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May 2016
10:54pm, 17 May 2016
9,823 posts
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richmac
On another tack. Bought an elite crono of a mate this evening, he's bought a smart trainer
Anythong I should be wary of going from mag to fluid?
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May 2016
10:03am, 18 May 2016
20,135 posts
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eL Bee!
It's quieter and the resistance is exponential - so don't expect the same speed for effort.
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May 2016
10:05am, 18 May 2016
20,136 posts
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eL Bee!
Makes it very easy to do high wattage efforts though! 
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May 2016
10:05am, 18 May 2016
20,137 posts
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eL Bee!
When I say 'easy'..... it "facilitates" high wattage efforts - they are still hard
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May 2016
1:44pm, 18 May 2016
9,828 posts
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richmac
When you say Exponential???
Have no power meter (another thing to catch up on )
The mag trainer kinda 'lets go' after about 45 minutes so you end up on bigger and bigger gears with a smell of cooked electric motor under your arse!
I want the turbo to be consistant then i can work out how to get the best out of it.
Then it will be worth investing in a meter!
thanks elbee
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May 2016
2:12pm, 18 May 2016
20,138 posts
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eL Bee!
You won't get that with the fluid trainer. It's much more consistent, and once the fluid viscosity stabilises after a couple of minutes, you are sorted!
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May 2016
2:26pm, 18 May 2016
9,831 posts
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richmac
I thought that would be the case, I'm not a fluid dynamics engineer but when you think car engine oil can do 20K between changes it doesnt take a genius to figure out it's pretty stable stuff!
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May 2016
2:24pm, 20 May 2016
9,844 posts
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richmac
Ha ha hah hah hah hah
Either the new turbo has balls of steel or the mag was actually an electric motor!
45 minutes on it last night. Ruined, ruined I tells yah!
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May 2016
3:19pm, 20 May 2016
8,997 posts
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Gymfreak
Hello, I have a question.
The other day I broke my chain. I don't think it's particularly old. A nice man came along and fixed it for me but does this mean I need to get a new chain- if it's happened once is it likely to happen again?
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May 2016
3:22pm, 20 May 2016
12,930 posts
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Yorkshire Pie
I'm not sure what the right answer is, but you've just reminded me that I broke an chain going up one of the hills in the Tour of the Cotswolds last year (when was that? June? July? summer sometime) and I'm still riding around on the same chain. No issues with it yet.
I've just tempted fate, haven't I?...
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