so glad I read this thread. I was about to plonk down the money for a kurt kinetic. Now I think I'll just do the trainer classes at my tri group and see how it goes.

A road racer friend has the e-motion rollers and he says I can come try them a few times to see if I might like those.

Given how much I hate running on the dreadmill during the winter, Im not holding out much hope for the trainer/roller option.