Cyclops fluid 2 trainer?

320DMsport

Hi all,

Are these anyood?

There is no adjustment on them but get tougher the harder you peadal. i've had a o on one and it is super smooth and quiet but has anyone got one or any views?

Thanks

fizz

I've got one. I've been using it regularly through two winters now.

Its sturdy, tough and well made. its quite in operation i.e. I can hear the DVD I'm watching over it and its been niggle free.

You can vary the resistance a little with adjusting how tight the roller sits against the rear wheel and also by using your gears.

Also it makes for a handy workstand when fettling the bike to !!

Its no substitue for road miles, but personaly I feel that a good session on the turbo is preferential to going out in the freezing cold and rain.

I'd recommend one.

HTH

cogidubnus

I'm also interested in this trainer but have also seen:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Tacx_ ... 360026401/

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Cycle ... 360019997/

Was wondering which is the better of the two, or if anyone could suggest anything better in that price range?

Thanks

320DMsport

Cheers, i'll take a look at those links.

The Cyclops was very smooth but i'm wondering as stated it's no substitute for real road miles.....maybe get myself some more waterproofs as i rode all last winter.

phil s

I've just sent back my Fluid2 with a leak. Got myself a Kurt Kinetic Pro instead - 200 quid. Comes with a 6lb flywheel and a 12lb bolt on flywheel for longer sessions which feel really road-like. Superb trainer.

320DMsport

cheers Phil, interesting, i'll take a look at those!

vermooten

I have such a turbo, worlks well for me. Good value, and portable too, so I use it to warm up before TTs.

bikeboy69

I'm in the same boat with the trainer. Has anyone tried the 1up usa trainer?

thetrotter

phil s wrote:

I've just sent back my Fluid2 with a leak. Got myself a Kurt Kinetic Pro instead - 200 quid. Comes with a 6lb flywheel and a 12lb bolt on flywheel for longer sessions which feel really road-like. Superb trainer.

I used a Minoura for several years and when it finally broke bought myself a Kurt Kinetic. Can't praise it highly enough. Super smooth and by far the most realistic trainer I've ever used. If you run out of resistance on one of these you must be very strong indeed. You can also buy a dedicated computer to go with it which gives you power readings.

mfin

I had started a thread being a beginner looking at the Fluid 2 as a possible purchase from Wiggle. In the end I got a Minoura VFS150GR from MerlinCycles, they're running an extra 10% off at the moment so its £162, within pence of what the Fluid 2 costs from Wiggle.
(by the way the pic is out of date, its red, not blue, not that it matters and Merlin is free next day delivery).

I got it because its fluid and magnetic and has a handelbar remote for controlling resistance (6 or 7 clicks something like that) and the fluid still gives that progressive resistance too supposedly. Feels good to me anyway and with adjustable resistance you can mimmck hills etc quite well.

Only other thing to note is that the weight of the bike is what holds it to the roller with the Minoura

I found it easy, 10 mins to build out of the box to build. Came with a QR in case your existing one doesn't sit in the clamps very well. I adjusted clamps to put bike in middle of the roller for a minute and now I can get the bike on and off in less than 30 seconds and I'm ready to go.

Thought because of the design that 'out of the saddle' it might slip on the rollers but its absolutely fine. Don't know if this was any help but there you go.

DaveyL

Cyclepowermeters.com are doing them for £150

http://www.cyclepowermeters.com/cycleop ... -367-p.asp

Haven't seen cheaper than that. According to Google there are some places doing them for £130-140 but when you actually go to the website the price is much higher than that.

DaveyL

Ah - they also add a minimum of £9 delivery onto that.

deal

the prices at wiggle have certainly increased lately! just checked my order history and I paid £123.99 for one of these earlier this year

£137.77 - £13.78 (10% discount) = £123.99

gkerr4

deal wrote:

the prices at wiggle have certainly increased lately! just checked my order history and I paid £123.99 for one of these earlier this year

£137.77 - £13.78 (10% discount) = £123.99

agreed - I paid £110 this time last year!

It's a good trainer imo - it is very smooth and quiet and as said, you can hear the DVD over the top of it easily enough. The resistance comes from your gearing and is linear in proportion to "road speed" - you can't whack up the resistance for a minute to simulate a hill interval for example - but you can get a very good workout from it even if it does mean using your gears fully.

I use it with the chris carmichael training DVD - one comes with it (or used to) and I have since bought others - these are liks structured classes which work on either power output or perceived effort - very good as far as turbos go (the are very boring to be honest - and I have it set up in the garage facing a wall with a projector for a DVD player which fills the wall and dolby digital surround sound - and it's still dull dull dull!)

mclarent

can't swear it's the main reason, but have you seen how weak sterling is at the moment? Wiggle do tend to pass this on - I remember when they added a huge chunk to their Focus prices early this year...

gkerr4

I agree - you only have to look at the price of campag parts to see the euro vs pound effect

I bought some campag Eurus Wheels for £360 in January - they are £476 now from the same place (ribble)

gkerr4

this is a good price though - reduced today and for three days only according to the email flyer i just got:

http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=T0023