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I have been riding a cycleops wind trainer for years and boring but safer
than ice. IT works fine and give good work out. I seem to go along at about 21-22 mph but have no idea of the watts. Frankly it is a great work out and I feel that for the given time a better cardio workout than riding outside unless I am going to do a time trial. I am thinking of upgrading to the Kurt Kinetic FLuid they get great reviews and are a bit more quiet. I don't mind the noise but anyone here have experience with comparisons? I can read them on the net but would be nice to hear from someone in the newsgroup. Deacon Mark Cleary Epiphany Roman Catholic Church |
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On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 08:18:11 -0600, mark cleary
wrote: I have been riding a cycleops wind trainer for years and boring but safer than ice. IT works fine and give good work out. I seem to go along at about 21-22 mph but have no idea of the watts. Frankly it is a great work out and I feel that for the given time a better cardio workout than riding outside unless I am going to do a time trial. I am thinking of upgrading to the Kurt Kinetic FLuid they get great reviews and are a bit more quiet. I don't mind the noise but anyone here have experience with comparisons? I can read them on the net but would be nice to hear from someone in the newsgroup. My wife bought one of those a few years ago. I had had a CycleOps fluid which was replaced under warranty at least once of not twide because the impeller failed. Maybe it was that the replacement eventually failed. I think Kurt took over that product line so I would advise doing some searching around to see about long-term durability. Whatever the problem with the cycleOps ones was, maybe it's been solved. The nice thing about the Kurt is that the unit is very stable and the cradle in which the bike sits rocks slightly. With the CycleOps, which was rigid, I found that I cracked two frames where the seatstay was brazed onto the seat cluster. With the Kurt that ought to not be a problem because the trainer is designed to absorb some of those forces. The Kurt is very quiet and gives a good workout- it is quieter than I remember my CycleOps being. I also have a set of rollers which add the issue of dynamic balance and as such are a little less boring- you can fall off the rollers if you stop paying attention! Theres a section of an Eddy Merckx video which shows him on rollers, spinning away at high RPM and so much smoother than I will ever be. That's one of the things that riding rollers does- makes you pedal stroke smooth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BcHekNAfOo |
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On Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 1:47:43 PM UTC-8, Tim McNamara wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 08:18:11 -0600, mark cleary wrote: I have been riding a cycleops wind trainer for years and boring but safer than ice. IT works fine and give good work out. I seem to go along at about 21-22 mph but have no idea of the watts. Frankly it is a great work out and I feel that for the given time a better cardio workout than riding outside unless I am going to do a time trial. I am thinking of upgrading to the Kurt Kinetic FLuid they get great reviews and are a bit more quiet. I don't mind the noise but anyone here have experience with comparisons? I can read them on the net but would be nice to hear from someone in the newsgroup. My wife bought one of those a few years ago. I had had a CycleOps fluid which was replaced under warranty at least once of not twide because the impeller failed. Maybe it was that the replacement eventually failed. I think Kurt took over that product line so I would advise doing some searching around to see about long-term durability. Whatever the problem with the cycleOps ones was, maybe it's been solved. The nice thing about the Kurt is that the unit is very stable and the cradle in which the bike sits rocks slightly. With the CycleOps, which was rigid, I found that I cracked two frames where the seatstay was brazed onto the seat cluster. With the Kurt that ought to not be a problem because the trainer is designed to absorb some of those forces. The Kurt is very quiet and gives a good workout- it is quieter than I remember my CycleOps being. I also have a set of rollers which add the issue of dynamic balance and as such are a little less boring- you can fall off the rollers if you stop paying attention! Theres a section of an Eddy Merckx video which shows him on rollers, spinning away at high RPM and so much smoother than I will ever be. That's one of the things that riding rollers does- makes you pedal stroke smooth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BcHekNAfOo But even if you fall off, you don't go far. I've ridden off my rollers many times while watching races. I get carried away and turn with the pack. Ooops. Now I just listen to music -- no TV. I only use my el-cheapo mag trainer when recovering from broken legs because I can push with one leg and put the other one lightly on the opposite pedal. This might be relevant to Mark during his rehab -- there is also less opportunity for a mishap while getting on and off a trainer versus rollers. -- Jay Beattie. |
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On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 14:08:25 -0800 (PST), jbeattie
