Rating: Value: 1/5, Overall 1/5
Submitted by kelly a Cross Country Rider from afton, wy
Date Reviewed: 12/4/02 5:56:02 PM
Favorite Trail: spruce hollow
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Purchased At: 100
Strengths: the good loud sound it made when I chucked it onto the scrap metal pile at our local land fill
Weaknesses: louder than a banshee with a megaphone, hard on tires, poor resistance, instant spin down, overpowers easily
Similar Products Tried: my first and last cycleops
Bike Setup: giant tcr2 shimano 105
Bottom Line: I went for the bargain and I got what I paid for. I will now suck it up and buy a 1upUSA trainer. For moderate to serious riders, this trainer won't do the job. I suppose it might suffice for the guy who wants the novelty of biking indoors once in a great while. But for all winter? No way.
Rating: Value 1/5, Overall 1/5
Submitted by chris gates a Racer from alto,mi,usa
Date Reviewed: 12/3/02 7:45:18 AM
Favorite Trail: Yankee Springs
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
* Price Paid:
$200
* Purchased At:
village bike(gift)
* Strengths:
Strong, Kind of quiet, training video, good resistance
* Weaknesses:
kind of loud, heavy
* Bike Setup:
Giant Rainer velocioraptor tires
* Bottom Line:
GOOD
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* Rating:
Value 1/5, Overall 1/5
* Submitted by
ed a Racer from san francisco
* Date Reviewed:
3/25/02 10:18:32 PM
* Duration Product Used:
More than 3 years
* Bottom Line:
If you are planing on buying a trainer that will last for years buy something else from a different company. This trainer will not last. I've had to warranty it twice. The first two times after less than 5 rides each. Now the latest model is dying after less than 20 rides. Each time something different broke on the mag unit. Both the older unit and the newer models have lots of cheap plastic parts where much heavier materials are needed. I've also had several friends whom have had problems with their fluid trainers. No wonder the company went out of business.
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* Rating:
Value 3/5, Overall 3/5
* Submitted by
Norman a Racer from TX
* Date Reviewed:
4/12/01 10:58:35 AM
* Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
* Price Paid:
$210
* Purchased At:
LBS
* Strengths:
Extremely quiet. Metallic blue looks cool.
* Weaknesses:
Could use higher resistance. Plastic parts on resistance unit seem flimsy. Flywheel gets really hot.
* Similar Products Tried:
old blackburn mag trainer.
* Bike Setup:
Trek 2200
* Bottom Line:
The plastic parts on the flywheel assembly feel like they are about to fall apart. I can max it out at the highest resistance setting in my 53-11 during a 1 minute interval, and I'm no power house.
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http://www.mtbreview.com/reviews/Trainer/product_23480.shtml
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* Date:
February 14, 2003
* Rating:
Overall 4/5, Value 5/5
* Reviewed by:
CSLovett, Weekend Warrior, from Natick
* Price Paid:
$179 at REI
* Favorite Trail:
East Bay Bike Path in Providence, RI
* Summary:
Not bad for the price. Well made. Very Durable except for the plastics used, but they have not given me any trouble yet. The directions were very poor. Hard to read and even hard to follow. The pictures with the directions were of very poor quality and of no value at all. Would I buy it if I had it do all over again, yes, but I would make sure it was fully assembled after now seeing those lousy directions.
* Strengths:
Great machine for the price!
* Weaknesses:
Very poor directions. They should put all the english directions together rather than seaching through to find the next step and forget the pictures - they were horrible.
* Similar Products Used:
I looked at many.
* Bike Setup:
2003 Raleigh SuperCourse w/Shimano 105 sti throughout
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* Date:
December 30, 2003
* Rating:
Overall 2/5, Value 2/5
* Reviewed by:
deadi464, Weekend Warrior, from Ft. Worth, Texas
* Price Paid:
$170 at ebay
* Favorite Trail:
long & winding
* Summary:
The cable mechanism is poorly designed, the instructions that come with the unit appear to have been pasted together from fax copies. The frame and resistance unit appear to be well made however top end resistance seemed a bit light.
* Strengths:
see summary
* Weaknesses:
the cable design and mount assembly really do suck, as does the plastic mounting bracket for the cable anchor.
* Similar Products Used:
minoura
* Bike Setup:
Bianchi limited
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* Date:
November 14, 2002
* Rating:
Overall 3/5, Value 2/5
* Reviewed by:
CTatum, Cross Country Rider, from Portland Oregon
* Price Paid:
$199 at Bike Gallery East Si
* Favorite Trail:
Any
* Summary:
First trainer i've ever used . Works good but still can't produce a good climb out of the thing.
* Strengths:
Very stable .
* Weaknesses:
Low resistance at the upper end. Remote cable SUCKS.
* Similar Products Used:
Cardio max 550
* Bike Setup:
2002 Trek 2300
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* Date:
April 12, 2001
* Rating:
Overall 3/5, Value 3/5
* Reviewed by:
Norman , Racer, from TX
* Price Paid:
$210 at LBS
* Summary:
The plastic parts on the flywheel assembly feel like they are about to fall apart. I can max it out at the highest resistance setting in my 53-11 during a 1 minute interval, and I'm no power house.
* Strengths:
Extremely quiet. Metallic blue looks cool.
* Weaknesses:
Could use higher resistance. Plastic parts on resistance unit seem flimsy. Flywheel gets really hot.
* Similar Products Used:
old blackburn mag trainer.
* Bike Setup:
Trek 2200
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* Date:
November 15, 2000
* Rating:
Overall 3/5, Value 5/5
* Reviewed by:
Greyson , Weekend Warrior, from Davis, CA
* Summary:
I have the trek labeled version of this trainer, and the cup has warped, rubing against the magnet, making loud noises, especially when I bump the resistance up. Hopefully I'll be able to fix it.
* Strengths:
Stabble, adjustable, works with variaty of skewers.
* Weaknesses:
Plastic cup around magnet is warped and rubs, making loud noises
* Similar Products Used:
None
* Bike Setup:__ 2001 trek 5200
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