Show of your budget trainer set up.
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Here's my low budget set up.
The bike was a Saracen Eiger Cross, probably 25 years old. I recently made up a new shopping bike, which meant these old Shimano R500 wheels were no longer needed. So I put them on the mtb - don't need brakes, and the fit is fine.
I have a ex-display Cycleops Magnus Turbo bought in a sale a couple of years ago.
My turbo sessions are mostly HR led and I use Wahoo Fitness to monitor and record. The cheap tablet is pretty well useless for browsing etc as it is very slow, but it runs the HR, cadence and turbo signals perfectly.
I fabricated a bracket for the tablet onto a spare piece of alloy tube, and picked up a cheap phone holder which streams music to the garage bluetooth speakers from Spotify. This fixes onto my bike stand.
The display is mounted just in front of the bars where I can reach it easily.
This works well for me, and has been done for minimal outlay.
It is permanently set up in the garage, which means that it gets used more often than if I had to prepare for each session. According to Strava, I've done 600+ miles on it so far.
The bike was a Saracen Eiger Cross, probably 25 years old. I recently made up a new shopping bike, which meant these old Shimano R500 wheels were no longer needed. So I put them on the mtb - don't need brakes, and the fit is fine.
I have a ex-display Cycleops Magnus Turbo bought in a sale a couple of years ago.
My turbo sessions are mostly HR led and I use Wahoo Fitness to monitor and record. The cheap tablet is pretty well useless for browsing etc as it is very slow, but it runs the HR, cadence and turbo signals perfectly.
I fabricated a bracket for the tablet onto a spare piece of alloy tube, and picked up a cheap phone holder which streams music to the garage bluetooth speakers from Spotify. This fixes onto my bike stand.
The display is mounted just in front of the bars where I can reach it easily.
This works well for me, and has been done for minimal outlay.
It is permanently set up in the garage, which means that it gets used more often than if I had to prepare for each session. According to Strava, I've done 600+ miles on it so far.
Edited by Paul Drawmer on Saturday 16th May 07:57
Funnily enough, just taken a pic of my set up for the "things you've bought" thread.
Floor fan is new, and £40.
Cycleops trainer you can't see at the back is old and knackered and will be replaced once stock reappears; at the moment I'm topping up the fluid every couple of weeks.
Bike computer is as dumb as they come (well, it has cadence). HR watch is 22 years old and just sprung back to life with a fresh battery.
Posh floor in garage is because it used to be my wife's home office, but that folded some years ago and it's mine now
I owe having a PC in there to her company, too. Planet Rock on screen there; YouTube training vids playing while I'm riding.
Pillar drill - Lidl's finest
So total cost currently/recently £40 for the fan, £20 on silicone oil for the resistance unit. I didn't neeeeeed to buy the floor fan, but the pedestal one you can see on the side was not really good enough...
Floor fan is new, and £40.
Cycleops trainer you can't see at the back is old and knackered and will be replaced once stock reappears; at the moment I'm topping up the fluid every couple of weeks.
Bike computer is as dumb as they come (well, it has cadence). HR watch is 22 years old and just sprung back to life with a fresh battery.
Posh floor in garage is because it used to be my wife's home office, but that folded some years ago and it's mine now
I owe having a PC in there to her company, too. Planet Rock on screen there; YouTube training vids playing while I'm riding.
Pillar drill - Lidl's finest
So total cost currently/recently £40 for the fan, £20 on silicone oil for the resistance unit. I didn't neeeeeed to buy the floor fan, but the pedestal one you can see on the side was not really good enough...
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