Hey all,
I'm trainer shopping at the moment, and after a lot of research (including searching these forums) I'm still a bit stumped.
I'm basically tossing up between a
KURT KINETIC ROAD MACHINE ($$$) and a MINOURA HYPERMAG-ALU WITH REMOTE (SILVER)
The benefits of the Minoura HyperMag are that it is a rim drive so it saves killing tyres, but doesn't offer the same high resistance levels of the kinetic (which is fluid and no resistance levels).
The kurt, also appears to be more sturdy, with powertap calibrated powerlevels, but what i'm really concerned on is tyre wear. I'd rather not have two wheels - one for the trainer and one for the road if i could avoid it.
The kinetic on the other hand everyone seems to love - there is a LOT of positive reviews around - unlike the Minoura (which has hardly any)
Can anyone give their views help me decide I'm seriously banging my head against the desk trying to work out which to get? I keep going from one to the other.
Also I'm in aus (melbourne to be exact), and looking for a place I can get the road machine the cheep, has anyone bought one if so can you reccommend a place? (I konw a few that stock the minoura range - so its not a problem)?
I'm trainer shopping at the moment, and after a lot of research (including searching these forums) I'm still a bit stumped.
I'm basically tossing up between a
KURT KINETIC ROAD MACHINE ($$$) and a MINOURA HYPERMAG-ALU WITH REMOTE (SILVER)
The benefits of the Minoura HyperMag are that it is a rim drive so it saves killing tyres, but doesn't offer the same high resistance levels of the kinetic (which is fluid and no resistance levels).
The kurt, also appears to be more sturdy, with powertap calibrated powerlevels, but what i'm really concerned on is tyre wear. I'd rather not have two wheels - one for the trainer and one for the road if i could avoid it.
The kinetic on the other hand everyone seems to love - there is a LOT of positive reviews around - unlike the Minoura (which has hardly any)
Can anyone give their views help me decide I'm seriously banging my head against the desk trying to work out which to get? I keep going from one to the other.
Also I'm in aus (melbourne to be exact), and looking for a place I can get the road machine the cheep, has anyone bought one if so can you reccommend a place? (I konw a few that stock the minoura range - so its not a problem)?