Cycleops Jet Fluid Pro v Super Magneto Pro

silverpigeon

Have narrowed my first TT to these two models, but can't decide which one.

The mag appeals because of the choice of resistance curves, the fluid for it's smoothness and 'road like feel'.

Will I find the Jet limited for really hard workouts? Is the mag smooth enough?

Help me decide

Anonymous

Get the Fluid. Far better than a magnet turbo.

I have the Jet Fluid Pro after having a couple of supposedly good magnet trainers and it's so much more realistic and smooth.

As for resistance, you just use your gears. My Sprint at the moment is just under 1300 watts and I'm not close to maxing it out in the biggest gear!

For climbing just shove it in a big gear and viola. Far from being limited for really hard workouts it is actually far better, shove a magnet trainer in a high resistance and they become ridiculously choppy due to dead spots...

magliaceleste

How does the jet fluid work, it doesn't have variable resistance that can be controlled does it? Does it simply ramp up the faster you go?

I've got some rollers, but the problem is I can pretty much max them out in 50 x 11 (and actually get a unreaslistic cadence/feel) and I don't want to get a turbo with the same problem.

Thanks

silverpigeon

Cheers NapD, I thought you might be the first to reply

I wanted to get it today whilst CRC's discount was still available. In the end I went for the Kurt Kinetic Pro - another fluid trainer that seems to get lots of good reviews.

birdy247

Just a question to those with the Jet fluid pro. I know its impossible to compare like for like, but as a benchmark, what speeds to you guys hit when doing 2 x 20's. Had my first go on this tonight and seemed to be around 20.5 - 21.5.

Anonymous

I use power but looking at my graphs it is around 23mph on the turbo.

Silverpigeon, by all accounts you won't be disappointed...