{"id":18090,"date":"2015-02-11T23:36:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T04:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=18090"},"modified":"2015-02-11T23:36:54","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T04:36:54","slug":"kurt-kinetic-road-machine-pro-flywheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2015\/02\/11\/kurt-kinetic-road-machine-pro-flywheel\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Kinetic Road Machine + Pro Flywheel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earlier today I purchased a used (but nearly new) Kurt Kinetic Road Machine<\/a>\u00a0and Pro Flywheel<\/a>\u00a0from someone local\u00a0for cash plus a set of nearly-new tires that I didn’t need. I’d been interested in trying out a trainer with a heavier flywheel than the Cycleops Fluid 2<\/a>\u00a0that I’ve used for the last few years as I suspected it’d smooth out my pedal stroke and\u00a0make for\u00a0a more outdoors-y feel. I’ve had problems getting my heart rate to the same levels on the trainer as when riding outdoors, and I suspected it was from the higher drag, constant hill climbing feeling that I was getting with the Fluid 2.<\/p>\n

For my first ride tonight I did TrainerRoad’s 8 Minute Test<\/a>\u00a0(without the Pro Flywheel) and thus far I’m very happy. There is a much longer coast\/spin down time with this trainer vs. the Fluid 2 resulting in less of a climbing-stairs feeling and something more like riding into a strong headwind. This I’m fine with. The result of the power test put me at a 304W FTP<\/a>\u2020<\/sup>, and during the test I was able to reliably get my HR to roughly my maximum, somewhere in the mid 170 BPM range. The last time I did a test (back in October) I was barely able to hit the 160s.<\/p>\n

On my first try with the large flywheel — after removing it to wipe everything down — I noticed that there’s a bit of vibration when I’d get it to higher RPMs. I imagine it just needs a little aligning, but if I continue to have issues\u00a0hopefully Kurt\u00a0will help sort things out. The larger flywheel provided an\u00a0even more intertia, and it almost felt like riding down a gentle grade with a steady headwind when using it. Serious effort was required to get it started, but once it was going it seemed to smooth things out even more.<\/p>\n

I’ll try it out on some longer sustained-effort rides in the near future and\u00a0perhaps even do another power test with it, just to see what happens. I really hate power tests, though…<\/p>\n

\u2020\u00a0TrainerRoad claims that it’s Virtual Power is roughly 3% off from a power meter when used with a Kurt Kinetic Road Machine<\/a>. It’d be nifty if this is the case, as I wouldn’t mind having a 300W FTP… That’d put me at roughly\u00a03.79 watts per kilogram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier today I purchased a used (but nearly new) Kurt Kinetic Road Machine\u00a0and Pro Flywheel\u00a0from someone local\u00a0for cash plus a set of nearly-new tires that…<\/p>\n

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