I just bought a computrainer
 

used

on ebay

hopefully I can figure out how to use the damn thing

I dont think they work with old I-Macs so now I'll probably have to buy a lap top too

cool... always was interested in those, but $ was too much.

does it allow networking / racing across the internet?

yes :thumb:

great thread on the subject http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/in.../t-360184.html

I actually purchased the Fortius after picking Dr. WJ brain for a bit last year. Looking forward to the rain so I can get back on and re-connect with all the guys I road with last year (from New York, Alaska, Canada, France to name a few)

You should be able to use it without a computer through the keypad interface. Considering the time I've spent on them over the previous few years, all I can say is you poor bastard. :)

At least yours will hook up to a computer. Mine is so old it interfaces with an 8-bit Nintendo!

How much did you pay if you don't mind saying.

Stand alone in ergometer mode, all the pain you'll ever need.

+1 Enjoy

Muhahahaha

Damn dude, you're going to be even scarier come spring...

$970

If it wants a PC interface and you have a mac you might look into running Windoze
in a VMWare Fusion Virtual Machine ( 50~60 dollars) or in a VirtualBox VM (free).

Jerry

I bet a cheap netbook could run computrainer software.

That online racing stuff just sounds awesome. I've only been on a computrainer for some testing, never doing the online stuff.

Does it make the trainer better? Or does it still suck?

Dude, for us, cheaper is better.

Oh, I definitely wasn't gonna buy one. I was just curious. I am gonna buy a trainer soon, but probably just a magnetic.

used fluid

ftw

Is it really that much better? I'm worried about getting a cheap fluid and having it leak. I don't know that I can really afford a good one.

Yes, it's that much better. You can't afford not to have a fluid trainer. You'll buy the magnetic, then in a month you'll wind up buying the fluid anyway, so just skip step 1 and be done with it.

If his iMac is "older" - i.e. over 4 years old, it'll have the PPC chipset and be unable to run the Windows simulators the newer Intel processors can.

it's more like 8 years old, and if I think it's 8 years old, it's probably 10

thanks but I'll be honest, if you would have written this in swahili I wouldnt have understood it any less.