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Blackburn Tech Fluid Trainer
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Average Rating:  (5 Reviews)
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List Price: $269.99
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Our Price: $220.00
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- Advanced fluid resistance with benchmarked and highly refined power curve
- Boxed and formed steel frame with adjustable height - no track block required
- FastCrank mounting system
- Class-leading frame stiffness and unsurpassed stability
- Lifetime Warranty
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Product Description:
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Most riders will never need to understand the fluid mechanics of shear stress, magnetic eddy currents or Lens'z Law, and how these things affect a trainer's performance. But it's through a thorough understanding of these details (and a bunch of others) that Blackburn was able to develop some of the best indoor trainers on the market for 2010. We sarted off by creating our own trainer R&D center complete with a battery of proprietary testing equipment. And then , we tested - some 15 trainers in total - benchmarking everything from frame rack and spread stiffness to thermal decay at 40 mph. We took that data and went back to the drawing board. The result: the Tech Fluid and Tech Mag 6 trainers. All-new adjustable height frames that set a new benchmark for stiffness and stability. Fluid and magnetic resistance units with carefully scuplted, smooth and progressive power curves to meet the needs of weekend warriors and world class atheletes alike. Even the mounting hardware was redesigned for faster, easier use. So while you'll never need to know how optimized flywheel weight affects resistance and rollout quality, once you turn the pedals on a Tech Series, you'll be glad we do.
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Customer Reviews:
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 The resistance unit has a design flaw, trainer is junk!, March 26, 2010
By kini62 (Hilo, Hawaii United States)
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On my third sample of this trainer after getting one as a replacement for the horrible Trackstand Ultra. All 3 have had the same problem. Little to no resistance when cold, with bouts of great resistance until the unit gets warm. Once it gets warm the vibrations start in. They start out intermittently progressing to constant and strong. Strong enough to wake the dogs and shake the house. This lasts up to 10 minutes. The resistance also gets much greater during the periods of vibration, leveling out after the resistance subsides.
The resistance on all three were different as well. The latest one being much greater than the other 2. Blackburn claims the "most realistic feel" of any trainer on the market. Well if your idea of realistic is having to ride up hill against a 15mph wind all the time, then I guess the Tech Fluid is "realistic" I can cruise at a moderate workload on a flat road with little wind at 23-25mph. I can barely touch 20mph on this trainer and only for a couple of minutes.
Stay FAR, FAR away from any Blackburn Trainer. Spend the extra and get a Kurt or Cycleops.
6 of 7 people found the above review helpful.
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 Blackburn Track Stand Ultra Replacement Unit is awesome, March 11, 2010
By JP (New York)
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Ok, so I ordered the track stand ultra a few months back to train inside this year for my first IM triathlon. It initially looked like a good product but after about 2 weeks of use the thing started acting so weird. The resistance would sometimes rise so much that I couldn't pedal at all. Also, it would make the most horrific high pitched squeaking sounds you could imagine. My roommates hated me for and it made indoor riding even more unpleasant. The Track Stand Ultra Sucks! Don't ever buy it. I had to open it up and lube the inside clean the break pad disc before every ride and it didn't cure it. So I gave in and drove to a dealer that sells blackburn products. They called the main Headquaters and I was told they discontinued the Trackstand Ultra; probably because so many people had issues with it. They offered to replace it with this bad boy and let me tell you so far its awesome. I did an extremely intense interval workout on it today for about 1.5 hours and the resistance didn't die out once it feels extremely smooth and realistic. It's an amazing product so far. I hope it doesn't die out like the ultra did. This bad boy is the best trainer I've ever used. I'd definitely recommend the tech fluid to someone willing to drop the cash. If anything chances I'll be sure to update this.
4 of 4 people found the above review helpful.
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Terrible, April 21, 2011
By Cyclist
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Agree 100% with what others have written. This trainer has the worst vibrations I have ever experienced and they are LOUD. The vibrations make this trainer louder then my Cyclops Wind Trainer. The resistance is also faulty. Once it gets warmed up it is as one of the other reviewers described, feels like your riding uphill in a 20mph headwind. Not a "realistic" feel at all. Terrible product, stick with Kinetic.
3 of 3 people found the above review helpful.
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Junk. Buy something else., April 26, 2010
By John A. Thompson
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I received the Tech Fluid trainer as a warranty replacement for a failed Blackburn Trackstand Ultra Trainer. I should have kept the Trackstand Ultra. The Tech Fluid trainer has a vibration at between 13-15 mph that makes the trainer unusable. When using the provided skewer (or any of the others I have on numerous bikes), the trainer locking mechanism gets jammed onto the skewer making it impossible to remove the bike from the trainer without banging on the frame. Twice now I have attempted to use Blackburn's top-of-the-line trainer, and twice I have been gotten an item that did not work. After contacting Blackburn, they said they would replace it with yet another Tech Fluid or I could get a refund if I sent them the original receipt (from the 1st trainer bought 7 months ago and long since tossed in the trash.) I will not have another Blackburn trainer in my home, and I will not inflict it on someone else by selling it, so the Blackburn Tech Fluid Trainer with 20 miles on it is going in the trash. Save your money. Buy anything else.
3 of 5 people found the above review helpful.
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 Blackburn Trak Stand Fluid vs. Tech Fluid vs. Cycleops Fluid 2, March 23, 2012
By Keith Sargent (Rockville, Maryland USA)
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After 3.25 years my Blackburn TrakStand Fluid Trainer suddenly stopped working - the bearings gave out. I wrote Blackburn (a subsidiary of Bell Sports) and they said it was covered by a lifetime warranty. They didn't even ask for a receipt and sent a free FedEx label so I could ship it back to them. I only sent the roller unit, but they sent back a whole new unit - the Blackburn Tech Fluid Trainer. It's much quieter than the Trakstand, and about the same noise level as the CycleOps Fluid 2 Indoor Bicycle Trainer (which I'd purchased before I knew Blackburn's return policy). It has a more stable base and locks the bike in more securely than the Cycleops, but as the other reviewers have said, the performance changes as it warms up.
For the first seven minutes, the resistance is low, but it runs smoothly, similar to the Cycleops. Then suddenly the resistance increases and the vibration starts. This vibration is not as bad as other reviewers say, it's just a little rough, and the trainer remains quiet. I shift the big chainwheel down one gear and continue riding. Then, between seven and nine minutes later, the vibration stops and the ride becomes smooth again. The resistance stays the same and there are no changes for the rest of the time you ride, unless you stop and the unit cools down. The roller unit gets very hot to the touch, unlike the Cycleops, which only gets slightly warm.
Bottom line: I like the stability of the Blackburn, but I like the smoothness of the Cycleops.
1 of 1 people found the above review helpful.
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