Trainers

[Stan Steinberg]

Does anyone know anything about trainers for a Carbent? Fluid, Magnetic, brands? Any special considerations?

Dr. Stan Steinberg D.C.
9036 Reseda Bl. #204
Northridge, Ca 91324
818-886-3531
dr...@pacbell.net

[Timothy Woudenberg]

Stan-
I've only owned one trainer. It was a cheap magnetic one that couldn't supply much resistance. It works as a repair stand.

Tim

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[Aikigreg]

I own a kurt kinetic and wouldn't have any other trainer I think. You
can get them refurbed with a warranty from the kurt website. I
haven't used it on my carbent though - I always use an alu bike
instead, bit that's likely just me.

[Dana Lieberman]

FWIW, we do not recommend using Carbents on a trainer.  It doesn't mean people don't do it, and I've never heard of any type of failure from trainer use, but Dave Karcher didn't recommend it and specifically wrote a clause about it into the owner's manual.  Realize, Dave went through and calculated all of the stresses on the bike given standard "road" riding.  Riding on a trainer torques a bike in a very different way, and these have NOT been tested or built into the design of the bike.  Just putting it out there....

Dana

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Dana Lieberman, Owner
Bent Up Cycles
7828 Balboa Blvd.
Van Nuys, CA  91406
www.bentupcycles.com