Indoor Trainer - Help Please - Page 2

Originally Posted by Dantheclimber

I am fairly new to cycling, and am looking to purchase a trainer so I can ride indoors and stay fit during the winter. Not looking to spend too much money, preferably under $100. Can anyone recomend a reasonably priced trainer that is a great value and won't break on me? Winter is closing in fast!

Thanks very much.

Originally Posted by tonyzackery

At your price point, I suggest you make your purchase from PerformanceBike. If the trainer does break on you, their return policy is outstanding.

Performance brand (Travel Trac) trainers are made by Elite (some of them, maybe not all), a fairly reputable company known for making decent trainers. Travel Tracs are sold in US at a significantly lower price point than their 'Elite' cousins making them a much better value. I have one of their 2nd generation virtual reality trainers purchased several years ago and it's still going strong...ymmv

Originally Posted by alienator

If you're going to get rollers, these are the ones to get. Note I in no way endorse pedaling inside buildings. That's the sort of thing forced upon prisoners at internment camps.

Originally Posted by 64Paramount

I think those are the same rollers Gman mentioned in another thread. They're a bit out of my price range for now, but maybe one of these days.....

Originally Posted by gman0482

Yea, the E-motion rollers are great, but $750 is a little steep for me as well. Maybe after a couple of seasons of some serious riding and hopefully some racing that I plan on doing, I will invest in that. For now I'm sticking to the gym next door

-Greg

Originally Posted by alienator

That's why the gods invented checks and credit cards.

Originally Posted by alienator

If you're going to get rollers, these are the ones to get.

Originally Posted by gman0482

$1,600 ?? That's crazy. I know a couple of stores that carry it so if you want to order for $750 let me know. I'm going to try it out tomorrow when I go down to my shop, so I'll make a new post on it. The also have different manufacturers in there, might be less $.

Originally Posted by nbfman

Thanks. I'm not quite ready to invest much money in another attempt at indoor spinning. Even so, for future reference, I'm curious to know more about these rollers, so I look forward to reading your post.

Originally Posted by Peter@vecchios

If ya gotta ride indoors, get a decent set of rollers, not a stationary trainer. Rollers pass the time faster, are NOT hard to use, make you ride in smooth circles and train you to ride evenly and straight. Stationary trainers are mind numbing.

Originally Posted by vspa

Modern day stationary trainers are great.

Originally Posted by alienator

Stationary trainers violently blow fetid chunks. They suck the soul right out of cycling.

Originally Posted by Dantheclimber

I am fairly new to cycling, and am looking to purchase a trainer so I can ride indoors and stay fit during the winter. Not looking to spend too much money, preferably under $100. Can anyone recomend a reasonably priced trainer that is a great value and won't break on me? Winter is closing in fast!

Thanks very much.

Originally Posted by vspa

...at least technically great, very smooth and safe to use. I have the Elite Fluid