Performance Travel Trac vs. Kurt Kinetic Fluid Trainer

Triathlon Forum
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Does anyone know if there is any significant mechanical difference between Performance Bike’s Travel Trac Fluid Trainer vs. Kurt Kinetic’s Fluid Trainer?

At the Kurt Kinetic website they give a very nicely detailed working of the fluid trainer in that: “the roller, driven by your bikes tire, is connected to the impeller inside the sealed fluid chamber by a magnetic coupler. Twelve neodymium rare earth magnets, 6 per side, create a virtual drive shaft to spin the impeller inside the sealed fluid chamber. Although the drive shaft has two parts, the magnetic coupler links the two parts and it spins as a single unit.”

Performance Bike’s website does not go into any mechanical detail. Can one assume that the Performance Fluid Trainer also operates with fluid and magnets?

Much thanks,

-Joe

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Don’t know all the techy stuff and know nothing about the Kurt Kinetic, but I’ve had a Travel Trac for many years and have put a tons of hours on the damn thing. Pretty good piece of equipment for the price. I’d buy another if this old one ever breaks.

G

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I’ve had a Kurt Kinetic for a few years, the model with the heavier flywheel. It’s pretty quite, stable and works fine. I find it hard to get excited about trainers/rollers (I’ve also got a set of Cyleops rolles).

I don’t know anything about ‘rare earth magnets’ or how they effect the operation of the trainer.

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I got a Kurt last fall. It is my 5th trainer in my career of 20 yrs. It is by far the best trainer I have ever rode on.