Originally Posted by
jfranci3
if your Emonda is 130, you have a non-disc bike. They all work fine for that.
The highend wheels on trainers (M2 and Snap) are good too. They are quieter than the other wheel on units. Wheel on is just lower flywheel, resistance, taller to climb onto, and tires wearing out.
If the hammer is that cheap and you’re buying it from a place you can return it, do that. They don’t get better than “meets your needs”. The hammer has a rep for noise, this is only on coast and you can put a bunch of heavier grease in the freehub mechanism.
Yes, Clever is offering it and they were really good when I had to return my first power pedals so I trust them. Yes, the Emonda was a very old 2015 old stock bike I picked up cheap before I knew anything about bikes (got me into it though), so not disc brake, that will be my next bike and this one might just become a dedicated trainer.
My little Elite Primo Elastigel is the wheel on and is burning up my tire. I thought these type might save me money in the long run. I'm guessing the hammer isn't much louder than my fluid trainer which whirrs up there quite a bit at high RPM higher gearing. I didn't find the M2, but the Snap is only 100 less than the Hammer and the only benefit I could see is you don't get your hand dirty putting it on. Now the pressure is on, have to decide if I'm going to pull the trigger. Thanks for the info.