Kinetic by Kurt Road Machine Indoor Bicycle Trainer Review
Kinetic by Kurt Road Machine Indoor Bicycle Trainer Feature
- Flywheel weighs 6.25 pounds and offers a realistic coast down; 15 seconds to coast down from 20 miles per hour
- Thermodynamically neutral silicone resistance fluid keeps the resistance consistent at multiple temperatures
- The sealed fluid chamber has a magnetically coupled driveshaft and is guaranteed leakproof
- 80 cooling fins dissipate heat and give the Kinetic Road Machine the lowest operating temperature of any fluid trainer
- 2 - 1/8 inch roller reduces tire wear
The Kinetic Road Machine is the most popular trainer Kinetic makes and has become the company's go-to model for indoor workouts. The perfect workout partner for sprints to intervals to all-day cruising, the Road Machine is quiet, smooth, and, like every Kinetic Trainer, it's 100 percent leak-proof. The power calibration gives you true outdoor simulation while the automatic resistance adjusts as you change speeds.
When the rear wheel spins on a fluid trainer, an impeller rotates through liquid to create resistance. Since hydrodynamics and aerodynamics have similar properties, this resistance automatically increases with speed. The result is a smoother, quieter, more road-like experience. This is critical for any indoor cyclist, for the faster you pedal the harder the workload gets, just like an outdoor ride. Trainers with automatically adjusting workloads enable any rider to accurately measure their progress because the workloads are repeatable from day to day.
Why Kinetic?
- Leak-proof Performance
Kinetic offers the smoothest, quietest, road-like resistance, and 100 percent leakproof performance. Rather than using leak prone technology, like a drive shaft that penetrates the fluid chamber and depends on O rings and traditional seals, each Kinetic Fluid Trainer features a patented magnetic drive system. By using neodymium magnets to link the drive system together, the dependence on a physical drive shaft entering the fluid chamber is entirely eliminated--which means no need for O rings or seals that will eventually wear out and leak. - Biggest Flywheel
Kinetic Fluid Trainers are equipped with the heaviest flywheels available, ranging from a solid 4.4 pounds to a massive 18 pounds. The result is an ultra smooth, road-like ride without altering the force curve. So every acceleration and coast down delivers the experience of riding outdoors. - Stability
With the trapezoidal leg design and the largest footprint of any trainer, Kinetic Fluid Trainers keep power and motion focused on the flywheel. So even during hard, out-of-the-saddle pedaling, the ride remains rock steady. - Works with Specialy Bikes
Kinetic is the only trainer approved for use with tandems. Kinetic Trainers are also fully compatible with wheels measuring 16 to 29 inches (outside diameter), including bikes with flip-off skewers, breezer drops-outs, and nutted axles on track and BMX styling. - Low Operating Temperature
According to the laws of physics, energy is never lost or gained, but simply changes form. In the case of a fluid trainer, the energy of the spinning impeller inside the fluid chamber is converted into heat. Kinetic Fluid Trainers have been designed with 80 cast aluminum cooling fins to dissipate heat and provide the lowest operating temperature of any trainer. - Thermodynamically Neutral
Unlike other fluid trainers that lose resistance when the fluid is heated up, Kinetic Fluid Trainers use thermodynamically neutral liquid silicon to ensure a consistent, measurable and repeatable workload at all temperatures.
Features:- Measurable and repeatable workload
- Compatible with Pro Flywheel
- Wattage calibrated resistance unit
- Sealed fluid chamber with magnetically coupled driveshaft
- Thermodynamically neutral silicone resistance fluid
- Consistent resistance at multiple temperatures
- 80 cooling fins to dissipate heat
- Lowest operating temperature of any fluid trainer
- Guaranteed not to leak
- Unconditional lifetime warranty
- Lifetime crash replacement policy
- Alternative cone cup
- Includes a DVD with assembly Instructions and a 60-minute workout from Coach Troy Jacobson, official coach of Ironman
Specifications:
- Flywheel Weight: 6.25 pounds for realistic coast down
- Coast Down Time: 15-second coast from 20 miles per hour
- Resistance: 5 to 3,000+ watts
- Roller: 2-1/8 inches
Tested and rated the best by the Cycling press and loved by riders, it's no wonder the Kurt Kinetic Road Machine indoor trainer is the official bicycle trainer for the USA Cycling Team. It's quiet, smooth, leak-proof, and offers an ultra-accurate simulation of outdoor riding. Powertap calibrated, the fluid trainer automatically adjusts resistance as you change speed.
