Originally Posted by
deacon mark
I did a review on this in a thread here a week ago.
Got a link??
I have a Fluid 2. I think it is good except it doesn't produce enough resistance for me so that I can do standing climbing simulation. Mine is stored in the garage and I do my training there. It is not heated unit I turn on a space heater when I start. Some wonder if the goo/fluid in it for resistance is getting too thick and is spinning out of he way. I contacted the manufacturer and they sent me a replacement which, at the time, seemed better but now I still find myself practicing teetering on two pedals instead of applying all 200 lbs of my weight and pedaling up a 15% grade.
Also, I find that I need to be on at least a 18T in the back to get some reasonable resistance out of it. Below that it feels like I have no resistance.
Don't get me wrong, I do work up a sweat and all but I was expecting more resistance. Now, if I had a 53 T crank, it might be more. I have often asked the manufacture what is the crank when the specs were determined and I got crickets but this it true for all of them.
This was my experience.
At this point, I am thinking of looking for a way to add the original resistance unit in parallel with the new one for greater resistance.
Probably should just buy a spinning machine and sell this.