Turbo trainers, indoor trainers, ergo, static trainer, torture machine, whatever

you want to call these, they are a great way of keeping fit if the weather is

simply too bad for you to get outside training. Or if you want a good quality,

quick workout around your daily commitments. In this video, we're

going to show you a few different types of trainers that are currently on the

market to enable you to make a decision as to which one is right for you.

All the ones that we're going to show you today allow you to put your own bike on

them and has the advantage that means you are in the same positions you are out on

the road. And if you've got a power meter on your bike, you'll get comparable

measurements for when you're normally training.

The first trainer we're going to go through with you today gets its resistance

at the back here through opposing magnets. Now, this is really the entry-level

trainer these days on the market. You might want to consider this one if you're

on a budget, or you simply don't think you're going to be riding that much

indoors. Other advantages apart from that price point are the fact that you can

change the resistance using this thing that you can mount up on your handlebars.

Which makes it great if you want to do intervals during your session.

On this one we've got numbers one to five, number one being the easiest.

That means we can spin along quite nicely on the big ring, just as you would do if

you're in a big group on a flat road. Number five is the hardest and that once's

quite hard to peddle, even on the small ring, just as it would be on your local

climb. Disadvantage of this one, well, being and entry-level trainer,

it doesn't feel that realistic when you compare it to the feeling of being out on

the road. And it's also particularly noisy, so if you're in an apartment block,

or if you've got some neighbors that don't like the noise or even a partner that gets

sick of your addiction to cycling, well, then you might want to consider our next

trainer. Okay, this next one is a fluid trainer and as the name suggests,

it gets its resistance from fluid here at the rear roller. The main advantage of

this one over the magnetic trainer, it's got a much more realistic road feel to it

and it's also much quieter. It's not gonna annoy those people close to you as much.

And also, if you listen to TV or radio or music whilst you're training you'll be

able to hear that clearly without having to turn the volume up to its maximum.

The main disadvantage of this fluid trainer over the magnetic one is simply

the price point. It's around about one third more expensive. However, there

are some similarities between the two. The first is the tire rests against this

roller here at the back. So, if you start to train indoors quite a bit, you might

find that your normal tire wears down quite quickly, and you might want to

consider buying a trainer specific tire, which could save you money in the long

term. The second similarity, they both rely on gravity. As you can see this rear

tripod section isn't fixed, so once you put your bike in here, you sit on it or

simply push your tire against this rear roller.

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And the third similarity is simply that they both fold down. So if you haven't got

too much room in your apartment or house, this might be the one for you.

This next trainer is called a direct drive, and as you can probably tell,

the main difference is that you have to take the rear wheel out of your bike and

then mount the frame onto here where the chain will wrap around this cassette.

The main advantage of this, well it's extremely stable. There's not much side to

side rocking even when you're going really hard. It's also got a very realistic road

feel similar to what you experience when you're actually outside training, and it's

extremely quiet, so you're not going to disturb anyone. You can also link this

particular one out to different media devices, get your power date or anything

else that you want if you want to take your training to that next level.

And if you're somebody that wants to do sprints indoors, this is definitely the

one for you because unlike the magnetic or fluid one, you're not going to experience

any rear wheel slippage. Disadvantages, well, the price point for starters.

It's almost double the price of the fluid trainer, and you've also got to consider

the fact that you're probably going to want to buy an extra cassette so you'd be

chaining it from your wheel onto the trainer every time you want to use it.

The only other disadvantage is really the bulkiness of it. Even when you folded this

leg down, it still takes up quite a lot of room in comparison to the others. So, if

you're stuck for space where you live, you might want to go back to the other two.

There is another type of trainer on the market and they are called rollers.

You'll see to track riders warming up on these a lot before their events, and

that's because they can really get a lot of leg speed because there isn't that much

resistance. Another advantage of these is that it makes time go past that little bit

quicker, because you actually have to concentrate on keeping upright,

which believe me, is a lot harder than for Bronchial Gilmour makes it look.

Disadvantage of these, well, that lack of resistance means that if you're a powerful

rider, you might not have enough bare to be able to get a decent into the workout

done. So, as a quick recap when trying to decide which trainer is right for you,

well, of course, firstly you need to stay within your budget. Secondly,

you need to consider how much noise is going to affect those around you.

Thirdly, how much you're actually going to be training indoors, and finally,

what type of workouts you want to do and how scientific you want to make them.

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