![]() ![]() Though I will briefly discuss why I didn’t include some trainers in this piece at the end. My goal is NOT to make a roundup of every trainer on the market. I keep it simple and explain exactly why I feel a given way. ![]() When I look at recommendations across all products I make, I try and recommend products to you in the same way that I’d do to friends and family. In other words, it’s worth placing a pre-order you can cancel later if my full review finds they fall flat. So in the two specific examples where I think it could be a solid contender but don’t have full testing time, I’ve listed them as ‘Provisional inclusions’. So it’s hard to judge things like accuracy or total ride feel until they’ve got production units (apparently within a few weeks). But my only experience is a couple of minutes of pedaling a prototype at Eurobike. An example of this being the Elite Tuo – I think it could be a stand-out option in the budget wheel-on category. Certainly, there are some trainers that were announced this year that aren’t yet available – you won’t find those recommendations here unless I have a unit on-hand. How I Make Trainer Recommendations:įirst and foremost, I only recommend trainers I’ve actually used. I have notes at the bottom of this post for all my caveats and why-nots.įinally, for indoor bikes – specifically the Tacx NEO Bike, Wahoo KICKR Bike, and WattBike ATOM, I have a separate shoot-out post coming up next week that tackles that individually. So for things that are still outstanding, it’s tougher for me to recommend them at this time. Generally speaking, I’m not going to recommend something unless I have a unit in the DCR Cave (exceptions are noted as such). There are some exceptions though, and as such – I’ll note why those aren’t on the recommended list and where they might stand on a provisional list until I get them in-house to test. And some of them just issued moderately big firmware updates adding new features.Īt this point almost every trainer announced this season has started shipping. Some of them made big jumps, while most made more incremental bumps in specs and features. In any case, we saw new smart trainers (or indoor bikes) from virtually every major brand this year, as well as some smaller brands. In other words: A company has to follow the well recognized standards to even be considered for this list. Specifically ones that transmit some sort of ANT+ and Bluetooth Smart signal (dual/concurrently), and allow control of the trainer itself (via ANT+ FE-C and/or Bluetooth Smart FTMS). But for this year’s post(as with last year’s), I’m really going to focus only on smart trainers. Now in years past I’ve covered all trainers, from $70 units up to $1,600 trainers. Certainly many people trained at least part of their workouts year-round indoors, but with apps being more and more engaging (and driver interactions getting worse and worse) – people are simply spending time even on sunny days indoors riding. Of course, over the last few years we’ve seen a shift towards year-round indoor training. But for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere you’re probably thinking about spending more and more time indoors on a trainer, and perhaps looking at a new trainer. The trees are turning colors and the leaves are falling. Heads up! The 2020-2021 Smart Trainer Recommendations Guide is now up! Go check out that one, instead of this stinky old 2019-2020 guide! ![]()
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