Recommend me a Turbo Trainer
gilbo1967
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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
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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I bought this set up. Can't go wrong for the price.
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/blue-motion- ... 15768.html0 -
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.0
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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.0
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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 £100.0 -
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.”0 -
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.0 -
Tacx Speedmatic mine is in iits fifth year going strong, search on here for reviews and comments.0
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KK Rock and Roll. [/thread]English Cycles V3 | Cervelo P5 | Cervelo T4 | Trek Domane Koppenberg0
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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]0 -
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.0