Indoor cycle trainers ?

Yes I bought a turbo trainer new early this year.Ideal for a quick blast of energy ( whilst watching TV in the conservatory in my case ).
I read up on them before buying and it seemed that the oil filled ones were quieter , and the magnetic ones were noisier so I bought a Cycleops from an Ebayer.Brand new in box for around £65 I think it was. Works well.quiet and easy to mount a bike on the rear wheel.
15 miles on a turbo trainer is easier than out on the road and you can maintain much higher speeds than you would battling the wind out on the road but its still an excellent work out.
You can spend thousands on the complex ones which maybe entertain you more but I recommend the Cyclops model, used or new.
The roller trainers are much trickier to get going and to balance on ( you would have to hold on something if you re stopped ) and were not much cheaper than my Cyclops which actually takes up less room.They probably copy the actual bike ride slightly better than a turbo trainer although I have never tried one. They took up more storage space than a small turbo trainer

SamsReturn wrote: »

Thanks Martin, yes i read the fluid ones were the best, but they all seem to be in the hundreds of pounds. The best Cyclops one i can find is this at £85. I don't think it's fluid, but has got mostly very good reviews.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cycleops-mag-trainer/?referid=affwin&utm_source=affiliate-window&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_campaign=www.price4.co.uk&utm_term=69394&utm_content=0

Another i found on ebay is £54, not a cyclops, but with pretty good reviews....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PEDALPRO-VARISPEED-TURBO-CYCLE-TRAINER-INDOOR-EXERCISE-BIKE-RESISTANCE-TRAINING-/400640747407?epid=1912695151&hash=item5d480ca78f:g:uLEAAOSwPh5ZGY~A

There are plenty more cheaper ones on ebay, but they have no reviews. I'll keep looking and see if i can get any more advice from others. If it came to choosing between these two i suppose it's, is it better to pay an extra £30 if the cyclops is a lot better.

Just had a quick look and found two of the same model I bought on ebay, both collection only though.They are at £20 and £24 at moment. both look good buys, hardly used .item numbers 162671323486 in reading, and 132326921050 in Camforth with a better Turbo pro used at £75 item 322741999905.

I was given one from somebody who is an international triathlon cyclist... it was throwaway cheap in his world... £200 ~12 years ago ... so a ridiculous small fortune in my world.

I used it once.... still got it, full of good intentions.

It's got a set of plugs and you load up the bike so the rear wheel centre nut's resting on something and then you tighten it in place with the plugs.

I found though that the noise of it was "too much" in that house as I had an old house with wooden floorboards and a 4' gap underneath them. And I got bored .... too easily.

They're good if you can sit it on a concrete based floor, slap bang in front of a telly though - and have the sound up loud... else it's boring watching the wall.

I'd tell you what sort I've got ... but it's at the back of the shed and it's dark.

I'll google randomly to see if I can find it.

It might be something like Elite Turbo Trainer Fluid ... at first google results ... but not Qubo. It's yellow

SamsReturn wrote: »

I had a quick look at those second-hand ones that were pick-up only, but i'm in Liverpool so not worth it.
You're miles away from me, aren't you Pastures ?

Some of these pick up only s will agree to post. The Cyclops is not too bulky.
It sits very stable on carpet with non slip rubber base on tiles and is connected by its own quick release skewer to the rear wheel firmly , so only rear wheels with quick release hollow hubs are suitable.Its also pretty smooth and quiet.Far better than the traditional exercise bike s you can buy for £25
On those cold and windy winter days they are ideal for a quick 10 (30 mins exercise ) miles watching daytime telly at the same time !.
You would have to get a cheap bike computer which has enough cable to reach from the rear wheel. Mine was a front wheel one, as they mostly are , so I used a cheap £5 basic one and added a couple of feet of cable to reach the handlebars..Works well.
I have an old racing bike which I will clean up to use permanently on the Turbo this winter so I can keep my normal bike strictly for road use..