Our local gym are about to sell off their Johnny-G spinning bikes and
purchase Trixter X-bikes instead.
Does anyone have any comparions between the two?
Our cycling club currently have a contract with the gym. Our cyclists
cycle road bikes in the summer and take part in long distance events of
120-300 km. Living in Sweden (where we are said to have two seasons -
winter and July), we use the Johnny-G spinners for 6 months a year. We
have 2 x two hour spinning sessions a week. Our priority has been time
spent on bike rather than a 30 minute complete body work out (sales
pitch of the Trixter salesmen).
Some of our cyclists are voicing concerns about future training on the
Trixters saying they will not meet our needs as much as the current
Johnny-G bikes. One problem with the Johnny-G has been noise and part
failure. Chains have broke and the bottom brackets have, in some cases,
warped the threads. This is a combination of a previous owners would-be
mechanics and age. As the Trixter is a new bike I am interested in any
feedback about mechanical failures or other problems developed. My
personal concern is the strange postioning of the bottle holder. Has
anyone bothered to drill new holes for the bottle holder?
In short, I detest Mountain biking. So to my ears the sales arguments
that they are bringing mountain biking indoors have made me sceptical.
However, I do not want to be short sighted here so I wonder how roadies
can best benefit from the Trixters.
This and any other feedback appreciated.
The Trixter bike is described here...
http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200409/trixter_x-bike.html
and here
http://www.snewsnet.com/cgi-bin/snews/02224.html
Garry Jones
English Cyclist RedIDING in Sweden