Turbos. Which one?

[PaulB]

After this joyful year of sun, heat and blue skies in the NW of England then naturally I want to maintain the momentum and continue riding through the rainy, cold British winter. I have the cheapest possible turbo (which I found outside someone's house waiting for the binman!!!) that I survived last winter on but I wanted some more stimulation on my boring indoor rides this time round. Who's got a good turbo and what would you recommend? If money was no object, what would you go for? If you weren't au fait with computers, which would you go for?

 

[Will1985]

It really depends what you want to achieve and record.

For a money no object, hooked up to PC turbo, you go for the Tacx Fortius which can also have a steering frame and ride with other people over the internet. I think they are in the region of £650.

If you don't want to fork out as much as you might for a decent winter bike, another Tacx model is the Flow which doesn't need a PC but has a digital display which attaches to your handlebars. You can see heart rate, power, speed, cadence etc. I personally think this represents the best value for money of the non-PC models even if some say that the power readings can be a little off when comparing with a PowerTap. It can also be upgraded to I-Magic if you get bored and decide that you really want to look at a computer screen.

A rival machine might be the Kurt Kinetic.

I would love a Flow, but can't afford one so I just have a Tacx Sirius and watch TV.

 

[KINGCUTTER]

computrainer

Hi

I have a computrainer it is the best on the market at around a grand loads of software and hooks up to the pc also works as a stand alone turbo so you don,t have to hook it up if you want a quick turbo session i am albout to sell it on ebay but seeing you are not far from me,make me an offer and i will meet you to drop it off it is a heavey piece of kit.

http://www.racermateinc.com/computrainer.asp?gclid=CIm2x5HO45UCFQTEGgodZBFugA

Mine is the pro by the way

Mark