My buddy and I took a different approach to this and recently compared. I got myself a used 2002 CT Pro and he got himself a KICKR. The issues I hear people mentioning here about wires is a moot point IMO. I've taken the wires, run them below the matt and I cut a slit for them to come out from under the mat and plug into the load generator. My controller is mounted to a Microphone stand and the wires run up through the stand into the controller. The only wire you can see is the Cadence one that is on my rear non-drive side chainstay and even that is again routed through a small slit cut in my matt and fed up. I've been using a laptop circa 2008 to run TrainerRoad, Zwift, RacerMate One and I've had no problems (granted it has a decent video card).

My buddy bought himself a KICKR at the same time. He's had trouble getting it to work with his iPad, his TrainerRoad interface has much less options, he can't watch movies or races during his sessions, and he has the accuracy issues. He is happy with it but when he came to use my setup he was KICKRING himself in the ass. He wishes he had taken my approach to the "Smart Trainer" setup and pocketed the extra cash.

I bought my CT for $800 all in (Canadian $)
His KICKR was $1300 (Canadian $)

Hope that helps

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