Ordered a Kurt Kinetic Road Machine today.  Found a great deal online.  Don't tell Monica, although I think she knows.  We needed a 2nd trainer for Monica to use anyway.  Then my Minoura that I've had for years, started making awful, loud, grinding noises.  We decided to buy 2 new Minouras.  I decided that before ordering, I'd take this old one apart and see if I could figure something out.  There really is not much to these trainers and I determined the noise had to be the bearings.  I contacted Minoura, but they don't sell the bearings separate, but said they would sell me a replacement mag unit (trainer minus the frame) for $65.  The cheapest I could find a replacement trainer is $120, so that sounded good, but I thought I'd see if I could find some bearings.  It is hard to find a hardware store anymore.  I found some bearings at one of the local bike shops for $4 each.  That did the trick and the trainer is "quiet" again.

So then I got to figuring the $$ I had just saved and decided to put it towards a better trainer.  I found a 20% off the sale price and free shipping for the Kurt Kinetic.  So I ordered it.  There are charts available that give watts per mph, so now I can train with power :).  or if anyone wants to get me an early Christmas present, Kurt Kinetic makes a power computer for the trainer that gives a display of watts.

I may be in trouble, but at least I'll be fast =) 

Don't like the scale at the gym, but it's probably not far off.  Weighed with running shoes, shorts, shirt.  I'll track progress on this scale.