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Old 12-06-09 | 05:55 PM
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Thinking of buying an inexpensive trainer for my 78 Fuji S10S and was wondering if anyone has experience with this one?
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Old 12-06-09 | 07:56 PM
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Old 12-07-09 | 08:10 AM
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$65 plus shipping
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Old 12-07-09 | 08:14 AM
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I got the basic fluid one from Performance bike.
lifetime warranty and i picked it up in store. So far, the gears on my bike give me enough resistance levels for good spinning, no out of saddle work though, but most can't do that.
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Old 12-07-09 | 08:23 AM
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I got one on CL last year for $50....Minora brand....and it came with a bike to mount it on....I'm just saying.....
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Old 12-07-09 | 10:49 PM
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I bought one used on C.L. this year for $40 and another off Ebay a few years ago - no problems at all. You can find good deals in both places.
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Old 12-30-09 | 09:54 AM
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Got the trainer for Christmas and had it set up in 5 minutes. Seems like pretty nice quality for the price and just did my first session with as much satisfaction as can be derived from not actually going anywhere.

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Old 12-30-09 | 09:59 AM
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The best time in my area to buy trainers from CL is in the summer time. When winter rolls around the price seems to go up quite a bit.

Bike Island.com has a pretty reasonably priced trainer but I don't know how good it is.
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I had a cheap one from Performance, a Traveller, which I was not very happy with. It does not offer enough resistance to climb with, which is something I like to do. I have since found a reasonable deal on a Schwinn Spinner Elite and no longer use the trainer.
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Old 12-30-09 | 04:52 PM
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I use nashbar's magnetic trainer with adjustable resistance.
I think it was $59 on sale. Works for me.

The Magnadyne was my all-time favorite, but boy, it rusted out fast.

I sold my rollers. I must have underpriced them, they were gone in hours on CL.

I'd like to get a good used spinner cycle, but so far, $300's about the norm.

For that, I can buy a bike.
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Not much experience with this trainer, but I would suggest to either get a trainer specific-tire (or a cheapo tire) to save the live of your rear tire if it is in good shape and expensive. Tires get worn on trainers worse than they do on the road.
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Old 12-30-09 | 07:28 PM
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I found the mag or wind trainer too loud. Fluid trainer much better! Got my dad a used Hashbar fluid trainer with remote off CL for $65, very quiet. He was able to watch TV while on the trainer.
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Old 12-31-09 | 08:34 AM
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My trainer ($64 from Price Point) does not seem too loud and as I posted previously the quality seems really nice. No rough edges, nicely finished in paint and chrome, etc. The only thing I need is to know what level of effort I am expending vs what I use when actually on the road. Just using a guess from previous road experience. trying to err on the side of more effort. Also would like to get another computer for the rear wheel so I can see what speed I am maintaining.
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Not much experience with this trainer, but I would suggest to either get a trainer specific-tire (or a cheapo tire) to save the live of your rear tire if it is in good shape and expensive. Tires get worn on trainers worse than they do on the road.
+1 Yep, I use some light blue CST's that would make me vomit otherwise. When my wife said "they're pretty," they went straight to the trainer pile.
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Old 12-31-09 | 01:12 PM
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A trainer is one of those things where it makes little sense to spend for more than the basic. I have a crappy old Nashbar trainer and it does everything it's supposed to do: support the bike and provide resistance.

Get the cheapest one you can.
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Old 01-01-10 | 09:02 AM
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A trainer is one of those things where it makes little sense to spend for more than the basic. I have a crappy old Nashbar trainer and it does everything it's supposed to do: support the bike and provide resistance.

Get the cheapest one you can.
I doubt that the sweat I worked up yesterday on my $64 trainer is any less valuable than if I had spent much more on one.
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