Subject: RE: Kurt Kinetic Road Vs Rock & Roll Ok. Got my Rock and Roll last night. Setup took all of about 45 minutes to assemble and get my bike on the thing. Since this is my first trainer I wasn't totally sure what I was doing, so I RTFM and got it done right. Only had a crescent wrench, a ratchet set would have been great. Anyhow, got on the thing and rode for 20 minutes. The rocking was actually kinda nice. Comparing it to a standard spinning class bike, of course it is very nice to be able to ride your actual rig, but also, not being in the same position throughout the entire workout helps to keep muscles loose. Mostly I'd ride without rocking back and forth, and stand up and rock every 5 minutes or so to simulate climbs. The rocking is flexible enough that you can rock when you want, but stiff enough that you don't have any problems staying upright unless you're drunk or just blatantly leaning way too far. I don't see how anybody could fall off of it. Mine came with the regular road resistance. I tested out the highest gears and it is pretty hard enough for a noob like myself. You can always upgrade the resistance to the pro version very easily.
All in all, I am very happy with it. I think it's slightly leaning to the right, but they included a leveling shim to level it out, so I'll have to put that on sometime (was too lazy yesterday). If you have the extra 50 bucks over the regular road machine, I'd say this is the way to go. Even if you don't use the rocking all the time, it's very nice to have when you do want it.
Edited by zomvito 2008-10-21 12:01 PM
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