Cycleops trainers

[ericusta]

Looking to purchase cycleops trainer and I'm in between Supermagnetic pro vs Jetfluid pro.

Anyone have experience with these.

Thanks

[froze]

Looking to purchase cycleops trainer and I'm in between Supermagnetic pro vs Jetfluid pro.

Anyone have experience with these.

Thanks

Unfortunately I don't any experience with either, but I do have experience with Cyclops Fluid2 trainer. I've owned one of those now for 9 or 10 years and never had any problems with it. It has a very difficult level of training to it , most people can't max it out. The only thing I don't like about it, which is characteristic of all indoor trainers...THEIR FREAKING BORING!!!! I hate the thing. Usually I start the beginning of my indoor training season gang busters, riding on one for about 2 hours, then as the indoor season progresses the time spent on the trainer decreases, to about 20 minutes by the time I can get outside. Last year I so dreaded getting on the machine I didn't even ride it!!!!

The only problem with newer Cyclops trainers is that their all now built in China instead of the USA which is where mine was built, I try not to buy schit made in China. The next good machine is the Kurt Kinetic, it too use to be built in the USA but now it too is built in China. The only indoor trainer I would buy today is the 1up USA trainer, its the last trainer on the market still built in the USA. See: 1UPUSA.com :: Trainer

Don't forget to use a fan to blow straight on at you or you'll need a sweat pan under your bike and a drip pad over your bike so you get salty sweat all over it.

[ctkeebler]

The 1up isnt a fluid trainer is it?. I thought the better trainer was a fluid train, is that correct?

[Blue CheeseHead]

The 1up isnt a fluid trainer is it?. I thought the better trainer was a fluid train, is that correct?

Correct. Fluid trainers are considered to be the best as they seem to have the best road feel and the resistance mechanism (fluid) does not wear.


I have a Kurt Kinetic and it has been rock solid. I will say that Saris/CycleOps is a great company. I have a PowerTap and Cycle On rack and have found their quality and customer service to be top notch.

Saris is a US company despite some manufacturing taking place over seas.

[froze]

A lot of pro riders ride the 1up USA trainer, I assume if it's good enough for them it must be a decent trainer fluid or not. And because it is based on flywheel weight there is nothing to wear out. Fluid trainers could leak, but it is rare. Cyclops had an issue with that on their earlier models but that was a long while back because they corrected the problem before I got mine. Does that mean fluid trainers are impossible to leak now? I'm not so sure about the wording of impossible, anything is possible. I had a friend who had an earlier Cyclops and it leaked and Saris/Cyclops replaced it with an upgraded new version and they paid for postage both ways, so I know their customer service and warranty department is top notch.

Also the 1up cannot ever be over powered unlike the fluid jobs, the fluid jobs have a watts rating of less then 900, 1-up can go up to 3,400 watts starting at just 4 watts, this means you will never exceed it's rated wattage...Lance Armstrong couldn't max it out! So there are certain advantages of the centrifugal flywheel design that is superior to the Fluid design. However, if your an average rider you would never overcome the fluid trainers either so all of that could be a moot point.

Anyway read this site for further info on trainers: Training Articles | Bike Trainer Reviews - Part 3

[GearDaddy]

I've got the Cyclops SuperMagneto Pro, and I'd recommend it.

We've heard the same old saw about fluid trainers having better road feel and being quieter than mag trainers, blah, blah, blah. However, I found the SuperMagneto Pro to be different than other mag trainers. First of all it has a progressive resistance and a larger flywheel that gives a good "road feel". You can set 4 different resistance curves from easy spin resistance to nasty hill climb interval resistance. It's really easy to setup and use. Most surprisingly is how quiet it is. In fact it is less noisy than the Cyclops Fluid2.