Indoor training - the big shoot out

[Too Tall]

Cool. I don't need it to be professional gym quality. Just not rickety. I work off the floor most of the time anyway, but for back squats a rack is needed. I love how many options they have at different prices and sizes. And they have a bunch of bars, weights, etc. too to make it easy to just outfit a gym in one fell swoop. Now I need to just clean out the garage to make space for all this stuff.

Update us with your decision. My bench press is made for one thing unfortunately the bench and rack are integrated. Rougue looks just fine and I can eliminate my freestanding pullup trapeze thingee in the process.

[ThomasRZ]

I just scored a Concept2 Model B for $150. The catch is that it's 300 miles away at my brother's place in Columbus, though he will be bringing it up to my place in Chicago this weekend. There were some local deals on Model C and D rowers for $500-700, but saving money sounds good to me. I may upgrade to a D or E someday.

For effort and workout recording, I just use my phone and a Wahoo HRM.

I've got my chin-up and pull-up game on lock.

[Too Tall]

You are going to love that rowing machine to augment indoor workouts. If you don't know how to row get a pal to give you the crash course it's worth it.

Matt, I'm down for the SML‑3 Rogue 108" ‑ Monster Lite Squat Stand. That consolidates three things in my house and I've got the bar and plates already.

It only hurts once.

I just scored a Concept2 Model B for $150. The catch is that it's 300 miles away at my brother's place in Columbus, though he will be bringing it up to my place in Chicago this weekend. There were some local deals on Model C and D rowers for $500-700, but saving money sounds good to me. I may upgrade to a D or E someday.

For effort and workout recording, I just use my phone and a Wahoo HRM.

I've got my chin-up and pull-up game on lock.

[Matthew Strongin]

You are going to love that rowing machine to augment indoor workouts. If you don't know how to row get a pal to give you the crash course it's worth it.

Matt, I'm down for the SML‑3 Rogue 108" ‑ Monster Lite Squat Stand. That consolidates three things in my house and I've got the bar and plates already.

It only hurts once.

I'm leaning towards the SML-2. Ceiling clearance may be an issue in my garage. Plus I'm not exactly tall, so it should still offer plenty of height as a pull up bar.

[Too Tall]

I'm leaning towards the SML-2. Ceiling clearance may be an issue in my garage. Plus I'm not exactly tall, so it should still offer plenty of height as a pull up bar.

NICE :) Pretty excited about pitching two workout stations. More space for working on bikes and playing ping pong.

[Nierman]

You guys are getting me pumped to redo my basement gym. Years ago a coworker was getting remarried, moving in with fiancee and was kicking her adult son out. I picked up this Yukon rack w/bench and lat attachments and TWO complete Olympic bar/weight sets for $100. The blue straps are a DIY tow strap TRX. The wall on left (out of sight) is completely mirrored for checking yourself out. When we were building the house I came across a newspaper classified selling 4x8 mirrors that were surplus from a high-end home-gym remodel. $50 each so I bought the three he had left. Need to put in some flouro light fixtures like Mark shows then get rid of old buckets of toys so I can move the bike back down there and not feel depressed.

[EDS]

For those of you rocking the inside ride rollers, the flywheel belt on mine snapped this morning. Since I have to pull it apart to replace, would you do a full belt/cord replacement while you are at it?

[Too Tall]

For those of you rocking the inside ride rollers, the flywheel belt on mine snapped this morning. Since I have to pull it apart to replace, would you do a full belt/cord replacement while you are at it?

Good idea.

[j44ke]

I'm not seeing an end to this snow/nuclear fallout every 2-3 days, so I need to get a compact trainer for the city that is super quiet because I'll be riding in an 1903 apartment building where the floors are built on top of the joists and the ceiling is nailed to the bottom of them. I have a nice Cyclops set up in Amagansett, but it sounds like a jet plane. I saw some Elite fluid trainers with a urethane roller that seemed quiet (at least on YouTube) & compact, but I don't know their durability (though I might not care if they are quiet.) Kurt Kinetic is a name I know and trust but is their Road Machine 2.0 Fluid Trainer quiet? Suggestions?

