This pricing puts it slightly on the high end of non-resistance controlled trainers, a touch bit more than the LeMond Revolution (ironically pitting this as the quietest trainer on the market with what is the loudest trainer on the market).
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There’s also a 10-minute free trial of the app permitted as well. The Turbo Muin trainer costs $719US/580€. CSV file via e-mail to whomever you prefer…like, yourself. In addition to sharing with your friends, you can also transmit a. Once you’ve completed a course you can share it onto Twitter/Google+/Facebook: Instead you’ll just need to adjust your work-effort to match the increased slope (such as by changing gearing).
Like the workout mode, again it won’t control the resistance to the corresponding slope. In this mode you’ll see the distance/cadence/HR/power and speed, as well as an indication of the slope of that area of the map. In addition to a workout creator mode, you can also create and ‘ride’ pre-created routes over maps. Remember there isn’t a resistance control lever/knob – resistance is simply controlled by speed. That means that for the workout creator (seen above), it’s really more about giving you visual queues to adjust your speed to in turn adjust resistance. Now, in the case of the Turbo Muin, it won’t actually control the resistance – rather, it will simply report your current power. The iPad app requires the use of the ANT+ iPhone adapter, seen below attached to the iPad.Ībove you have a workout/interval mode, and below you’ve got more of a generic display mode. Looking at the app side, the unit includes an iPad app that will chart and display your speed/cadence/distance/power. That way you could simply connect a unit like a Garmin Edge or other bike computer to get more information straight into that device. It’s really too bad that the unit couldn’t simply do that straight forward calculation internal to the sensor and then broadcast speed/power as true ANT+ to any head unit. Instead, the app has to convert the speed using the known power curve to display power to you in the app. The secondary challenge here is that the unit isn’t actually broadcasting your speed and/or power via ANT+. The only trickiness with the below implementation as one can pretty plainly see is that you’ll need to rotate the sensor in/out of where the rear wheel would normally be each time you attach the unit to the trainer. This speed is then broadcast via ANT to the iPad app I’ll discuss in a moment. They said on average it takes about 2-3 minutes for the fluid within the unit to reach stability from a wattage power curve standpoint. For example, at 15MPH, the power might always be 326 watts. That means that at X speed, the power will always be Y. Because fluid as a resistance medium is very stable, the power curve is quite predictable. Based on the magnet the unit can determine speed. This reads a magnet inside the flywheel enclosure. In order to determine power and speed, a speed-sensor is placed hanging off the chain stay near the flywheel. And on cassette compatibility it’s available with Shimano 9/10/11 speed cassettes and you can also purchase a free hub with Campagnolo 9/10/11 speed cassette compatibility.
It’s compatible with 130mm and 135mm road and mountain bike hubs that have a 5mm diameter quick release on the rear wheel. It’s like comparing the roar of a lion (normal trainer) to that of a house cat with duct tape on it (Turbo Muin). It’s possibly going to be slightly more noticeable in a quiet living room, but without question by far the quietest trainer I’ve seen to date. I was hoping to get a good audio clip of it, but every time I was in the area the convention center was crazy loud – so while you’d never hear it, it would have been kinda pointless to take a clip of not hearing it because folks would have assumed it was just due to the other loud sounds.įrom listening to it multiple times over two days the only thing I heard was the sounds of the bikes drivetrain and chain going through the cassette/chainring. It’s in part due to this design and a chambered approach that makes the unit so astoundingly quiet. Unlike some trainers where the flywheel often acts as the internal fan and/or cooling unit, the Turbo Muin contains a secondary fan for cooling, which you can see below to the lower left. The unit includes a foldable frame to slightly decrease the overall real-estate for storage post-ride. The 17kg (37.4lbs) fluid trainer contains a 5.9kg (13lbs) flywheel that contains a known power curve up to 2,200w if pumping along at a blistering 60KPH. So I did just that, thus, let’s dive right into things. Over the last week many of you asked me to look into Elite’s new Turbo Muin trainer, which was just announced by the Italian cycling company.
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