Mountain Bike Trainers?

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Originally posted by AQuick1
I know that there are trainers on the market for road bikes, but is there a creature for mountain bikes? I would imagine that you could utilize the same one for either, but was curious as to the availability/poignance of a mountain bike trainer. It sucks living on the 3rd floor and having to carry your bike up and down the stairs on top of having to work all the time, but I'd like to still get the exercise out of it! Any information is greatly appreciated!

Aaron

Well...................you could always get some REAL knobby tires and ride up and down the stairs. 😉

Hello!

I have a mountain bike, and living on the 19th floor, I need to be training during the winter months.

I bought one from Neworld Cycle in Burlington. It actually works great! Allows me to adjust the tension and gets me all nice and sweaty.

I am not sure what the actual brand of the trainer is, but yes they are available. The one that I have I believe is adaptable for both road bikes and mountain bikes.

I believe this is the one I have here:
http://www.evanscycles.com/product.jsp?style=10984

It easily adapted to my mountain bike.

I use a Cycle-Ops Fluid 2. I do put my mtn bike on it before races to warm up the legs. I works great, a bit noisy compared to the road bike because of the knobby tires. But great resistance.'

Ron

what difference are there in different trainers?

Sugafish, there are many, many differences in trainers. The basic differences is what is used to create resistance. You have fluid, magnetic, fan, etc... What is used to make resistance will also determine how smooth the trainer is. I tried a few types of trainers before making my final decision. For me the fliud trainer was the smoothest of all. I also tried a couple of different fluid trainers. The magnetic trainer was not able to give enough resistance, so it felt very awkward to ride. It was okay while just spinning with low resistance, but I could not go hard on the pedals. There is also roller trainers. Personally I have never tried one, so I can not give any valid opinion on one. Hope this answers any basic question.

Ron

rollers will really help with your balance, but I've heard way too many stories about people falling on them and getting injured. The ones that have been shown so far prevent you from falling.

This is a resistance trainer, the kind that you can't really fall on:
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These are rollers. They are more ideal for road bikes, and require much more balance:
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you can use a mountain bike on most trainers but the buzzing of knobby tires is annoying so its best to either get a rim driven trainer or put slicks on the rear for your trainer sessions.

i have a minoura rim drive trainer and i think its great 😄 nothing like a riany day, putting in a good couple of hours while watching sienfeld on cable to take my mind off that searing pain in my legs......