[Wisco]

I am a loyal Computrainer user as well, but at a cycling focused health club here in Madison, WI (Speed Cycling). The reason I continue to be a client over the long Wisconsin winter is two-fold:

1. The camaraderie of suffering together with my cycling buds. We all set our FTP to our own number and off we go to interval land together. Test every 6 weeks or so and adjust FTP and keep training. Groups help kill boredom and motivate me to show up at 6 a.m. for an hour of suffering before work.

2. The mental engagement of Peaks Cycling Group videos, whether in the hills of Virginia or their TdF, Giro and other famous Euro climbs. The visual stimulation and varying effort levels is the only way I can ride 2-3 hour indoor rides on the weekend without noticing that I locked to the Trainer on my bike.

[Too Tall]

Those are very quiet trainers and used to be my go to trainer for pre-race warmup.
Durabile as heck too. Zero issues. They rely on your weight for resistance and the feel is good as to be expected.

I'm not seeing an end to this snow/nuclear fallout every 2-3 days, so I need to get a compact trainer for the city that is super quiet because I'll be riding in an 1903 apartment building where the floors are built on top of the joists and the ceiling is nailed to the bottom of them. I have a nice Cyclops set up in Amagansett, but it sounds like a jet plane. I saw some Elite fluid trainers with a urethane roller that seemed quiet (at least on YouTube) & compact, but I don't know their durability (though I might not care if they are quiet.) Kurt Kinetic is a name I know and trust but is their Road Machine 2.0 Fluid Trainer quiet? Suggestions?

[j44ke]

Thanks Toots!

[EDS]

Good idea.

Tip-of-the-hat to inside ride customer service, ordered belts/cords on Friday and delivered on Monday, which meant I was back-up and rolling for the blizzard.

[BSUdude]

I'm not seeing an end to this snow/nuclear fallout every 2-3 days, so I need to get a compact trainer for the city that is super quiet because I'll be riding in an 1903 apartment building where the floors are built on top of the joists and the ceiling is nailed to the bottom of them. I have a nice Cyclops set up in Amagansett, but it sounds like a jet plane. I saw some Elite fluid trainers with a urethane roller that seemed quiet (at least on YouTube) & compact, but I don't know their durability (though I might not care if they are quiet.) Kurt Kinetic is a name I know and trust but is their Road Machine 2.0 Fluid Trainer quiet? Suggestions?

While volume of the actual resistant unit is important, equally important to preventing sound transmission is isolation. Put your trainer on a rubber mat to spare those who live below you.

[dogrange]

Those are very quiet trainers and used to be my go to trainer for pre-race warmup.
Durabile as heck too. Zero issues. They rely on your weight for resistance and the feel is good as to be expected.

Don't want to get in a scrap with JS at all, but I would try-before-you-buy on the Kinetic if possible. I have one that I use all the time, no complaints about the performance, and it is pretty quiet relative to other trainers, BUT, is still pretty likely to be loud enough to be audible based on the sound-transmitting building you describe. I'm not sure any trainer will be quiet enough for your situation . . ..

[Too Tall]

We are talking about these trainers right? Name changed since I got mine and they added the resistance unit. Mine is dead quiet compared to anything else I've got aside from rollers.

[DOOFUS]

what Andy said. A Kurt was the last/best trainer I had before I went all in on the E-Motions. A KK is as quiet as it gets, but it sounds like any trainer will be audible downstairs.

On the other hand, you're in New York, so if the neighbors complain, you just bang on the floor with a broomstick and say "hey, I'm ridin' here," Ratso Rizzo style.

[Too Tall]

Poking around the Elite site and find this way for you to spend all your money:

Real E-motion | elite-real.com

Best of both worlds

[dogrange]

We are talking about these trainers right? Name changed since I got mine and they added the resistance unit. Mine is dead quiet compared to anything else I've got aside from rollers.

I thought Jorn was asking about one of these green monsters:

https://kurtkinetic.com/products/kinetic-road-machine/

TT, the one you posted "looks" even quieter.

[DOOFUS]

not available in North America....

My E-motions are going to get replaced next fall -- soooo much sweat damage, frozen bolts, and the frame is now primer gray, the red powdercoat long flaked away....