Turbo trainers magnetic or fluid
ianjaytee
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What's better and why magnetic or fluid turbo trainers? Are the mains powered like the tacx i magic even better. Your thoughts please.
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I would suggest something with a decent flywheel.
Typically that doesn't include mag units. Doesn't mean fluid units have that feature either.0 -
I can recommend the Tacx Satori which is a magnetic one however it's very quiet.
(To be fair I don't have anything to compare it with as it's the only one i've ever owned however I can sit in the living room on it and watch telly at a normal volume without any problem).
As for the resistance - I use a fixed gear on it 46*17 and on the second resistance setting (2 out of 10) I can spin at 20mph for half an hour at around 90rpm and it's a really hard workout.
At resistance level 10 it's a struggle to move the cranks let alone spin so I don't think there's any chance of spinning out on it even if you were using a geared bike and you were unfeasibly strong!
The only thing is it doesn't have a power meter like the Tacx Flow however it is £100 cheaper.0
