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Zwift includes a cassette of your choosing – an essential you often need to buy separately for other smart trainers. As with other wheel-on smart trainers, the Flow Smart is louder and does report power with less accuracy than direct-drive models. But if you’re on a limited budget, it will still do a respectable job. Even if you do have a smart trainer, it’s likely it’ll measure power slightly differently from a power meter on your bike, so true training devotees who want the most consistent data possible might be better served with a single power meter they can use inside and out. watts should be plenty for most people, and 2,000-watt models ought to be enough for practically everyone except professional sprinters. Of course, price is always going to be a major consideration. So we’ve tested a range of options to suit as many budgets as possible, but there’s no denying these trainers aren’t cheap.

Perfect Design: If you do your biking training with your bike being slightly unparalleled to the ground, it would cause hand fatigue. This item is designed for better indoor cycling training, it rises the front wheel to keep bike parallel to the floor and straight for stable and safe cycling. The Tacx Flow Smart is one of the cheapest entry points into interactive indoor cycling. While it doesn’t compete with pricier options on paper, in practice it offers an enjoyable and immersive indoor cycling experience for an attractive price. The H3 sits at the top of Saris’s smart trainer range and builds on the popular H2. Reducing the noise levels was one of Saris’s top priorities and it’s certainly achieved good things with the H3 – at just 61dB at 20mph (measured on an iPhone app), it’s very quiet indeed. The final option is a static bike or exercise bike. We’re not talking about the basic models families had in their spare rooms during the 80s and 90s when there was a static bike fad.Trainers have different maximum power figures that correspond to the amount of resistance they’re able to generate. They typically range from around 1,500 watts to over 3,500 watts. It can simulate gradients of up to 15 per cent and has a maximum power of 1,900 watts, so the very strongest riders might find this unit a little under-specced, but for most people, this will be more than they’ll ever need.

Smart trainers at the lower end of the price scale tend to compromise on things such as power accuracy and noise levels, but should still offer an immersive experience. High maximum power outputs or leg-breakingly steep gradients are nice to have, but far from essential, so don’t be swayed by on-paper spec alone. Do you really need a trainer capable of handling a 2,000-watt sprint? As the name suggests, a sweat guard protects your bike from sweat. They usually connect to the seatpost and handlebars, covering the vulnerable headset and handlebar area. Indoor training mat Regular trainers, sometimes referred to as ‘dumb trainers’ (perhaps unfairly), don’t have these features and the resistance level has to be changed manually. When paired with speed sensors or an on-bike power meter, they can be used with apps such as Zwift, but the experience is less immersive. The Zwift Hub doesn’t have an integrated handle to move it or folding legs to stow it away. However, it’s still one of the best-value smart trainers you can buy.Escaping the harsh autumn and winter weather means less time spent cleaning and maintaining your bike. Don’t get complacent, though, as you still need to take good care of it, even when training indoors. Turbo training enemy number one is sweat, which can erode bearings and your handlebars. So, use a towel to cover these areas while training and to wipe yourself down. Sweat guard The only other niggle is that the trainer doesn’t fold up for easy storage – the legs are simply fixed in place with bolts. This won’t be a problem if you have a dedicated pain cave, but if you need to be able to easily stow it away, this might be a dealbreaker. An indoor bike trainer is a great way to not let your prowess on the bike fall down over the colder months. Even if you head out as often as the sun is shining you're going to be sitting at home on the sofa more often than you would be over summer. An indoor bike stand trainer gives you the option not just to train but to train on your road bike, without having and extra cost and maintenance of a spinning machine - let alone the extra space needed to house another large piece of equipment. Equipment Finance is subject to application, financial circumstances and borrowing history. Performance Cycling Limited FRN: 720557 trading as Tredz are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. We are a credit broker not a lender – credit is subject to status and affordability and is provided by Mitsubishi HC Capital UK PLC. Terms & Conditions Apply.

Ride quality is very good, especially considering it doesn’t have the largest flywheel out there, and we were impressed by its stability when really cranking things up. Read more: Zwift training challenge - how fit can you get using a turbo trainer? What is a turbo trainer? Overall, if you’re looking for a direct drive smart trainer on a tight budget, the Pinnacle HC Turbo Home Trainer is well worth consideration. Ride feel is good, with the stout 9kg flywheel contributing to a very realistic experience. At 21.3kg, it’s also a very solid platform, and while this does make it quite hard to move around, Saris has at least included a handle in the design, which makes things considerably easier.

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At this price, it’s a little disappointing that a cassette isn’t included and, at 21.5kg with no carry handle, it’s not the easiest thing to move about. Overall, however, the Neo 2T is about as good as it gets in terms of performance. The gradient figures relate to the maximum incline a trainer can simulate – given in per cent, like on the road. Again, a lower figure isn’t going to hinder your training, it simply means those trainers won’t be able to simulate the virtual world perfectly whenever the gradients go beyond what the trainer is capable of. Read more: How to protect your bike while turbo training Equipment and accessories for indoor cycling Sweat nets that cover your top tube, steerer tube and stem might also be a good investment to protect them from perspiration and corrosion (also, read our advice on using a carbon bike on the turbo trainer). The Neo 2T uses an arrangement of magnets to create a virtual flywheel, and this offers fantastic ride feel, along with the ability to change the level of inertia depending on the virtual terrain. Tacx also claims the Neo 2T power measurement is accurate to +/- 1 per cent, which is up there with the best.