I’m a product manager and have to travel to Asia 3-6 times a year for a week or so at a time. I’ve already built myself a bike with couplers but one of the factories I work with is an an area I’d prefer not to ride in. So I’m looking for the smallest, lightest trainer available – at least that way I can breathe some air that’s been filtered by the air conditioner.
You would think that I’d just hit up the fitness center in the hotel but there isn’t one there - 12 karaoke rooms and a massage parlor but no fitness center.
STAC Zero base model folds flat, and if you don’t mind a “kachunk” feeling to your pedal stroke on easy efforts (in my experience: under 120W or so) then you can skip the wheel weights. I would not recommend the power meter or smart control models for a lot of travel.
If it’s a hotel that does a lot of business with your company, you could try lobbying inside the company to get a proper trainer installed. Most companies are quite open to helping with the problems of staff who have to travel for work. It can’t hurt to ask.
Have a look at the STAC Zero. Their trainer folds up real small and is light. I have been ridding one for the past 7 weeks. I did a short video of the review here: 7 week STAC Zero halcyon review - YouTube The only noise I hear when ridding is my drive train
+1 on this suggestion. I have a few of these rollers, the track version and the progressive resistance ones…and a third where I merged the two and put a progressive drum and a non-progressive resistance drum on the same sled for resistance in between the two. I got a call from Feedback Sports after sharing that with the community…they were not pleased. Warranty voided! LOL
I have the Stac Zero Halcyon. I got it because I might wake up at 4 am in the morning due to 13 hour time difference and don’t want to make too much noise.
Sometimes, you just can’t get the room right above the club lounge that won’t mind the noise as much. I actually put it in my check-in luggage to take it abroad and it is now in my luggage that I leave at the hotel, as I pretty much go to the same hotel in the same city for my business trips.
If I had to do it again, I would probably still get it, with all of its clunky-ness and lack of industrial design. Not quite the level of Tacx Neo Smart, but does the job.
