CycleOps Indoor Trainers On Sale!

Mag+

	reg: $179.99
	sale: $139.49 Click for more savings Advantages Less Expensive Nearly Silent Drawbacks poor resistance band

 

People buy magnetic trainers because they are quiet and moderately priced. They are nearly silent even when riding all out, but offer a very narrow resistance band and a "linear" onset of resistance. Resistance does not accumulate as quickly as it does outdoors, so the trainer does not have an accurate "road feel". In an attempt to make the road feel more accurate, Mag trainers rely on an adjustment mechanism on the resistance unit. Our experience is magnetic trainers are the least durable, although covered by a lifetime warranty from Graber.All indoor trainers (wind, fluid and mag) from Cycle-Ops have variable resistance. However, with the mag trainer you must use the trainer's resistance setting to vary the resistance. With the wind and fluid models you vary the resistance with the gears of your bike- the same way you do while actually riding outdoors. The mag trainer is our third best seller. People who buy it want a trainer less expensive than the Fluid trainer, but quieter than a wind trainer.

Fluid2

	reg: $299.99
	sale: $233.49 Click for more savings Advantages Best Road Feel Nearly Silent Highest Resistance Level Drawbacks Price

 

Our best selling indoor trainer. Fluid trainers are the best of all worlds: They provide a wide resistance band, from very easy to extremely difficult. Using the variable resistance of your bicycle's gears, you can simulate a steep hill climb or spin easily and everything in between. Fluid trainers are nearly silent even when going all out. The road feel is the best of all the trainers, closely mimicing the feeling of riding outdoors. Fluid trainers also have excellent durability.Perhaps the only drawback of the fluid trainer is cost. This is easy to justify since it is not much more expensive than a mag trainer, lasts much longer, and provides better "road feel" plus higher levels of resistance and truly variable resistance (unlike the mag trainer which relys on an external adjustment to artificailly "induce" variable resistance).