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Blackburn
Blackburn. Basic Mag 3 Trainer
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Submitted by
Ben Woodard
a Racer
from Pleasanton
Date Reviewed: December 13, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Pleasanton Ridge | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | REI | | Strengths: | Solid construction. Stable even during a sprint. | | Weaknesses: | Nowhere near enough resistance. | | Bike Setup: | 700c | | Bottom Line: | Not enough resistance. I tend to cruise in the bottom half of my big chain ring and I run out of gears in sprints.
I had to fix the magnetic mechanism twice the bolt holding the magnet got loose but it was an easy fix. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Michael
a Weekend Warrior
from Los Angeles, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: September 9, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$160.00 | | Purchased At: | I Martin Imports | | Strengths: | Easy setup. Basic controls. | | Weaknesses: | Nowhere NEAR enough resistance. I'm in my lowest gear and breezing along. Go with a fluid trainer. Loud. Not impressively stable. | | Similar Products Used: | PerformanceBikes fluid trainer | | Bike Setup: | Klein Quantum Race/Ultegra, Colnago C40/Record/Mavic, Trek 8000/LX | | Bottom Line: | Not really impressed. I'm going to try something else. Buy it if you don't have a lot of power. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
graham timshaw
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from danville californ-i-a
Date Reviewed: December 20, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Probably the best trainer for the buck. | | Weaknesses: | Doesn't work with my 650c wheel bike. | | Similar Products Used: | cyclops, minoura | | Bike Setup: | cannondale caad6si | | Bottom Line: | Plenty of resistance with three settings. In the hardest setting, I can't spin at 90rpm in a 53/15 for more than a few minutes before I'm wasted, and I'm pretty fit (cat 2 roadracer). I like the frame, it feels way more stable than the Cyclops and doesn't have any cheap parts on it, it seems really well made. And it doesn't leak or blow up like the cyclops fluid crap. Blackburn always makes great stuff,and when their fluid trainer is available, I'm going to get one of those. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Reyedr
a Cross Country Rider
from Fair Oaks, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: December 11, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Downieville Big Boulder | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$169.00 | | Strengths: | Worked for 10 minutes.
| | Weaknesses: | 10 minutes of riding and it started a burning smell. Tried adjusting the fly wheel. No luck! Loud and didn't provide enough resistance to get my heart rate up above 140. I'm in avg to decent shape. | | Similar Products Used: | CycleOps Magneto - returned Blackburn, and I'm trying this one now. | | Bike Setup: | Don't laugh: GT Avalanche LE Single speed 32/16, Marz, Deore, other mid range stuff. Rides like a dream!!! Oh, and a Jamis Steal road bike. | | Bottom Line: | I don't recommend this trainer to anyone. Sorry, no chillis. Very disappointing.
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