Bicycle trainer buying guide

Bicycle ​trainer​ buying guide

With a cycle trainer you can continue your cycling training in the winter. The difference with an exercise bike is that you use your own racing bike in a bicycle trainer to train indoors. You simply click your racing bike in the bike trainer and you can immediately start cycling. You can set different resistances on the bike trainer. There are also cycling trainers that you can connect to television or laptop so you can set a special program or play images of the Mont Ventoux or Alpe D'huez synchronously with the pace you cycle. The absolute specialist in the field of cycle trainers is the Tacx brand. This brand also provides almost all professional teams of cycle trainers for the warm up and cooling down of cyclists. In this article we discuss the differences between cycle trainers, virtual cycle trainers,

ergo trainers and roller benches. We also indicate which bike trainer is best judged by her users on the basis of various customer reviews. Looking for a bike trainer test, read our cycle trainer test.

Bike trainer Under this heading we share the basic bike trainers where you click your bike and can start cycling. Not too much fuss, the resistance levels in most models are adjustable from the wheel and that's what it usually stands for in terms of possibilities. The distances and other data can be read from your regular bike computer.

Tacx Blue Matic Bike trainer T2650 Based on the ratings of other users, we recommend the Tacx Blue Matic Bike Trainer T2650. It is the ideal model to get acquainted with cycling training at home. The Blue Motion can simulate a steepness of no less than 4% during your training.

You simply mount a handle on your handlebar, with which you can set 10 different resistances up to 700 watts. Looking for even more resistance, you can of course also switch on your bike.

The Tacx Blue Matic T2650 is very stable, so you can fully train on it. Installing the bike trainer and fastening the bike is also child's play.

Interactive cycling trainers With an ​interactive bike trainer​ you can easily connect your bike trainer to a computer, tablet or smartphone. With the software or via an app you can climb famous mountains like the Mont Ventoux or Alpe D'huez. The bike trainer automatically adjusts the power with what you see on the app. With the Catalyst training function you can train based on power, heart

rate, incline or time. You can immediately see how you perform in an interactive graph on your smartphone or tablet. The possibilities with the tablet app are larger than via the smartphone!

Interactive cycling trainers are more expensive, but ensure that you stay motivated and provide more fun. It is also possible to train with apps from third parties, such as Zwift and Trainerroad.

Note: ​Absolute minimum for a bicycle used even to a small extent, however, We should be ​bike gear review​ once every year because it’s good for everyone-

Bkool Smart Pro 2

A perhaps still unknown brand in the Netherlands, but abroad is one of the biggest bike trainer brands is ​Bkool​. We wrote the following Bkool Smart Pro 2 review after hearing very good stories about it. For an interactive trainer, the Bkool Pro 2 is very affordable. The app is very useful in use with many possibilities to train individually and with others. The electromagnetic pulse and the wattage of up to 1200 watts ensure that you can climb well-known mountains in a realistic way and train workouts.

Tacx Vortex Smart Based on the ratings of other users, we recommend the ​Tacx Vortex Smart T2180​. This affordable interactive bike trainer makes the role, air and slope resistance that you experience outside while cycling felt through the powerful brake that communicates very well with the app. The brake can simulate a gradient of up to 7%. The Vortex Smart is a guarantee for a great realistic cycling experience. Because of the low price, virtual cycling is now accessible to everyone, while quality remains guaranteed. With this virtual trainer you can cycle along with the Amstel Gold Race or a round of Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The bike trainer can be operated with the Tacx Cycling app on an Android or Apple device.

Bike trainers for the pros For the serious cyclists who want to pay a bit more (1000+ Euro) for quality and more training data, there are professional cyclists. These cycle trainers are able to offer more resistance than the basic cycling trainers. With most of these cycle trainers the bike is mounted directly with the swingarm on the bike trainer, so you no longer suffer from a fast wearing training band. Below an overview of very good rated professional cycle

trainers, the Tacx Neo Smart T2800 came out of the test with the magazine Fiets: Roller benches A roller bench or roller bench is a bike trainer where you can set up your bike and start cycling immediately. The bike is not fixed, so it is also a good balance training. Although it may seem as if you can easily get off your bike, the experience is that cycling on a roller bank does not differ much from driving on the road. At Coolblue the ​Tacx Antares T1000​ and the ​Tacx Galaxia T1100 are currently​ for sale. Both are very well assessed on points such as installation and bicycle convenience is the best bike us​.

Tips when buying a bike trainer - Also order a front wheel support on the bike trainer if it is not standard. This ensures that the bike is more stable.

- Also order a trainer tire that minimizes overheating, slippage and wear.

- ​Coolblue ​ has some useful tips when buying a bike trainer Other brands of cycle trainers In the Netherlands Tacx is by far the most popular producer of cycle trainers, partly because of the good quality and the extra possibilities as virtual training. The following brands are also worthwhile when it comes to cycling trainers