Best budget turbo trainers

[jahlive905]

I recently had ACL reconstruction surgery and I'm not allowed to ride on the road for four months.

I am however, am allowed to ride a stationary bike. To get my fix, I want to purchase a turbo trainer. This is something temporary I will have, for the four months so I don't want to spend a small fortune.

Does anyone have any recommendation for a decent turbo trainer which is less than £50?

Cheers.

 

[S-Express]

If you're going to spend four months solid on a turbo, I would be looking at more than £50 budget tbh. Either that, or look for a used, quality setup..

 

[AndyRM]

Budget wise, this is probably as close as you'll get new - https://www.decathlon.co.uk/inride-300-turbo-trainer-id_8315759.html

 

[Cycleops]

Sorry about the surgery @jahlive905 . Take it easy on the trainer.
A mate of mine had that done and they offered him a video of the op.

 

[Lonestar]

Budget wise, this is probably as close as you'll get new - https://www.decathlon.co.uk/inride-300-turbo-trainer-id_8315759.html

That looks similar to the one I have which has been very good.Same price as well AFAIR.

Remember you need a traing tyre and not a normal tyre which will get too hot.I tried that.

 

[stumpy66]

Try and get one second hand, more chance of getting something better quality. Plenty of folks buy them and then find it's not for them and sell them on

 

[si_c]

I got a turbo earlier this year after damaging my shoulder, I made the decision to get a cheaper smart trainer on the basis that I would do some structured training after recovery.

I ended up getting a Tacx Flow trainer which cost about 170quid from Halfords after discounts. I'm really glad I did as I used it as a dumb trainer initially and it bored me stupid after about 5 minutes. Ended up using zwift and it made a huge difference to how I view a turbo.

 

[jahlive905]

Cheers all. Will look into second hand.