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Im about to buy a cheap turbo....
Im about to purchase a nice cheap turbo. I cant afford Tacx or any other brand but am keen on the B'win in ride. Especially as the brand seems to be getting a good rep.
Does anyone have any experiance of this or any other unbranded turbos? Amazon for instance seems to have a few for around £60 which im tempted but unsure!
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Hi - got one from Halfords a few weeks ago; Elite magnetic, a remote resistance adjuster for under 100. Has been fine once I got the flywheel attached round the correct way! A free bald road tyre from the LBS has kept the noise down (I buy a lot of other stuff from them!)
I have started off with shorter programmes rather than hours on the turbo - have been using these for the first time as well: http://www.thesufferfest.com/video-sufferfests/
Great 'fun' and really kept the motivation and effort up during the ride!
Machine Mart have been selling two nice looking cheap turbos. Last time I looked at the website it seemed that they weren't going to continue with them. Seems like they didn't send one to road.cc for review as I suggested. Not clever. Might be some left.
JE James Cycles doing one with a riser block for just under £100
SJS do a cheaper own brand one that got okay reviews
My tacx on;ly cost a little more (£72) from Merlin.
I bought a "VARISPEED MAGNETIC BIKE TURBO TRAINER FOLDING S02" late last year via e-bay. £60, free delivery. If interested look at:
http://tinyurl.com/d7dpj2s
It's solid, sturdy and good to use. I have no connection with the company!
I got a b'twin one a couple of weeks ago. Same as you didn't want to pay a fortune but just needed something to work the legs over winter. With my limited exp of turbos it's been fine. Dead easy to use, 6 or 7 settings and seems reasonably quiet. Plus it was recommended in cycling plus or active. I'm sure there's far better ones but it'll do me over winter.