Wheels244
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| posted on 19/2/13 at 05:38 PM |
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WTD: Turbo Trainer advice
Hello All
Nearly car related - turbo - anyway I know there's a few keen cyclists on here, could someone give me some advice on which Turbo Trainer to buy
please and ones to avoid.
I don't want to spend a king's ransom on one but would rather spend a bit more than 'buy cheap,buy twice'.
Thanks
Rob
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Marcus
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| posted on 19/2/13 at 08:01 PM |
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I used to have a Minoura RDA. It was rim drive so didn't matter if the bike had knobblies or slicks.
Sort of wish I still had it, sold it to Mango a couple of years back.
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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jps
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| posted on 19/2/13 at 08:08 PM |
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I've had a tacx sirius for years, cost about 125 quid but is holding up ok. To be fair i only ever use the easiest resistance, 53x12 soon takes
its toll on the legs...
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Staple balls
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| posted on 19/2/13 at 08:20 PM |
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I have a JetBlack one.
It's not too noisy, it works well (even with the slightly oval wheel on my bike) and it's possibly the most evil invention known to
humanity.
Seriously, I hate the thing. it's horrible, I've never felt a leg burn like it and in my youth I rode up snowdon, but it does what
it's meant to.
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 19/2/13 at 08:47 PM |
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I find mine so horrendously boring to use my advice would be whichever you buy find something interesting to do at the same time! And get the quietest
one you can and use a seriusly slick tyre or your neighbours will hate you, even in a detached 
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Wheels244
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| posted on 17/3/13 at 10:37 PM |
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Got my arse in gear and just ordered a TacxFlow.
Oh,and a full carbon road bike 
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jps
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| posted on 20/3/13 at 12:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Wheels244
Got my arse in gear and just ordered a TacxFlow.
Oh,and a full carbon road bike
I have heard plenty of warnings about using a carbon frame in a turbo trainer - i.e. it's clamped in an unnatural place and doesn't
respond to the flexing/strain of turbo use very well. Personally i never use my carbon framed bike in the turbo, but doubtless there'll be
people who do just that without problems.
Just thought i'd mention it!
Of course - having a dedicated 'turbo' bike is part of the journey to becoming a complete cyclist anyway.... :-D
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