It's nice that as a whole the machine is fairly "simple" in design and all of the parts are well built meant to take a beating. That's not to say that some of the newer offerings aren't just as reliable, but they don't yet have the 20+ years of data that the Computrainers has to look back on. I think when people talk about reliability in trainers, it's hard to argue that the Computrainer is still the benchmark, with many professional studios running units hard day in and day out for many years with little maintenance. Those two things mean a lot to me since I like to DIY most of my projects and not rely on sending things back to the manufacturer. There were two main things that in the end swayed me to choosing the Computrainer over another system, reliability and replacement parts. For others direct drive might hold more appeal. So, I'm going to go over my through process and explain how I came to the conclusion that the oldest smart trainer was still the one for me.įirst, I wanted a system I could run a fixed gear bike on, which (at least at the time) meant either a wheel based system or the Lemond trainer (which has a fixed adapter) but since I wanted to be able to switch (quickly) between geared and fixed it really meant ONLY a wheel based system. That is still about the going rate depending on the model and what all is included, although with Computrainer shutting down prices seem to have dropped slightly. what trainer is for me? I spent a lot of time considering it and comparing models, and in the end I chose a used Computrainer that I picked up for $400 off of a classifieds site. (The angry badger special if anyone remembers what that was.) But eventually I decided it was time to enter the world of the smart trainer, and so I had to go through that very same line of reasoning. I do almost all of my riding indoors, and for MANY years I put an untold amount of miles on my trusty old Kurt Kinetic Green Machine.
There is a lot of competition out there now vying for your hard earned dollar, and so the question often comes up. The market for smart trainers is quickly following that of power meters, which is to say they are getting much cheaper at a very quick rate.
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