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I’ve been using my trusty old Kurt Kinetic Road Machine for nearly a decade now and it’s been brilliant. The feel is great with good inertia and I can happily do proper interval sessions through to long (3-4 hour) LSD rides on it.
For the last few years I’ve been eyeing up the smart turbo market with interest, but with the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” thing in my mind I’ve stayed faithful. However I’ve had the opportunity to audition one for a week before buying and so picked up an Elite Direto this weekend.
I did a 3 hour session on Saturday, just riding a mix of zones in Zwift to get a feel for it and then a couple of erg workouts. First impressions were mixed. I quite liked the automatic resistance changes as the gradient altered in general riding, but the erg mode in workouts I’m struggling with.
It just feels like I’m riding through treacle with very little inertia and therefore feels much harder than my KK, but also not very realistic. Is this normal? And if so, is it at all beneficial to training stimulus?
If it is beneficial, then I could maybe learn to live with it. However, I think I’d struggle to do my long sessions on this machine.
I know @skinny, you went from a Lemond to a Neo. How was the transition for you? And was it worth the upgrade? Maybe I need to try a Neo.