[qmsdc15]

Originally Posted by wild

Last year I got a Ascent fluid trainr from Performance bikes on sale for under $100 it workes ok.

The only trainer I've used and it did everything I expected it to do. Cyclists like fancy stuff but this basic unit works fine.

[qmsdc15]

Originally Posted by froze

Rollers are great, but inexpensive rollers have no friction, or load adjustments to make your work out harder.

In my experience sufficient resistance could be had by shifting into a harder gear. Sufficient resistance for me might not be enough for someone with much stronger legs though. My rollers are from a neighbor's trash, so there maybe more built in resistance, in other words, maybe more friction in the bearings which are probably dry and rusty. My unit is not quiet.

I much prefer rollers, even old rusty ones, to trainers. I find trainers comparatively boring. Rollers are more fun.

[retromike3]

It is my assertion that there is no such thing as a good inexpensive bicycle trainer. I have an old Turbo Trainer and it works pretty well, but its loud. I have used it so much that the roller that drives the fan had worn down by at least a 1/8th of an inch. so it gives me more load than it did when it was new.

I also have a pair of cheep rollers I got on Flea Bay (cost about eighty bucks with shipping) But the problem I have with them is that they are hinged in the middle and when I set them up to ride they are slightly "off" so they don't track perfectly. They kind of dogleg a bit and it bugs me. I was thinking about building my own set of rails for them just so I could look down and see my top tube go strait. They are a lot less noisy and I have been putting up with them for about seven years.

I wish Al Kreitler sill made a decent pair of rollers (you know the wood ones that had the dished cylinders) But I guess both he and is dog have gone to the big velodrome in the sky.(sigh)

mike

[rola643]

Originally Posted by retromike3

It is my assertion that there is no such thing as a good inexpensive bicycle trainer.

Of topic but I was wondering if that is another oxymoron or just a contradiction?

[froze]

Originally Posted by photosbymark

Yes money can buy a politician, but who would want to own one???

Is Politician a new brand of trainers or rollers?

[Dubgurl]

Originally Posted by froze

Is Politician a new brand of trainers or rollers?

Rollers, there's lots of energy and money expended, and everything goes round and round, but you never really go anywhere. :P

[froze]

Originally Posted by Dubgurl

Rollers, there's lots of energy and money expended, and everything goes round and round, but you never really go anywhere. :P

That was a great answer, it's just what everyone wants. I wish I could afford to buy one like some can.