Aside from the heaviness and the amount of space it takes up.
I’m about to pull the trigger, and I’m looking for any reason why I should not get it. I have a Tacx Bushido but find being fixed to the trainer extremely sore on my arse.
I’m probably in the minority, but I hated mine and sold it. First, I could not get my bike level in it, always tilted to one side. Tried different skewer, etc.
Second, I didn’t like the feel of the resistance. It seemed like there was a metallic rubbing sound.
And in general, I just didn’t find that bobbing around back and forth felt realistic.
My past trainers have been computrainer, tacx excel, cateye cyclosimulator, tacx fortis (garbage software and support…), and my current tacx satori.
Very happy with all the mag trainers.
BTW- if I could deal with the loudness, I’d personally go with the lemond trainer, but it is too loud for my house.
No negative review here… I LOVE the rock n roll trainer more than i like my computrainer. Im still waiting for the guy who combined the 2 (Computrainer+Rock n Roll) to sell his adapter plate so i can have the best of both worlds.
No negative review here… I LOVE the rock n roll trainer more than i like my computrainer. Im still waiting for the guy who combined the 2 (Computrainer+Rock n Roll) to sell his adapter plate so i can have the best of both worlds.
Same for me. I personally like being able to rock a bit here and there, especially when my mind wanders or I’m watching some ultimate fighters go at it and find myself almost landing my own blows on some bloodied wannabe. I sprung for the extra 12lb flywheel and, IMO, it brings things much closer to a true road feel.
If you have any troubles with leaning, slide a magazine or whatever under one side and you’re golden.
" First, I could not get my bike level in it, always tilted to one side."
+1
Very slight tilt on mine as well. Not sure why, I’m sure Kinectic would be helpful in figuring this out, just never took the time to call them. Otherwise their customer service department is really good.
It’s kind of expensive.
It’s an indoor trainer, so even with fans, it gets real hot using it. (I probably need bigger fans.)
Overall though, the positives more than outweigh the negatives, so I don’t regret the purchase.
I had the same problem and thought it was the trainer until I did a little experimenting and found that I sit off to one side of my saddle, enought that when I got on the trainer I thought it was off.
With some weekly work with a massage therapist I started to sit more evenly on the saddle and the tilt of my bike became less noticeable each passing week.
I’ve found neither the road machine nor rock and roll put the bike perfectly level, but I just correct it with small pieces of foam underneath a few points on the base. It’s nothing to do with how I sit on the bike because the bike isn’t level when I’m not on it without this corrective action.
Rocknroll is a gimmick and the enjoyment will go away in a week. I have their road machine and very happy with it. I upgraded the flywheel too.
how does the noise level of the Kinetic trainers compare to its rivals?
I’m in the market too and another thread seemed pointless…
You can screw the cones on each side in and out to make sure it balances correctly.
Love mine. Get the twisting front riser and 12lbd fly wheel and it is about as close to road as you are going to get. I do most of my training on the trainer and feel it is translating to the road. I keep the bolts pretty loose so it really does require some balance.
Rocknroll is a gimmick and the enjoyment will go away in a week. I have their road machine and very happy with it. I upgraded the flywheel too.
I have to agree with the gimmick part. The concept of my bike tipping side to side, doesn’t exactly translate to the feeling of “riding on the road” and it becomes quite annoying. As well, the wing-span on that thing is just ridiculous; not to mention the weight. For the money I’d definitely look in the direction of a TACX Flow. Smaller, less weight, includes power/cadence/HR readings, etc. It’s also incredibly quiet and far smoother than any fluid trainer. Give Tacx a try, you’ll be more than pleasantly surprised.
Control the trainer, don’t let the trainer control you, or your training.
I had an issue on my road machine where the locking lever would release while riding. It did this no matter how tight or how hard i was riding. Kurt support was great and gave me the option of changing the frame to the Pro frame which has a much better locking lever IMO. I have no unlocking issues since. this was a few year ago and I have not looked at the design to see if it has changed.
I have to disagree on the gimmick part. It doesn’t simulate the road feeling for the most part but if you’re practicing power sprints, it’s way nicer than a normal trainer.