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Submitted by
Jerry
a Weekend Warrior
from St Paul, MN , USA
Date Reviewed: March 3, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | park roads | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | Trek bike shop | | Strengths: | quiet, easy to use | | Weaknesses: | plastic frame holding resistance mechanism disintegrated into many peices after about 50 uses over 2 years. unit is useless. very disappointing. I suspect poor quality plastic or screws/bolts stressed plastic until it cracked and fell apart. not good design and/or manufacturing. I am only 170 pounds and use things carefully. | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | mountain bike with smooth rear tire in basement rec room | | Bottom Line: | don't buy this product | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony B
a Racer
from Canada
Date Reviewed: January 14, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Nice frame | | Weaknesses: | All the plastic housing cracked and caused the magnets to rub. | | Similar Products Used: | Blackburn | | Bottom Line: | Disappointing | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Marcus
a Cross Country Rider
from Warrensburg, MO USA
Date Reviewed: December 30, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | landahl | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$140.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Um, frame looks like it wouldn't bend too easily | | Weaknesses: | Very poor weak cheap plastic covers on the flywheel and resistance unit. Unit damaged (resistance flywheel bent warped) out of the box. | | Similar Products Used: | rollers, from nashbar. cheap but awesome. | | Bottom Line: | Okay so this thing is damaged out of the box. I email minoura and the guy tells me it'll be here friday. Doesn't arrive till tuesday. The replacement is warped too!! Talk about quality control problem. Looks like I'll be buying a different brand.
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Submitted by
Greg
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from Santa Ynez, CA
Date Reviewed: November 19, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Gaviota Peak to San Marcos Pass | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$129.00 | | Purchased At: | SuperGo | | Strengths: | -Easy setup & breakdown
-Reliability
-Price (compared to other trainers)
-Customer Service / Company support | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Backburn trackstand
Performance Fluid (old 1st generation model)
| | Bike Setup: | '02 FSR & Team Marin (cro-mo) | | Bottom Line: | This review is for the '03 Minoura 850D
I've used Minoura trainers for about 2 years. The first one (older MagTurbo) died after I backed over it with the car. I bought this one around Jan-03, and use it every day. This has been a great trainer for me. The setup is extremely easy, of which the really cool feature is the quick release footpedal used to make contact between the roller and tire. Once you set it up you don't need to ever mess with it unless you switch to a different size tire. Because I'm limited on living space I also breakdown and store it away after every workout, and it has survived been dropped, bumped into steel corners, and sandwiched between toolboxes during moves.
This is a great trainer for anyone looking for a durable and reliable basic trainer that doesn't need our want all the electronic gismos that the other guys try to hook you with. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Slide
a Cross Country Rider
from Marina, CA
Date Reviewed: August 5, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Emigrant Trail | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | Nice paint job, quiet, worked great. | | Weaknesses: | None noted. | | Similar Products Used: | None. | | Bike Setup: | Used with road bike only. | | Bottom Line: | This got me through the first four weeks after a broken collarbone/AC separation until I could get back on the road. One more month and I'll be back on the trails! Four chilis because I have nothing to compare it to. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Cross Country Rider
from Canada
Date Reviewed: March 20, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Shorthills Provincal Park | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$135.00 | | Purchased At: | Local Bike Shop | | Strengths: | Bombproof, 7 levels of resistance, quiet, can run any type of bike or tire | | Weaknesses: | Nothing... | | Similar Products Used: | Fluid Trainers… fluid ends up on the floor, fan resistance is noisy, rollers require you to stay awake, Older style rim rollers burnt out fan belts every month. Stay away from all of these evil things :- ) | | Bike Setup: | Trek Ultegra 600 | | Bottom Line: | This is a no nonsense trainer that does it's job without a lot of bells an whistles attached. I've hammered this thing for two years now and it has never given me one problem. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bob
a Weekend Warrior
from Mass.
Date Reviewed: January 16, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$130.00 | | Purchased At: | western cycle (local shop) | | Strengths: | Sturdy, easy setup,7 resistance levels, Bicycling magazine gave this 4 out of 5 chainrings. | | Bike Setup: | Lemond Zurich
Gary Fisher Marlin | | Bottom Line: | If you want a good workout and don't need to know cadence,speed,etc., this is an excellent product for the money. It is not overly noisy either. I like to release the tension on both the skewer and the mag unit from the tire in between workouts. If you use a mountain bike on this trainer it is highly recommended you use a slick tire. A 1 1/2" wood block under the front tire levels the bike. This was on sale at Bicyclebuys.com for under $100 with shipping ! I bought it at the shop I bought my MTB from just to support the locals !! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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