The Minoura Magturbo-850 Series tire drive Rear Wheel Trainer has an expert-level 850 gram flywheel that fits 24″ to 700c wheels, and folds flat for storage. Extra powerful magnet increases high range of resistance by 23%. Extra powerful magnet increases high range of resistance by 23%.
Minoura Mag-850R Tire Drive Rear Wheel Trainer with Remote Shifter
Features
- Minoura Mag-850DR Trainer With Remote
- w/ Riser Block
- Blue
- Single sided hand crank,with skewer, and POP.
- Pressure lever for quick tire tension
User Reviews
Very nice smooth pedaling. I can't say It's quiet because i ride it on concrete.
Although I've had it for a while.
It is not very well built.
It does have very shoty plastic.
Sometimes the plastic would touch the inner flywheel creating an unusually unpleasant scrapping noise.
At one point the plastic start to break off. literally breaking into pieces.
I'm not sure if I'll buy from Minoura again.
Trying Cyclops next time. -- Shotty Plastic
I bought this, albeit from Dicks I think, for around $150 or so back in 2004. I didn't use it much for a couple of years but since then have put many hours into it (dozens, but it's hard to say exactly how many, perhaps 100, perhaps more).
I don't bother with the remote, it's a useless function. I just set it to 5 (max) and wrap it around the thing. Resistance can be changed via gears. Works on a mountain or road bike but don't bother on a mountain without road slicks. Any trainer is very, very loud with knobby tires. With road slicks on a mountain bike or just a standard road bike you're good to go.
Based on your gearing resistance can be very light or quite substantial. I have a typical triathlon gearing on my bike (can't quite remember the tooth count) and on the highest gear, despite being fairly fit (I get about top 10% for bike split on sprint triathlons), I can only ride this in high cadence for short spurts in my highest gear. The trainer does not offer the resistance needed to mimic an aggressive hill climb (though others can), but for speed work or other riding it should be good unless you're a really accomplished cyclist (high sustained watts) or you do want to do hill climbing in front of the TV. -- Lots of use, works well
I bought this trainer from Performance bike through Amazon.com but the item was return due to defect and they did not have replacement. That's is too bad. -- Item was return
Overall, its size is definitely a plus for an apartment. Also, it's very quiet, though not silent (I can watch TV without having to up the volume). It's is also heavy-duty but easy to move when I'm done with it. The resistance settings seem adequate, too.
It is a pain to adjust the height each time you set it up for a different bike or rim/tire size, but doesn't need to be readjusted if you use it again with the previous bike. Also, I don't find myself using the remote much because once I set the trainer resistance, I use the gears to fine tune the overall resistance as I am using it. I probably would have saved the money and got the one without the remote.
In all, I would recommend this trainer. -- Great for an apartment
I like this thing. It is super quiet. The folks that complain about the noise probably don't realize that mountian bike tires are really noisy indoors and out. They probably don't ride places that are as quiet as their homes. I have a Bianchi Brava road bike. The adjustment thingy really is not necessary, the speeds on your bike should suffice. It to simulate different riding conditions takes practice and getting to learn how to set it. Buy one and ride this thing, it'll give you boner legs. -- I like it. It works great.
