Originally Posted by
GlassWolf
noise is one thing, but a fluid trainer has progressive resistance so it mimmics a real road ride more closely, and good ones have a variable resistance level as well (mine has 5) as well as a wired or wireless cyclometer feature that measures things like calories burned, distance ridden, time elapsed, and so forth.
mainly I prefer the progressive resistance of a fluid trainer to the static resistance of a mag trainer.
I don't have a reference, but having been on the Fluid2 just once, it really makes you feel like you are on the road.
Here's a couple of places where it's on sale:
http://www.all3sports.com/product_in...4237b227fb8bca (10% coupon + 16% off + $6 shipping)
http://www.treefortbikes.com/177_333...iner-2008.html