Proform Tour De France

Quoted post said:

Originally Posted by jwroubaix [IMG]/img/forum/go_quote.gif[/IMG]

What's the opinion on this training bike? It's pretty expensive. Is it worth the money?

It is only $2/day if you ride it in winter for a few years. So the price is not excessive.

It seems designed more for commercial usage - where many people will be using it, than for personal usage.

I have a Kirt Kenitic that serves me well so I will not be buying one.

I did stage 10 on it yesterday. The hardest stage so far, lots of climbing. I like the incline/decline feature in the manual mode but it changes too often on a stage routes so you have to shift gears a lot.
It's the best workout I have ever had on a stationary bike and I believe the computer is pretty accurate on wattage and calories burned.
Compared to a Cyleops of similar design it is not that expensive. I still can't believe how quiet and smoothly it operates.
Bottom line, it was worth it to me.