I just sold my Cycleops Fluid trainer and got a home spin bike instead. I just prefer spinning over my bike on a trainer. Call me crazy. I had my trainer for three years and probably used it all of 10 times. It just bored me to tears.

We ended up getting a spin bike that cost about $300 from Sunny Health & Fitness (a division of Nordic Trac). It was well reviewed on Amazon so we decided to take a chance given the price. We were otherwise looking at more expensive models by Star Trac.

So far, it's working pretty well. It's certainly not top of the line, but the use it'll likely get (2-3 a week for several months a year), I just didn't see the point. I've used gym spin bikes that have digital wattage and cadence readouts, but I really have no interest in my wattage and I have a pretty good feel for my cadence. My only complaint about the bike is that I wish the bars were a little wider. Otherwise, it's really no functionally different from most of the gym quality bikes I've used.