new turbo trainer

[okeydokey79]

looking at buying a turbo trainer soon and been looking at the halfords elite range at the moment they have the elite magnetic trainer at £99.99 spend 100 get 10 off plus would use my bc discount so would be around £81 but have just seen a link for the planet x http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/TRSTBMT/stealth_black_mag_turbo_trainer both around the £100 i was looking to spend so any1 own any of these and what are your thoughts?

thanks
matt

 

[Chris-H]

If your going to go for the elite from halfords then why not go for the bundle deal,it's a little over budget at £149.99 but includes the extras that you will need to buy anyway such as riser block, training mat and sweat thong,once you add your bc discount it would be quite a bargain.

 

[cosmicbike]

If your going to go for the elite from halfords then why not go for the bundle deal,it's a little over budget at £149.99 but includes the extras that you will need to buy anyway such as riser block, training mat and sweat thong,once you add your bc discount it would be quite a bargain.

I bought this^.
Best deal at the time with 10% off. Riser is worth having (a must have really), the mat is OK to stop carpet damage, net not used yet. Bigger plus is the elastogel roller which wears your tyres less (apparently).
Been using 2-3 weeks now, no issues.

 

[VamP]

I'd go for the better resistance curve properties and (much) lower noise levels of a fluid based turbo. More expensive though.

Personally I don't use a riser, a training mat or a sweat thong, so I would not class them as essentials.

 

[Chris-H]

I'd go for the better resistance curve properties and (much) lower noise levels of a fluid based turbo. More expensive though.

Personally I don't use a riser, a training mat or a sweat thong, so I would not class them as essentials.

Depends on circumstances really, without a riser your riding nose down which is fine if your comfortable in that position, if you are training indoors on a carpet and are riding enough to sweat then a mat is essential unless you want a sweat soaked carpet or if you are in a flat or upstairs and the trainer is on laminate, very noisy for those beneath you and lastly if you are using a nice bike and like the cosmetics then the thong is essential to stop the sweat from penetrating and corroding your paintwork.......all essentials for me

 

[VamP]

Depends on circumstances really, without a riser your riding nose down which is fine if your comfortable in that position, if you are training indoors on a carpet and are riding enough to sweat then a mat is essential unless you want a sweat soaked carpet or if you are in a flat or upstairs and the trainer is on laminate, very noisy for those beneath you and lastly if you are using a nice bike and like the cosmetics then the thong is essential to stop the sweat from penetrating and corroding your paintwork.......all essentials for me

If by a riser you mean the little block that levels your bike then I think all turbo's come with one. I thought you meant some contraption to make you feel like you were going uphill. I am set up on a tiled floor so no need for a mat, and I use a towel instead of a thong, I find it a lot more useful.

 

[Chris-H]

If by a riser you mean the little block that levels your bike then I think all turbo's come with one. I thought you meant some contraption to make you feel like you were going uphill. I am set up on a tiled floor so no need for a mat, and I use a towel instead of a thong, I find it a lot more useful.

Yeah the wheel blocks are also known as risers,not all tts come with them, I tried a towel but the bugger kept falling off.

 

[VamP]

Yeah the wheel blocks are also known as risers,not all tts come with them, I tried a towel but the bugger kept falling off.

I hook it around the bars, suits me fine, and I can wipe my face in-between intervals

 

[cosmicbike]

I'd go for the better resistance curve properties and (much) lower noise levels of a fluid based turbo. More expensive though.

Personally I don't use a riser, a training mat or a sweat thong, so I would not class them as essentials.

I don't find the mag noisy, but then top speed so far has been 16mph as I'm under physio, but even at this speed I don't need to turn the telly up more than 1 notch. You can use the yellow pages instead of the riser and a towel instead of sweat thong. I bought it all as one as it was cheap enough and suited me.

 

[biggs682]

must admit i have been using a house brick as my riser with the fr wheel in the frog of the brick

 

[stoobydale]

I just bought a Kurt Kinetic and it didn't come with a riser block. Don't think it's an essential as I just used to use a bit of wood before but the brick frog up is a good idea. And still just use a towel instead of a bike thong. Was looking at buying a mat until I saw the prices of them, it's cheaper just to buy some rubber on a roll from Machinemart. Haven't used anything for several years, just the concrete floor in the garage.

 

[okeydokey79]

would be using in the conservatory and ive got some old carpet to put underneath it plus underlay and towel will do i think(use that when i do spinning) and a book will do even though the planet x does come with a riser.just got wait till payday in december so will keep an eye on reviews and hopefully the 3 for 2 comes back on at halfords because i have a friend after 1 aswell so could get it even cheaper at halfords.