Discussion
So the Mrs and I would like a turbo to keep up some form of cycling indoors while the weather is rubbish.
I've come across the following one on offer at Halfords - includes a mat and front wheel riser and with British Cycling will cost £90. Any good?
Any other advice? Our thinking is pretty much set it up in front of the TV. Gin & Tonic in the water bottles optional
http://www.halfords.com/cycling/accessories/turbo-...
I've come across the following one on offer at Halfords - includes a mat and front wheel riser and with British Cycling will cost £90. Any good?
Any other advice? Our thinking is pretty much set it up in front of the TV. Gin & Tonic in the water bottles optional
http://www.halfords.com/cycling/accessories/turbo-...
The magnetic ones (that model included) vary the resistance with a bar-mounted lever that connects via a cable to the turbo itself, you then move it backwards and forwards to adjust.
The fluid ones operate on wheel speed - as speed increases the resistance increases, so you simply use the gears to adjust wheelspeed relative to crank speed in order to change the resistance.
I've got the latter (a CycleOps Fluid 2) and it's very good - it feels more "natural", for what that's worth when you're sprinting hard in the spare room, than a magnetic unit (although the mag units I've tried have been at the cheaper end of the scale.
That said, if you've seen this one, it's local and affordable, what's not to like?
The fluid ones operate on wheel speed - as speed increases the resistance increases, so you simply use the gears to adjust wheelspeed relative to crank speed in order to change the resistance.
I've got the latter (a CycleOps Fluid 2) and it's very good - it feels more "natural", for what that's worth when you're sprinting hard in the spare room, than a magnetic unit (although the mag units I've tried have been at the cheaper end of the scale.
That said, if you've seen this one, it's local and affordable, what's not to like?
We've got the Elite "Gel" turbo. We've thrashed the sh!t out of it for the last 12 years. My Mrs is particularly addicted to it. She managed to rust our old ali hybrid bike (which was only used on the turbo for the best part of 10 years). I'm not sure if the Gel roller makes that much difference but we only use it in front of the telly, I watch movies, she watches Monty Don or Bake Off etc and my little lad watches Sufferfest on my laptop. He follows BC training plans and does all manner of sprint intervals etc and the old rollers have been fine. Its only in the last year that we've bought a set of matching Elite variable parabolic rollers for further training options. The Elite rollers are quieter than the turbo. If you want noisey get a set of Tacx rollers.
My turbo can't remember brand ~£100 magnetic doesn't have variable resistance and doesn't offer enough resistance for the likes of sufferfest, I end up running out of gears and go higher cadence - simply spins too easily. Can anyone recommend turbo or rollers that offer decent resistance, primarily for sufferfest? Budget £200 max.
£28 over I'm afraid: http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cycleops-fluid-2-trainer/
IroningMan said:
Kurt Kinetic Road Machine - can't fault mine.
The only fault is that they're not very portable...but it's still one of the best trainers. I have an Elite Chrono as well, night and day. No way I would attempt 3hrs on the Elite or put in a hard effort, it just spins up. Mind you I am sorely tempted by the Kickr
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