really don't think the Zwift experience would be any better with a more expensive dumb trainer.
Yea... no offense to your choice of purchase, but a "good" dumb trainer doesn't need to be warmed up to be smooth. Cyclops makes good stuff. So does Kurt. Both around $300 for their basic fluid trainer. I recommend Kurt Kinetic; no dynamic seal around the shaft to worry about wearing out (they use a fully sealed resistance unit connected to the roller by a magnetic linkage). Mine is still running strong after hundreds of miles and about 6 years on it.
EDIT: to add to the above comment... I've not experience the 12lb weighted flywheel, but I can say that Kurt's standard product with the smaller flywheel still feels much more "road-like" than any of the cheap trainers I've used.
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