Top-end turbo trainers
CYCLING WEEKLY|November 18, 2021
Stefan Abram goes in search of the ultimate indoor trainer
Stefan Abram
Top-end turbo trainers

It’s that time of year again. Dark and early nights combined with increasingly miserable weather makes riding outdoors much less enticing, while the boom in indoor training platforms – and ever-improving turbo trainers – conversely has made riding indoors far more inviting than ever before.

We’ve put four top-of-the-range direct-drive turbo trainers to the test for a definitive verdict on what’s the best trainer money can buy and where you’re best putting your money – the two don’t always go hand-in-hand.

This story is from the November 18, 2021 edition of CYCLING WEEKLY.

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