I wish I had the mind set that you guys have. I just can't ride the trainer, try every year but don't keep it up. I'm only chiming in because I'm still glad that I bought a Kurt Kinetic some time back. It makes a very good work stand for doing adjustments and winter tunes etc. Bike gets in and out of trainer easily and you have the advantage of actually stomping on the pedals when trying out adjustments. So, if you don't have a workstand you can factor that into the price of your trainer and feel better about it.