Title: Too noisy, too little resistance
Product review: I returned this item and was unfortunately charge a large s&h; fee to return it.Problems:1) Even on the highest gear with ha mountain bike, there was way too little resistance to get a workout. If I use street bike tires, it's as if I'm just moving my feet (practically no workout). I might as well just lift the bike in the air and put weights on my feet.2) With mountain bike tires, it's unbearably noisy. It's worse than putting an index card near the tire (like kids to to make a motorcycle noise). The noise is so unbearable, I can't peddle faster (not because of the resistance), peddling faster causes pain to the ears.For the cost of one of these trainers, you should really just pay a bit more for an exercise bike. Unless you're a hardcore biker that *needs* to train on the bike s/he will be racing in. Unfortunately exercise bikes tend to have a smaller radius than a normal bike, which is why I thought this would be a good idea--I was wrong.
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