Originally Posted by
PeteHski
I'm thinking of getting a dedicated indoor smart bike. I've been using an Elite direct drive trainer for a couple of years and while it's great, I don't think it does my bike a lot of good. I could buy a cheap bike to keep permanently on the trainer, but I prefer the idea of a complete standalone solution. Expensive though, so that keeps putting me off. My smart trainer was £500 vs £2k+ for a decent smart bike. But I would use it enough to justify the expense. A Kickr trainer is £1k these days, so by the time I add the cost of another bike to go with it I might as well just get the full Kickr bike.
didn't i see a thread here about a aluminum trek with cracked frame for like 300$? the bike needn't be good, just functional. front wheel purely optional on a DD trainer. i already have a Kicker but if i didn't and were in the market for a means to ride indoors i would never even consider a smart bike. but don't let me stop you, everyone has their own perspective.