I've seen a lot of kickr snaps being sold online recently as low as $2-300. I'm not sure about the reliability of those especially after multiple years of use but thats probably the best trainer in that price range if you can get one cheap. Otherwise you could grab a tacx flow or something like that. Make sure to check dcrainmaker for reviews of whatever you're looking at though. Personally I don't think I'd ever buy a wheel on smart trainer as you can get a decent fluid trainer for $75 on craigslist usually and the performance gap between wheel on smart and direct drive seems pretty massive.

You always could just do the whole speed + cadence sensor on any dumb trainer if you want the actual cheapest setup for zwifting. Works perfectly fine from what I've heard!

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Look at the local classified... usually plenty of people selling barely used trainers.

-used Kurt Kinetic trainer
-Garmin speed sensor for rear wheel
-ipad or appletv
done

You win the internet today. Buy the sensor and trainer used and your cost really goes down.

You can pick up a low end Tacx Vortex smart trainer for just a bit over $200, that's the cheapest setup I've seen, comparable to used. Stack up coupons and cash back sites like Ebates and it saves a bit more.


https://slickdeals.net/...s&searchin=first

Thanks everyone. I'll look into picking up one of the mentioned smart trainers. I just didn't know what was good or not. Only familiar with my kickr.

Another good option is the Cycleops Magnus, definitely not as cheap as the other options mentioned but a good entry price to smart training.
Excel Sports has it for $398
https://www.excelsports.com/...LEAkYBSABEgJ2SfD_BwE

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The intro-level BKool smart trainer is $299 these days. If you live in a reasonably sized metro area, try facebook classifieds for cheap used trainers.

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1) Find the cheapest dumb trainer. Old Elite fluid or CYcleOps fluid are great.
2) Get a 4iiii or STages powermeter. If already have a powermeter, then non need to.
3) Subscribe to Zwift, and play.

Louis :)