Cycleops Fluid Trainer

[Captain Dondo]

I have the opportunity to buy a 3 year old cycle-ops fluid trainer.
This thing looks like it's been used a bit, but not a whole lot.

I know next to nothing about cycle-ops or their trainers. This
particular trainer is one of the older ones with a small heat sink.

The guy's asking $100 for it.

I've read all of the horror stories about the trainers leaking, etc.

Is it worth it? I live in a small town, and there just aren't too many
other options for getting a trainer locally.

Any other good indoor trainers?

-Dondo

--
What am I on?
I'm on my bike, o__
6 hours a day, busting my ass. ,>/'_
What are you on? --Lance Armstrong (_)\(_)

[jmk]

Captain,

I have owned a Cyclops Fluid trainer for about 3 years. Between my spouse
and I we use it about 8 times/week in the winter.... and we haven't had any
problems with it.

My brother has the same model and he did have a leaking problem. Cyclops
customer service stepped up and sent a replacement part via FedEx at no cost
and with no questions nor drama. Since then he hasn't had a problem.

For $100 I'd jump on it, IMO.

Good Luck,
Jim

"Captain Dondo" > wrote in message
...
> I have the opportunity to buy a 3 year old cycle-ops fluid trainer.
> This thing looks like it's been used a bit, but not a whole lot.
>
> I know next to nothing about cycle-ops or their trainers. This
> particular trainer is one of the older ones with a small heat sink.
>
> The guy's asking $100 for it.
>
> I've read all of the horror stories about the trainers leaking, etc.
>
> Is it worth it? I live in a small town, and there just aren't too many
> other options for getting a trainer locally.
>
> Any other good indoor trainers?
>
> -Dondo
>
> --
> What am I on?
> I'm on my bike, o__
> 6 hours a day, busting my ass. ,>/'_
> What are you on? --Lance Armstrong (_)\(_)
>




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[Robert Chambers]

"Captain Dondo" > wrote in message
...
> I have the opportunity to buy a 3 year old cycle-ops fluid trainer.
> This thing looks like it's been used a bit, but not a whole lot.
>
> I know next to nothing about cycle-ops or their trainers. This
> particular trainer is one of the older ones with a small heat sink.
>
> The guy's asking $100 for it.
>
> I've read all of the horror stories about the trainers leaking, etc.
>
> Is it worth it? I live in a small town, and there just aren't too many
> other options for getting a trainer locally.
>
> Any other good indoor trainers?
>
> -Dondo
>
> --
> What am I on?
> I'm on my bike, o__
> 6 hours a day, busting my ass. ,>/'_
> What are you on? --Lance Armstrong (_)\(_)


Mine is about three years old. It sprung a leak last year. Cyclops (or
whoever the new owners are ... I don't remember) sent me a replacement
resistance unit -- no questions asked and no cost to me except that I had to
go to the relatively minor hassle of returning the dead unit in a pre-paid
shipping container they provided.

No problems since. At $100 it's probably an OK thing to do.

Bob C.

[Cwazee Yeti]

My LBS carried them a few years ago but ended up ditching them because
too many customers were returning them for the fluid leak you
mentioned. However, CycleOps' newer version -- called the "CycleOps
Fluid 2" -- is supposed to have corrected this problem (the original
version was simply called the "CycleOps Fluid")

If it's the Fluid 2, you should be OK. If it's the original, you have
to make sure that it's still under warranty so that if it does begin
to leak, you won't be out of 100$.

And to answer your question about other indoor trainers... it depends
on what you plan to do with it (easy spinning just to keep your legs
moving or intensive interval training).

There are many trainers out there with a wide range of wind, magnetic,
and fluid resistance. You can do a little digging on the Internet and
if you can't find the model you're looking for locally, you can order
it online from many e-shops.

Here are some links to the more well-known indoor trainer makers:

CycleOps: www.cycleops.com
Tacx: www.tacx.nl
Minoura: www.minoura.jp/index-et.html
Kinetic: www.kurtkinetic.com
Elite: www.elite-it.com/eng/f_home.htm

Hope this helps.

Cwazee Yeti

[Captain Dondo]

Cwazee Yeti wrote:

> And to answer your question about other indoor trainers... it depends
> on what you plan to do with it (easy spinning just to keep your legs
> moving or intensive interval training).

It's going to be pretty intensive interval training, perhaps once a
week, for just a few weeks, which is why I don't want to drop $300 or
something. I'm trying to use rollers again for the easy spinning stuff
- that's a challenge. I did get up on them for a few minutes yesterday...

I'm looking for a trainer as I max out the lifecycles in the local
gym... And the lifecycles' fit and their seats sucks.

-Dondo

--
What am I on?
I'm on my bike, o__
6 hours a day, busting my ass. ,>/'_
What are you on? --Lance Armstrong (_)\(_)

[Thomas Reynolds]

Captain Dondo > wrote in message >...
> Cwazee Yeti wrote:
>
> > And to answer your question about other indoor trainers... it depends
> > on what you plan to do with it (easy spinning just to keep your legs
> > moving or intensive interval training).
>
> It's going to be pretty intensive interval training, perhaps once a
> week, for just a few weeks, which is why I don't want to drop $300 or
> something. I'm trying to use rollers again for the easy spinning stuff
> - that's a challenge. I did get up on them for a few minutes yesterday...
>
> I'm looking for a trainer as I max out the lifecycles in the local
> gym... And the lifecycles' fit and their seats sucks.
>
> -Dondo

Cycle-ops was purchased by Graber products a couple of years ago. The
old CycleOps was not too good. Their fluid trainers leaked and their
customer service was less than stellar. Graber Products seems much
better.

I have owned a trainer from both. If the unit you want to buy is from
the old Cycleops then, IMO, it's not worth $100. My new Graber
Products Cycleops Fluid 2 trainer if very good, however. I have about
1700 miles on it and it puts out a LOT of resistance at high speeds.

Speaking only from my own experience,
Tom