CycleOps FLUID 2 turbo trainer vibration

gubber12345
gubber12345 Posts: 493
edited November 2013 in Training, fitness and health
been out on the trainer tonight and have noticed a vibration.

don't think it was there last time I was out on it and i'l be damned if I can find whats wrong with it.everything is tight as I went over it when I finished(drove me a bit mad when on it)

is this in them all and maybe I didn't notice it last time out or have any of you guys found this as well?
Lapierre Aircode 300
Merida

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  • dw300
    dw300 Posts: 1,642
    Dont have that trainer, but have you changed/checked the following recently?

    Rear wheel seated in the dropouts ok?
    Change in speed magnet position?
    New tube not installed quite right?
    Tyre seated right on the rim, and not bulging anywhere?
    All the above is just advice .. you can do whatever the f*ck you wana do!
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  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    I've always had this on mine if the turbo is directly on a solid floor.

    I'm baffled as to how any of the above suggestions could cause a vibration
    More problems but still living....
  • gubber12345
    gubber12345 Posts: 493
    dw300 wrote:
    Dont have that trainer, but have you changed/checked the following recently?

    Rear wheel seated in the dropouts ok?
    Change in speed magnet position?
    New tube not installed quite right?
    Tyre seated right on the rim, and not bulging anywhere?
    alls good in those departments dw as I haven't had the bike out of the trainer since the last time I used it and all seemed well...think its prob in my head :lol:
    amaferanga wrote:
    I've always had this on mine if the turbo is directly on a solid floor.
    mines is on a solid/level concrete floor in the shed amaferanga,so its prob in them all and I just haven't noticed it until now.i'l keep her lit then and try and ignore it :)
    Lapierre Aircode 300
    Merida
  • tim_wand
    tim_wand Posts: 2,552
    I ve got this trainer and never suffered any vibration with it.

    Whats the frequency ? is it constant or on and off.

    If its constant then that would suggest that the bike isn't secured into the trainer . It can work loose remember its just a cam on one side and the QR lever on the other.

    If its On OFF then check the tyre, Anything small got inbeded in it. or as it moved on the rim?

    Is there anything no matter how small even the concrete waring between the trainer frame and the floor.
  • andyrr
    andyrr Posts: 1,823
    I remember having this from the off with my Kurt Kinetic trainer - pretty much resolved when I put a turbo trainer tyre on the wheel, whether that tyre was 'rounder' than the original but it's worth maybe reinstalling that tyre and if not a turbo tyre it's worth getting one of them maybe.

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