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Winter training can be painful, but it dosen’t need to be! Bike Rumor tests Kinetic’s Road Machine 2.0 fluid indoor bike trainer, calling it “church mouse” quiet and “rock solid” tough.
Excerpt from Bike Rumor:
Looking for a high-end fluid trainer that keeps it simple?
The Road Machine ($589*) comes with slotted standard skewer cradles and standard skewer and a promo code for a free month of TrainerRoad…We tested the front wheel Riser Ring ($39), trainer-specific tire ($79), padded carrying case w/shoulder strap ($99) and their Trainer Mat ($104).
The imprints left on the mat measure 30.25″(77cm) for the feet, and the rear end’s base is a bit more than 11″(28cm). That creates a bedrock level of stiffness that kept it motionless whether I was trying to hit a 130 cadence or standing and draining every last drop of ATP from my legs sprinting for the virtual city limits. A narrower base can make it so the trainer rocks a bit under extreme efforts, particularly for taller riders whose centers of gravity are higher, but not this one. It’s rock solid…
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*Prices updated to reflect Canadian MSRP