Indoor Trainer???

Gags said:

I am looking at getting an indoor trainer in the next couple of weeks and am
looking for any advice, experiences, comments, etc on different models.

I know that Fluid and Wind trainers are exponential resistance and mimic
road "feel" and that Magnetic trainers are a more linear resistance that
doesn't increase with speed. Also have heard that noisiest to quietest is
Wind, Mag, Fluid??

I assume you've read this? :

http://www.aboc.com.au/perl/tips.pl?p=spinners

I have a "fluid 2" and as far as spin trainers go, it's the lesser of
all the evils. It's better, IMO, than all the ones we carry at the LBS
I work at;Minoura, kinda cheap & nasty, and Tacx, which are good, but
not as sturdy as the fluid 2. The Tacx ones with the power meter are
nice though, but pretty expensive!

I can see no need at all for the varying resistance stuff, it's a hack
that's being touted as a feature. My fluid-2 will demand 1200w+ if you
go the big ring and your 12, I doubt many riders can push that sort of
wattage for very long ...

Gags said:

I can remember GPLama mentioning his one on a BR once (Fluid 2 or
something??) and saying it was pretty good but I can't recall exact
name/brand.

Yep - CycleOps Fluid 2

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