Haven’t personally used it much but we got one for my wife last winter and set it up with her road bike. It’s a CycleOps but forget the model name... Silencer, maybe? It’s a magnetic resistance one where you remove the rear wheel completely, install a cassette directly on the built in freehub on the trainer, then install the frame onto the trainer just like installing a bolt on rear wheel. It’s adjustable from 130-135mm spacing and I THINK compatible up to 11spd (there may be more than one model with different freehub specs). We set it up with 8 speed cassette that came right off my wife’s road bike rear wheel and had to use a spacer that came with the trainer which is what makes me think it’s 11sp compatible.
It’s quiet enough, doesn’t take up much space, and won’t wear out your tires... or require new specific tires. It has a wide and heavy base which also feels pretty stable... at least with my wife’s small road bike. I’m 6’5” and she’s 5’1” so we can’t just share it without swapping out bikes so I’ve only used it briefly during initial setup and a few occasions just pedaling casually without changing it up. She didn’t have any issues with it and set it in the corner of the living room where she could watch a few shows while riding but we have since stored it away after welcoming our son since we needed the space in our small apartment. It’s not a “smart” one... no computer stuff. We opted to keep it simple and thus made it easier on the wallet too -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
