Cycleops Fluid 2 Purchase

[hibiscus09]

Okie dokie -- I realized this week -- now that I'm back home from vacation and busy again -- that in order to get my three weekday rides in, I may have to resort to a trainer at times. I'll do my longer rides on Saturdays and Sundays out on the road. There's nowhere nearby to ride safely and I just don't have time to go over to the Fort each day to ride.

So, I bought a Cycleops 2 fluid trainer today. Sure hope I have everything put together correctly!

I sat on my bike in the trainer tonight to see how it felt and I did notice the resistance seems to be tighter than it would be at the same gear on the road. Is that normal? Now granted, I was too lazy to change into my cycling gear and had on 3" platform wedges -- that may have been the difference. I did make sure that the trainer was not too tight up against the rear tire.

Anyway, do any of you own the Cycleops 2 and is the resistance a little tighter than on the actual road? I believe the resistance gets more difficult the faster I pedal, but I've yet to try it out for a period of time to see if that's the case.

The only other thing that I noticed is that if I rock my bike back and forth sideways there is a little wobbling -- however, when I was actually on the bike it felt pretty stable. I guess I'm already worrying about have a crash in my garage/gym.

Any comments, advice, crash from the trainer stories?

I'm going to give it a go tomorrow and see if I live.