Hi,
Does anyone have any experience with the pro-form tour de france indoor cycling bike? http://www.proform.com/tour-de-france/
Thanks!
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Pro-Form Tour De France Indoor Training Bike
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No HRM - save your money! Put your bike on a turbo-trainer or buy an old beater bike and set it up as a winter trainer.
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Rumor has it that Andy Schleck cannot ride that bike at the -20 degree setting.....
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Wear your helmet and gloves
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I rode one in-store and was not impressed, especially for the $$. The geometry felt all wrong to me. Much better off riding your own bike on a trainer or rollers.
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I know I'm jumping in very late to this post, but I own one of these trainers...it's worked about 2 times since I bought it in July 2011. I have had replacement parts sent on 4 differnet occassions (with most of them arriving WEEKS late due to backorder issues) and a technician just left my house with a burnt circuit board that will need to be replaced...2 more weeks. DO NOT BUY THE PROFORM TDF TRAINER.
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Orbeaboy - that is indeed a bummer. Thanks for the heads up on quality issues. Amazed that they would even send out a technician. Guess that is a good sign or perhaps indicative of non-user friendly design. Seems to me that the PCBs/cards could easily be configured to use standard sockets & backplane and be easy to remove.
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Hi Folks! New update from me. The quality issues with the Proform TDF are getting worse. I've waited and waited for a backordered circuit board to be sent to my home and a technician to replace it. It lasted 4 rides before smoking and shorting out AGAIN.... Since owning this last August, I've had to download 4 program updates, replaced the console 3 times, replaced 2 circuit boards and one incline motor. I've contacted my attorney to see if I have any options...I will GIVE IT AWAY to get space for my old wind trainer...
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Those things look both hokey and kind of neat. Can't say I'm surprised at the quality control issues--I have a hard time believing that any motorized home fitness equipment is well made--the margins must be razor thin...
I've been riding some 20? year old Tacx rollers and at this point it's the best workout I can get at home (better than a turbo trainer by far). I really like riding rollers, I must say.
Will give the tdf trainer a pass...
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cycleops makes spin bikes w/ built in power & can set it up to proper position. I have the 300 model - works like a champ. The newer ones have electronic controlled resistance = a nice upgrade.
If you look around - you can find them on craigslist for < half of what they retail for - around 2 large. Think I got mine very slightly used for like 8 hund.
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Yes, but the other trainer has Tour de France in the name. It MUST be better!
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