CycleOps Magneto Indoor Bicycle Trainer

by CycleOps

Product Features

• Trainer is a great way to keep your legs in tip-top condition during the off season
• Magnetic trainer features progressive resistance
• Power band technology offers a wide resistance range
• Includes a training DVD

Product Description

Product Description

The CycleOps Magneto Trainer is a great way to keep your legs in tip-top condition during the off season. While many cyclists dread the indoor training season, ensuring proper bike set up will make any workout more comfortable and enjoyable. This trainer is the only CycleOps magnetic trainer with progressive resistance. The power band technology offers the widest resistance range--from easy spins to lung-burning climbs--without ever touching the unit. The trainer includes a training DVD to help keep you motivated during your indoor exercise.

Product Description

The CycleOPs Magneto is the world's first and only mag trainer with progressive resistance.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 23 x 22 x 7 inches ; 19 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 19.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000BT8VOW
• Item model number: 9004
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,293 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #25 in Sports & Outdoors > Bikes & Accessories > Accessories > Bike Trainers

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This trainer is quiet and a smooth ride, February 28, 2008

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Carol Scheible "carolkey" (Chapel Hill, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CycleOps Magneto Indoor Bicycle Trainer (Sports)

I've had this trainer for a couple of years. I use it at least once per week for a 45 minute very hard workout. I like doing the Spinervals DVD workouts while on this trainer. It has held up extremely well.

I think it is plenty quiet. I can hear my DVD fine without turning the volume way up, and my family never complains about the sound of my workouts.

This trainer, combined with Coach Troy's Spinervals DVD's, has helped put me at the top of my age group in local triathlon races, particularly the bike split!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great for a few years, January 11, 2010

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Rebecca Coons (VT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CycleOps Magneto Indoor Bicycle Trainer (Sports)

I bought this trainer a few years ago and spend the winters riding about 7 hours per week on it. The noise level was GREAT for the first few years, but it has recently gotten much louder and is almost impossible to hear any TV/DVD audio once riding it. My guess is that most trainers get louder after a lot of use, but I'm looking to replace it after a few years of use due to the noise issue.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid trainer, relatively quiet with good resistance., October 9, 2009

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Rich F. (Philadelphia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CycleOps Magneto Indoor Bicycle Trainer (Sports)

I picked one of these up as a display model (co-branded by Trek and Cycleops) at a local bike shop. The mounting is extremely easy, but as is the case with most trainers, you have to remove the quick release from your rear wheel and insert a new one to fit the trainers mount. Fortunately, you can also ride on it if you're concerned about going back and forth a lot, but I think for most people this is an "off season device."

It take about 10 seconds to mount the bike.

The resistance is based entirely on how fast you pedal, so using your bike's gears you can go from a light warm up to heavy grinding. The ride isn't quite like the road but it is relatively quiet, and like I said the resistance is strong enough to let you do some strength training in addition to cardio.

This is my first trainer, so I can't really compare it to anything else, but I'd definitely recommend it as an affordable option if you already have a decent bike.