Is there such a thing? My good lady is up for some indoor spinning but are there any that don't shake the whole house down with noise?
Have a [url= http://www.parker-international.co.uk/13198/Jetblack-Fluid-Turbo-Trainer.html ]jetblack products fluid one[/url] which is fairly quiet on bare floorboards. Our one year old sleeps through me using it in the next room.
'Good lady' indeed.
fluid/mag better than fan, but all are noisy-ish.
can improve the situation by
a) using a home trainer tyre
b) putting something underneath (rug etc, or you can spend your hard-earned on a 'special' turbo mat.)
Thanks all. Turbo mat?
Is that like the one I used to make to breakdance on? Made from cardboard covered in felt pen grafitti.
Mines a really quiet one, i can recomend it. If it does get a bit lairy and pipe up i just shut the waldrobe door and turn the TV up. job done.
Are the turbo trainer tyres worth shelling out for? I have been considering buying one, but only if it reduces the noise noticably.
Does "Turbo Mat" equal £5 Tesco's carry mat?
[i]Does "Turbo Mat" equal £5 Tesco's carry mat? [/i]
sounds about right 😉
trainer tyres - slight decrease on sound. More than anything they are harder-wearing so you don't eat through decent tyres any more.
My trainer has a rubber coated roller and doesn't seem to eat tyres too much. I am also running an old tyre that won't see any more road time so I think I'll stick with that for now 🙂
Get some rollers! Pretty quiet and great potential for comedy injury too!
Never predicted you'd ask for a turbo recommendation Wa! Don't cover it up and pretend it is for the missus...
Mines a really quiet one, i can recomend it. If it does get a bit lairy and pipe up i just shut the waldrobe door and turn the TV up. job done.
Is this your turbotrainer or Joe you're on about?
Trainer mat (bit of hardboard with a bit of off-cut carpet glued to underside) cuts down the noise alot, trainer tyres a bit more (or it would do if it wasn't on a wheel that I haven't quite got round to truing).
I have mine on a camping 3 season roll mat (cheap, but effective)it nicely attenuates the noise so doesn't wake up the whole neighbourhood up at 6 in the morning! 😀
Carpet off-cuts can be had for nothing if you ask nicely in carpet shops.
Mine sounds like a helicopter taking off. Or so im told by the missus!!
wa, thank god for that. thought it was for you!!!!