Recommend me a Turbo Trainer

gilbo1967
gilbo1967 Posts: 29
edited February 2015 in Road buying advice
hi guys
i am fancying a turbo trainer but no idea whats good or bad ,so thought i would ask on here.
i have 100 quid to spend maybe a little more .

grant

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  • johnny25
    johnny25 Posts: 344
    I bought this set up. Can't go wrong for the price.

    http://www.decathlon.co.uk/blue-motion- ... 15768.html
  • iron-clover
    iron-clover Posts: 737
    I quite like the elite fluid trainers- seem to be around £120-30 for the turbo, but they seem to be fairly quiet compared to the magnet trainers, and you don't have to worry about different resistance settings- it gets (~)exponentially harder with wheel speed so you just use gears.
  • alex222
    alex222 Posts: 598
    Just bought myself an Elite Chrono Fluid turbo trainer from Wiggle for £140 (bit above your budget). I went for a fluid one for the reasons listed above, plus reviews look good. Haven't yet used it though.
  • stevie63
    stevie63 Posts: 481
    What about this one:

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/elite-supercrono-power-mag-elastogel-trainer/rp-prod57923

    I have had one for the last few years and it is fairly quiet and does the job. You can probably find a discount code and get that under £100.
  • jordan_217
    jordan_217 Posts: 2,580
    Alex222 wrote:
    Just bought myself an Elite Chrono Fluid turbo trainer from Wiggle for £140 (bit above your budget). I went for a fluid one for the reasons listed above, plus reviews look good. Haven't yet used it though.

    This is a very good, smooth and quiet turbo. I've had one for 2-3 years. The supplied skewer is next to useless and two sheered off in quick succession but I just use a Shimano one now.
    “Training is like fighting with a gorilla. You don’t stop when you’re tired. You stop when the gorilla is tired.”
  • EssexGonzo
    EssexGonzo Posts: 4
    johnny25 wrote:
    I bought this set up. Can't go wrong for the price.

    http://www.decathlon.co.uk/blue-motion- ... 15768.html

    Exactly what I've had for a year or so. Cost me £130 but I have seen them cheaper since. Feels robust.
  • wishitwasallflat
    wishitwasallflat Posts: 2,927
    Tacx Speedmatic mine is in iits fifth year going strong, search on here for reviews and comments.
  • Grill
    Grill Posts: 5,610
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  • ai_1
    ai_1 Posts: 3,060
    Definitely go for a fluid one if you can with your budget.
    The non-progressive resistance and resistance adjusters on magnetic types would put me right off!
    I have the Kurt Kinetic Road Machine and it's very good but above your budget.
    Grill wrote:
    KK Rock and Roll. [/thread]
    Not for £100 though!
  • g00se
    g00se Posts: 2,221
    Keep an eye on ebay and local facebook cycling 'for sale' groups. Lots will have bought turbos for the winter and hate them - going cheap with little mileage this time of year.

    Go for an elite fluid - great bits of kit for the price. I've got an elite Hydro-mag which is a fluid trainer with a mag resistance setting. in retrospect, I'd go for the vanilla one - the hydro-mag works well but its a little more noisy and I keep it on the one setting anyway and use gears to vary the resistance.

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