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Having taken to Sufferfest recently I am finding that my Elite trainer has a couple of issues.
Firstly the resistance definitely changes as the workout progresses, I can feel it surging despite steady cadence and pedal stroke. It's fine when you're pratting about at tempo pace but when you are trying to hold peak and it suddenly winds up its annoying.
Secondly it spins up at anything over 750watts in a sprint. Sitting down its better but I am trying to practice out of the saddle stuff.
Is it expecting too much for any turbo to perform any better, I don't use rollers thinking of trying some but quite like being able to grind myself into the floor without worrying about balance!
Firstly the resistance definitely changes as the workout progresses, I can feel it surging despite steady cadence and pedal stroke. It's fine when you're pratting about at tempo pace but when you are trying to hold peak and it suddenly winds up its annoying.
Secondly it spins up at anything over 750watts in a sprint. Sitting down its better but I am trying to practice out of the saddle stuff.
Is it expecting too much for any turbo to perform any better, I don't use rollers thinking of trying some but quite like being able to grind myself into the floor without worrying about balance!
yonex said:
Will check it out, thanks. Never thought about the frame, might be worth picking up a cheap alloy one and making something static.
Keep thinking about rollers.
Unless you get rollers that you can add resistance to, I wouldn't bother personally - you'll be pedalling in top gear at 100 cadence and be mildly out of breath. Fun though.Keep thinking about rollers.
yonex said:
Just been looking at the R&R, not cheap holy cow! However I quite enjoy turbo sessions and if I keep up the useage in the long run a better trainer makes more sense.
I've got a Rock and Roll and its very disappointing. Its just a gimmick. I went back to my Tacx Satori after about two weeks of the Kurt, its just taking up space now and it is absolutely massive and very heavy. Test one before you commit to it. Imho...Rollers are great for race warms ups etc but for long training sessions they aren't ideal, they take too much concentration. 2 hours is my absolute maximum on a set of rollers, I do 4 hours sessions regularly on the turbo.
NitroNick said:
I've got a Rock and Roll and its very disappointing. Its just a gimmick. I went back to my Tacx Satori after about two weeks of the Kurt, its just taking up space now and it is absolutely massive and very heavy. Test one before you commit to it.
Imho...Rollers are great for race warms ups etc but for long training sessions they aren't ideal, they take too much concentration. 2 hours is my absolute maximum on a set of rollers, I do 4 hours sessions regularly on the turbo.
4 HOURS on a turbo? My barse just hurts thinking about it!Imho...Rollers are great for race warms ups etc but for long training sessions they aren't ideal, they take too much concentration. 2 hours is my absolute maximum on a set of rollers, I do 4 hours sessions regularly on the turbo.
okgo said:
Kurt with the big flywheel if you are not worried about noise. It's very good.
Be careful sprinting out of the saddle when the bike is fixed to the turbo, lots of unnatural stress on the frame.
Okgo, how much more noise does the big flywheel make on the Kurt? I have the KK Road Machine and find it extremely quiet.Be careful sprinting out of the saddle when the bike is fixed to the turbo, lots of unnatural stress on the frame.
Or maybe it's just louder when you're holding 400 watts
okgo said:
Yeh there was a cam like effect going on. But as said when I was doing it outside it was fine and it did crest a very road like ride. If you stopped pedalling it would take around 1 minute for it to come to a stop. Not like the cheap turbos.
Sounds like what I need. Lower cadence stuff trying to simulate hills is like treading mud, it almost stalls if you don't keep it going...zero inertia.Gassing Station | Pedal Powered | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff