New kinetic bike trainer

From trigarage.com. At Interbike2007 I saw Kurt Manufacturing's new Rock n Roll kinetic trainer. This trainer gives you a road feel and fosters that core balance work other kinetic trainers don't. One of the things I especially like about this kinetic trainer is the ability to practice the swim-to-bike transition in a more realistic "balancing" environment.

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• Triathlon
• bike
• trainers
• kinetic
• transition
• training

[jsarver]

this trainer is supposed to rock for people who want to stand up and sprint indoors... that is y this lets u rock the bike...how is this never mentioned!?

[trigarage]

Great point. When I shot this video - the guy riding the bike had never been on the bike before. So - we were reluctant to have him get up and sprint as part of the demonstration.

That said - the rocking ability does allow for that.

[bogyjr]

rollers are the best thing for indoor bikeing, there soo awsome, i love mine

[djjoito]

Love it!  Too bad it's so expensive.

[Captivehonour17]

I like how after the guy says "If you are rocking too much you have poor form", and the guy on the bike immediately straightens up

[swatigujar]

is it effective iam from india and want to go for it ,is it worth purchasing

[hibbsnc]

If you are bobbing, or bouncing you need more gear/resistance. What happens is when there is not enough resistance on the bike the pedals will start to push your legs around. This is true because if you were on an indoor exercise bike, your butt would start to bounce in the saddle without enough resistance. Try adding more to your bike and you will notice a big difference. Hope this helps!

[TiSIWO]

The extra flywheel gives a Really tough work-out! Very realistic feel... The Rock-and-Roll Design is in my opinion worth the extra expense for avid cyclists, but takes time and some pain to correctly tune. Noise is more than tolerable. Steering table may shift whith large motion (turns) of the from wheel (I am still learning the gear). Overall, satisfied from day one!

[mgmdsc]

Trainer bobs too much up in down when you are heavy. Feels unstable at my 220lb. weight.

[sprintbass]

kinetic makes mag trainers but i personally think thaqt fluid trainers feel nicer...ive had a KK before and i loved it..i sold it off like a fool though...ive had fluid's by cyclops and 2 of them leaked..so for me kurt kinetic is the best value and performing..

[ggg63bhp]

Pretty hard trying to get high wattage on rollers if you are doing intervals, unless you get the new resistance type rollers which means you have to get off the bike and change the resistance.