Bike trainer for 24" wheel road bike

Triathlon Forum
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Hello everyone,

My daughter wants to start some bike training this winter in the basement with me. The problem is, she is short and currently has a 24" wheel road bike.
My current bike trainer is a Saris M2 and her rear wheel won’t reach the drive on the trainer.
My original plan was to upgrade to a smart trainer for me and have her on the M2, but that won’t work now.

Does anyone have experience with a trainer that will work for her? Or any modifications that can be made to make her bike work on my current M2?

Thank you in advance.

Quinner

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My kids have had great sucess with Elite Quobo and Ive used it too on the odd occassion. Its a solid trainer and has a nice ride feel. I buy another no question.

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Thank you. I’ll look into it.

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Or upgrade to a smart trainer for her, which you use when she isn’t! When you’re both riding, she rides the smart trainer and you ride the m2

5

I was thinking of this as well. Not an expert on smart trainers, but I’d have to change the cassettes every time correct?

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My son has a 24 inch bike and uses one of my old Kurt fluid trainers. I set him up with a free Zwift account, and he only needed a speed/cadence sensor to be up and running.

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You can get a adapter from Saris that will make your M2 compatible with a kids bike, I’m guessing that would be your easiest path.
Here it is
https://saris.com/.../20-24-wheel-adapter

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Possibly a very small cheap used ATB with 26" wheels, as a trainer bike for her, would do the trick
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Hello everyone,

My daughter wants to start some bike training this winter in the basement with me. The problem is, she is short and currently has a 24" wheel road bike.
My current bike trainer is a Saris M2 and her rear wheel won’t reach the drive on the trainer.
My original plan was to upgrade to a smart trainer for me and have her on the M2, but that won’t work now.

Does anyone have experience with a trainer that will work for her? Or any modifications that can be made to make her bike work on my current M2?

Thank you in advance.

Quinner

I’d recommend a used Wahoo Kickr, maybe one of the earlier generations. The Kickr has always had the ability to adjust for four different wheel sizes, including 24" road: https://support.wahoofitness.com/hc/en-us/articles/204281804-Adjusting-Trainer-Height-Wheel-Size-Adjustment-

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