Tacx Satori Pro or Kurt Kinetic Road Machine

bernithebiker
bernithebiker Posts: 4,148
edited January 2013 in Road buying advice
Looking for a trainer;

Can get a Satori Pro for 170 Euros (140 quid) with DVD, front support, mat, etc.

OR

a KK Road Machine for £200 delivered (from US), possibly plus about £40 duty.

Will probably only get about 2 hour use a week (6 hours outside).

Any ideas?

Comments

  • mikenetic
    mikenetic Posts: 486
    Looking for a trainer;

    Can get a Satori Pro for 170 Euros (140 quid) with DVD, front support, mat, etc.

    OR

    a KK Road Machine for £200 delivered (from US), possibly plus about £40 duty.

    Will probably only get about 2 hour use a week (6 hours outside).

    Any ideas?

    Not quite what you're after, but I have the KK Rock and Roll and the build quality is excellent. I believe the Road Machine uses the same resistance unit, and if you intend to use it with trainnerroad the match between the trainer and the software is very good.
  • Thanks, but I don't really want to go over £200 as I'm not sure how much I'll use it.
  • smidsy
    smidsy Posts: 5,273
    Well I have the Tacx and for the money its fine.
    Yellow is the new Black.
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,533
    if it's for limited use, why not look for a secondhand one? there're usually plenty for sale on ebay etc.

    the kk is fluid, the tacx is magnetic, imho fluid turbos feel better and you simply manage resistance with the bike's gears rather than having to use a separate controller

    cyclops fluid is a good one but lacks the big flywheel of the kk (which gives great 'road feel', i've got one, best turbo i ever used)
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • To the OP, if you can import a Kinetic Road Machine for £240 all up, buy it.
    Live to ski
    Ski to live
  • Hanners
    Hanners Posts: 260
    ive got the road machine, its the mutts nutts
  • waterford123
    waterford123 Posts: 172
    edited January 2013
    The Satori with mat for £140 seems like a good price. I've got one and it's fine. My LBS has one for sale with mat and their asking well over 200 quid.
  • nathancom
    nathancom Posts: 1,567
    One off deal on the KK or one you can share?
  • goffski
    goffski Posts: 72
    I got the Trax from Decathlon a while back when they were first on offer. They are on offer again;

    http://www.decathlon.co.uk/satori-pro-t ... 64386.html

    It's been great so far and didn't seem too noisy when i had it downstairs on the solid floor. I've now moved it upstairs and it's much loader on the floorboards, not too sure how bad it actually is as i'm usually on it when no ones home and have headphones on.
  • nathancom wrote:
    One off deal on the KK or one you can share?

    Here;

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kurt-Kinetic-Ro ... AQ:US:1123
  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    if youre getting the kurt for £200 youll pay a lot more than £40 if customs spot it!
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • if youre getting the kurt for £200 youll pay a lot more than £40 if customs spot it!

    Why?

    If customs do spot it (50/50 in my experience) then I generally pay 20% VAT + a fixed fee of about a fiver, which is about £40 on the 175 purchase price.
  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    personal choice, but I would really recommend you get one that has a real time video function if you intend to spend much time on it....
    http://veloviewer.com/SigImage.php?a=3370a&r=3&c=5&u=M&g=p&f=abcdefghij&z=a.png
    Wiliers: Cento Uno/Superleggera R and Zero 7. Bianchi Infinito CV and Oltre XR2
  • rob13
    rob13 Posts: 430
    Get the KK, an unbelievable bit of kit. Mine is better than the Cycleops Fluid 2 that it replaced. I was lucky and got one used (no harm in it as the units are sealed) for £220 which included the riser and the pro flywheel for an even better realism! Now I feel it under-reads though as it feels harder to maintain the same pace as you would on the road.
  • Zingzang
    Zingzang Posts: 196
    A word or two about the KK Road Machine.
    The resistance units are not failsafe; my first one gave up the ghost after a few hundred hours of use.
    On the positive side, KK offer a remarkably good warranty back-up on their products, and if there is a genuine fault with your machine a year or two down the line you will almost certainly get great customer service, as I did, to sort the problem out.
    Also on the positive side, the ride quality is exceptionally good, especially with the pro flywheel attached.