Chris Cortez
Shane,
I have one of these:
http://www.1upusa.com/bike_trainer.html
Fairly inexpensive, not too heavy to drag around at races, and mostly
folds up for travel. I even used it for my indoor training last
winter, though I could use something better for everyday use.
- Chris
On Oct 6, 2011, at 8:37 AM, Shane Gibson wrote:
>
> Hi gang,
>
> I've been using a Kinetic Road Machine Fluid trainer for CX
> warmups. Works great - it's a bomb proof super high quality
> trainer. But the darned thing weighs a ton, and is a pain to lug
> back and forth from the vehicle to the team tent. So I embarked on
> a mission to find a lighter weight trainer.
>
> I'm looking at a Minoura "rim drive" trainer: http://www.minourausa.com/english/trainer-e/rim-e/rda80-e.html
>
> Any feedback on Rim Drive Trainers? **SPECIFICALLY** with use on
> carbon fiber rims? General experiences also heartily welcome. I
> realize as a "training" experience it's probably not as good a
> trainer. Heck, it could even be rather inferior in quality. But -
> I only want to use it for 20 to 40 minutes at cross races for warm
> up. I also have disc brakes, so I don't use the rim brake section
> of my wheels - so this is the only "wear and tear" use the braking
> surface would get.
>
> An additional benefit I see to the Rim Drive - not having to lug
> around an additional training wheel, and that it's 8 or 9 pounds
> lighter than the Kinetic.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~~shane
>
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