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1centaur wrote:
I have a Kurt, a Computrainer and E-motion rollers. If I had to own one it would be the Computrainer because it gives you hills to climb and I became a much better climber due to that feature (the Alpe and Ventoux were notable achievements). #2 choice for most purposes including hills would be the Kurt (I have the road machine - very good) because a good trainer gives you the most options, including mindless calorie burning or knee grinding, slow cadence out-of-the saddle hill "simulations." The rollers I have include various resistance settings which simulate the high wattages of hills BUT the thing with hills is they fluctuate in grade and that interacts with your leg muscles (and heart rate) in ways that are not always conducive to keeping on smoothly turning the cranks, which is the main usage for rollers.

I like rollers to finish off your stroke and make you efficient/faster overall, but I view them as a luxury vs. the bread and butter of working on a trainer.

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I have wondered about the Computrainer. It comes with some cool interactive software, but how does the hill program work? Can you vary the resistance through the Computrainer or do you just use the bike's gears? Other than the programs it has, does it do anything else better than the Kurt?

By the way the Computrainers are quite costly. Aren't they over $1,000?

Also, I hear a lot about trainers being hard on frames and wearing out tires quickly. Should this be a concern? I have an extra set of wheels and could throw on some cheap tires but I would need a spare cassette.

Bruce

Edited by Darby (12/24/06 01:53 AM)

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