Trainers
 

Ok, now that the temps are dropping and my time on the road is limited, I am thinking of buying a trainer so I can keep at it during the winter.

Anyone here have any advice? I am looking for something simple and not too hard on the wallet.

Use the "Search the Forums" link and you'll find a wealth of information.

I just bought this one from Performance. It came highly recommended. That, and you can get 20% off with the coupon downstairs in the coupon forum.

Define not hard on the wallet.

I like the Cyclops brand of trainers because they tend to be better made then the off brand store brand type. Cyclops has two really good trainers the Fluid2 and the Magneto...not the Mag (short for magnet), the Mag is not a very good trainer. Both the Fluid2 and the Magneto are very quiet and could be used in a room where someone is watching tv and they won't have to turn up the TV or scream at you to stop. The Fluid2 is capable of a workout up to 750 watts and the Magneto up to 575; to put this watts thing into perspective, Lance Armstrong can do 700 watts for 1 minute and 500 for 30 to 60 minutes...how much do you think you can do? In fact the US Postal team trained on the Fluid2. The Fluid2 cost about $220 while the Magneto cost about $155, both come with a lifetime warranty.

Not hard on the wallet to me is about $100. I did find a set of rollers at superbike for that price. Thinking of that right now. I have a small apartment, so I have to get something that does not take up a lot of space and will allow me to still take my bike out for a spin at a moments notice. Current thought is that rollers will slide under my bed and my bike can stay stored where it normally is, then when it's time to ride, just slide the rollers out, toss the bike on and go.

I'm also interested in buying a trainer and I'm hoping someone will forgive my ignorance and educate my on the purpose of adjustable resistance levels on the mag and fluid trainers. I have an old wind trainer that I want to upgrade from and if I want to vary my resistance, I just change gears. I know I'm missing something in the equation since most of the newer models can adjust resistance.

Thanks for the help.

So, silly me, I should have bought the rollers when I found them, I have since tried to find them at the site that I listed (superbike), but can not find that site either. The site with that name is a motorcycle site. UGH!!!

Anyone know of a bike site that has a similar name? The rollers were like $100 or in that range.

[Anyone know of a bike site that has a similar name? The rollers were like $100 or in that range.]

Try looking at performancebike.com, they have rollers for $120, and an Ascent mag trainer on sale for $90. With the 20% off coupon, shipping should be less than a couple of dollars. This trainer has three resistance settings.


[I know I'm missing something in the equation since most of the newer models can adjust resistance.]

My opinion would be no, not really. On the 50+ forum, someone stated that the wind trainer has the most progressive resistance, followed by the fluid trainer. CTS systems recommends a progressive resistance trainer. The adjustable resistance would give you more options, if the gearing on your bike is not giving you a good enough work out. Or if something new with more gagdets creates more enthusiam to train, then look at fluid trainers.

Supergo's fluid trainer with the elastomer-coated drive wheel is quiet. I like that.