wrote: On Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 1:47:43 PM UTC-8, Tim McNamara wrote: On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 08:18:11 -0600, mark cleary wrote: I have been riding a cycleops wind trainer for years and boring but safer than ice. IT works fine and give good work out. I seem to go along at about 21-22 mph but have no idea of the watts. Frankly it is a great work out and I feel that for the given time a better cardio workout than riding outside unless I am going to do a time trial. I am thinking of upgrading to the Kurt Kinetic FLuid they get great reviews and are a bit more quiet. I don't mind the noise but anyone here have experience with comparisons? I can read them on the net but would be nice to hear from someone in the newsgroup. My wife bought one of those a few years ago. I had had a CycleOps fluid which was replaced under warranty at least once of not twide because the impeller failed. Maybe it was that the replacement eventually failed. I think Kurt took over that product line so I would advise doing some searching around to see about long-term durability. Whatever the problem with the cycleOps ones was, maybe it's been solved. The nice thing about the Kurt is that the unit is very stable and the cradle in which the bike sits rocks slightly. With the CycleOps, which was rigid, I found that I cracked two frames where the seatstay was brazed onto the seat cluster. With the Kurt that ought to not be a problem because the trainer is designed to absorb some of those forces. The Kurt is very quiet and gives a good workout- it is quieter than I remember my CycleOps being. I also have a set of rollers which add the issue of dynamic balance and as such are a little less boring- you can fall off the rollers if you stop paying attention! Theres a section of an Eddy Merckx video which shows him on rollers, spinning away at high RPM and so much smoother than I will ever be. That's one of the things that riding rollers does- makes you pedal stroke smooth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BcHekNAfOo But even if you fall off, you don't go far. I've ridden off my rollers many times while watching races. I get carried away and turn with the pack. Ooops. LOL! I thought I was the only one who did that. |
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On 1/10/2016 4:47 PM, Tim McNamara wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 08:18:11 -0600, mark cleary wrote: I have been riding a cycleops wind trainer for years and boring but safer than ice. IT works fine and give good work out. I seem to go along at about 21-22 mph but have no idea of the watts. Frankly it is a great work out and I feel that for the given time a better cardio workout than riding outside unless I am going to do a time trial. I am thinking of upgrading to the Kurt Kinetic FLuid they get great reviews and are a bit more quiet. I don't mind the noise but anyone here have experience with comparisons? I can read them on the net but would be nice to hear from someone in the newsgroup. My wife bought one of those a few years ago. I had had a CycleOps fluid which was replaced under warranty at least once of not twide because the impeller failed. Maybe it was that the replacement eventually failed. I think Kurt took over that product line so I would advise doing some searching around to see about long-term durability. Whatever the problem with the cycleOps ones was, maybe it's been solved. The nice thing about the Kurt is that the unit is very stable and the cradle in which the bike sits rocks slightly. With the CycleOps, which was rigid, I found that I cracked two frames where the seatstay was brazed onto the seat cluster. With the Kurt that ought to not be a problem because the trainer is designed to absorb some of those forces. The Kurt is very quiet and gives a good workout- it is quieter than I remember my CycleOps being. I also have a set of rollers which add the issue of dynamic balance and as such are a little less boring- you can fall off the rollers if you stop paying attention! Theres a section of an Eddy Merckx video which shows him on rollers, spinning away at high RPM and so much smoother than I will ever be. That's one of the things that riding rollers does- makes you pedal stroke smooth. Are others able to read books while riding trainers or rollers? Many years ago I rode rollers in the winter but found it excruciatingly boring. (I'm not much of a TV guy.) So I got a book rack that hooks on handlebars, but I was unable to read. I don't know if it was having to watch the rollers to stay centered, or just the exertion, but I'd find myself reading the same paragraph over and over. A friend has given us her wind trainer. I wonder if it will allow reading. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 9:18:43 AM UTC-5, mark cleary wrote:
I have been riding a cycleops wind trainer for years and boring but safer than ice. IT works fine and give good work out. I seem to go along at about 21-22 mph but have no idea of the watts. Frankly it is a great work out and I feel that for the given time a better cardio workout than riding outside unless I am going to do a time trial. I am thinking of upgrading to the Kurt Kinetic FLuid they get great reviews and are a bit more quiet. I don't mind the noise but anyone here have experience with comparisons? I can read them on the net but would be nice to hear from someone in the newsgroup. Deacon Mark Cleary Epiphany Roman Catholic Church http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/ima...er-cartoon.jpg |
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On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 23:42:58 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote: Are others able to read books while riding trainers or rollers? Many years ago I rode rollers in the winter but found it excruciatingly boring. (I'm not much of a TV guy.) So I got a book rack that hooks on handlebars, but I was unable to read. I don't know if it was having to watch the rollers to stay centered, or just the exertion, but I'd find myself reading the same paragraph over and over. A friend has given us her wind trainer. I wonder if it will allow reading. When I had rollers, I put reading matter into the map holder on my handlebar bag. I could read just fine, but one page doesn't occupy much of a session. -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ |
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