$134.99 - Performance Bike Travel Trac Century Fluid Trainer
Performance Bike’s Travel Trac fluid trainer may be one of the least expensive fluid trainers on the market - and it’s a bargain on sale at $134.99 - but it’s also one of the best trainers I’ve ridden. A friend of mine picked one up several years ago and those of us who had dropped the extra cash for a Cyclops or Minoura trainer found we were pretty disappointed that we had. If you’re looking for a cycling tainer the Performance Bike Century models are worth looking at.
The Travel Trac Century trainers have a great clamp. Since one side of the clamp doesn’t move at all your bike doesn’t rock back and forth like it does on my Minoura trainer. The fluid resistance unit on the Performance trainer is also designed well enough that my friend’s unit is almost six years old and hasn’t had any leakage. Compared to the Cyclops trainers that’s a miracle, since other friends I’ve ridden with have had to warranty their Cyclops trainers almost every year because of leakage.
One thing to check out though, the Performance Travel Trac Millenium trainer is a redesigned model. It looks like it has the same clamp design but the fluid unit is different, plus it’s more exensive so you may want to demo it before buying the Millenium model.