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CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer review

We want to ensure that whether you’re spending £10K on a new lightweight race bike, £2 on a cycling water bottle or £180 on CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer, that you’re getting the very best you can get for your money. In today’s CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer review we’re going to look at why it scores 9.1/10 in our review and why we recommend it over many of the other 128 products in the Turbo Trainers category. We’ve started by giving you a top level score for each of the key areas when it comes to reviewing these products, these scores include a quality score, price score, review score and an overall score.






Quality

9.8

Price

8.8

Reviews

8.8

Overall

9.1

 

CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer reviews

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CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer Specification

CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer specs

CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer
Price

£180

Number of Reviews
Review Score

/ 5

Average score in category: 4.4

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  • . Get the most out of your indoor training sessions with this CycleOps Fluid2 trainer. Strong, durable, and quiet, this turbo trainer can help you reach the podium this season CycleOps Fluid 2: Real Road Feel and Improved Resistance. Extensive R&D has gone into the production of the Fluid 2. From the outset, the goal was to create an indoor trainer that captures real road feel. By using an updated and improved 1.24kg flywheel, CycleOps created a precision‚Äìbalanced flywheel for more momentum and stability on the rear wheel This CycleOps Fluid 2 benefits from increased resistance by optimising the position of the sealed‚Äìcartridge bearings to produce better inertia and a very quiet ride. Using your indoor trainer simulates real road riding as the CycleOps Fluid 2 has been designed to accelerate and decelerate on an infinite resistance curve to mirror the environment outdoors Much like riding outdoors, simply move up and down your cassette to increase or decrease resistance accordingly. Spinning your legs – and the rear wheel – of your CycleOps Fluid 2 trainer actually feels like you’re getting somewhere CycleOps Fluid 2: PowerTuned Technology. Renowned scientist and cycling fanatic Allen Lim teamed up with professional cyclists to determine the power curve where 25mph correlates to a power output of 400 watts. Charting this allowed the team to determine where the optimal power curve resides. This research birthed PowerTuned technology. This CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer utilises PowerTuned technology so that whatever speed you are riding at, you are simulating a real-road equivalent power output Built to Last. Constructed from strong and durable 16-gauge steel with adjustable footpads, this indoor is stable on any surface. Confident in the robust design, this CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer comes with a lifetime warranty Features: PowerTap calibrated for optimal road-like feel: yes Resistance medium: fluid Pre-assembled: no Resistant unit adjustment: clutch knob Roller size: 2″ Remote shifter: no Power measurement: noProgrammable workouts: no. Accommodates 29’ers: Yes**Noise level: quietestWarranty: lifetimeTrainer levelling method: asymmetrical rear levelling feetResistance type: progressiveFrame Type: classic series folding frameAdjustable Leg: noAttachment to bike: bolt actionWheel Sizes: 650b, 700c, 26″, 27″, 29″** – *Adapter available for 20-24″Bike Frames: this trainer is designed to fit common road and mountain bike frames including those with 120, 130 and 135mm spacingsIncludes Virtual Training Software: noExclusive Power Band technology offers the widest resistance range without ever touching the unit PowerTuned larger flywheel for improved road-like feel Infinite resistance curve Self-cooling mechanisms, including a patented fan design, keep the unit performing better, longer Weight: 1.24kg (flywheel)**Will fit MOST 29er wheels up to 2.25″ width, depending on tire tread. We also recommend using a slick tire or trainer specific tire In The Box: Classic series frameFluid2 resistance unit Bolt action kitResistance unit hardwareQuick release skewerInstruction manualVirtualTraining¬†two week free trialBuy¬†CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Product codes: 12527009718
  • 700.CO9904

No matter what type of bike product your buying, from the simple accessories through to the full setup of your custom built road bike, there are lots of important considerations that you should take into account, especially when you’re shopping online and unable to test the product first. This is especially true when you’re buying products like Turbo Trainers.

Our aim is simple, help you get the very best products for your budget. Whether that’s CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer or an alternative, we’ll do our best to find you unbiased, genuine customer reviews to help you make your decision. We’ve found 128 different products in the Turbo Trainers category at Chain Reaction Cycles and we’ve also managed to find 13 products from CycleOps (although only 13 of the 13 are in the Turbo Trainers category).

Our first piece of advice is for you to spend some time really getting to know what it is you’re looking for. An important feature for one person might be totally pointless and irrelevant to you, so get a good idea of what you want and need from your Turbo Trainers. Note down this list of key features that your product must have, that way when you’re comparing alternatives you have a starting point to decide whether one product meets your needs or not.

Price is the next and probably one of the most important factors of a purchase, so it’s really worthwhile spending a bit of time analysing the price of CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer and seeing how it stacks up against those offered by different brands or even other alternatives from CycleOps. Below we’re going to get into the detail of CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer to help you see how the prices stack up.

We start this price analysis by looking at the price you can expect to pay for Turbo Trainers. There are 128 different products available at Chain Reaction Cycles, and of those 128, the average price is £205.07. There’s quite a variance in price in this category too with the lowest priced product we found at £4.49 and most expensive was £2008.94.

The next stage we went on to, was to look at the price of products from the brand: CycleOps. The average price was £113.08 and we found that the price varies right from as little as £10 up to £799 with CycleOps products.

And finally we thought it would be good to give you an idea of CycleOps products that appear specifically in the Turbo Trainers category. So you can see that the price of CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer at £180 is great value considering the average price of CycleOps Turbo Trainers is £113.08 and the price varies from £10.00.

It’s also worth bearing in mind that we managed to find CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer during our price scan of several cycle retailers, for the amazing price of £180 which represents a £70.00 or 28% saving against RRP. If you think CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer ticks all of your boxes in terms of quality and features then it’s more than likely going to be a winner bearing in mind the price.

CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer Reviews

Reviews are obviously a key part of the buying process when buying any cycle gear, and that goes for Turbo Trainers too. Reading reviews if going to be the closest insight you get into how good CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer is, without actually trying or buying it. Over at Chain Reaction Cycles we managed to find reviews scoring it out of 5. That’s a great result considering the price and quality and the fact that it’s a product made by CycleOps. In fact when you consider those points and combine it with the fact that the average review score in the Turbo Trainers category is 4.4 and the average score of products from CycleOps is 4.8 it’s a steal. And actually, if you look specifically at products from CycleOps in the Turbo Trainers category the average review score is 4.8.

That’s why you can see it was easy for us to give CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer such a high overall score of 9.1 / 10. It seems to have the perfect combination of features, quality and price making it a great all-rounder.

So our last piece of advice that we can offer is to take your time reading plenty of reviews now, you can see that there are reviews for CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer which score it , so it’s really worth spending a few minutes reading through lots of these to see what the key advantages or dislikes are. It will really reassure you when you come to buying online.

If you do go on to buy CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer or in fact any of the other Turbo Trainers, we would love to hear from you. Sharing your views will really help us to write more comprehensive reviews and we will share these thoughts with customers just like you that are looking to read reviews before they commit to buying.