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Saris H3 Smart Trainer In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/08/saris-trainer-review.html

For today I’ve compared it against the Wahoo KICKR 2018, Tacx NEO2, and Elite Drivo II…and the slightly less expensive KICKR CORE (but spec-wise competes very well).

Giro d’Italia 2017–The Trainers, Power Meters and Gadgets of the Pro Peloton

www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/05/ditalia-trainers-powermeters.html

These days both companies have teams using their high-end Elite Drivo and Tacx Neo trainers.

Elite Zumo Smart Trainer In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/11/elite-smart-trainer-depth-review.html

If you’ve ridden a KICKR or even Elite’s Drivo series a lot, you’ll find it feels just a bit empty.

Kinetic R1 Smart Trainer In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/12/kinetic-trainer-review.html

It’s something I actually saw a few years back on the Elite Drivo early on.

Tour de France 2019: The Trainers & Power Meters

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/07/france-trainers-meters.html

For example the higher end trainers like the Tacx NEO, Elite Drivo, Wahoo KICKR, and CycleOps Hammer series units all weigh in close to 50 pounds.

Tour de France 2017–The Trainers, Power Meters and Gadgets of the Pro Peloton

www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/07/france-meters-trainers.html

There’s very little surprises here compared to the Giro (none actually), though the theme for both Tacx and Elite was to continue equipping their teams with the higher-end trainers (Elite Drivo and Tacx Neo).

The End of An Era: CompuTrainer Ceases Production

www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/02/computrainer-ceases-production.html

That’s still true of most wheel-on trainers today, but some of the higher end options like the Tacx Neo and Elite Drivo simply require no calibration at all (it’s not even an option), and they have higher accuracy levels than the CompuTrainer does.

Huge Sale: 20% off all new trainers, Fenix3 HR, and boatloads more

www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/11/trainers-fenix3-boatloads.html

Same goes for just-announced and now shipping products like the KICKR2, Elite Drivo, and CycleOps Magnus.

First Look: Zwift rolls out iOS version of platform

www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/08/zwift-ios-version.html

All Elite B+ Trainers: Anything with a B+ after the name, plus the Rampa, Kura, Drivo

Week in Review–June 5th, 2016

www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/06/week-reviewjune-2016.html

Monday: Hands-on with Elite’s new Drivo, Kura, and Rampa trainers…

Weekend Tidbits: Hammerhead Adds Radar Support, Elite Releases Upgrado app, Garmin adds Edge connection to inReach

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/10/hammerhead-releases-connection.html

As of this week, it just supports the Elite Suito trainer, however Elite says next week they’ll roll-out support for the Elite Zumo trainer (with a new firmware update), and then following that they’ll be targeting the Elite Drivo 1 trainer (original one).

Minoura Kagura DT Smart Trainer In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/09/minoura-kagura-trainer.html

What’s somewhat interesting is this reminds me a bit of the issue I saw with the Elite Drivo II this summer (albeit that was in ERG mode, whereas this wasn’t) where accuracy went all wonky in Zwift in one specific mode versus the other.

Don’t forget the Massive Black Friday/Cyber Monday Deals Page!

www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/11/forget-massive-fridaycyber.html

But it will include everything else like Stages (even their new dual Stages LR setup), PowerTap, Tacx (Neo/Flux/etc…), Elite (Direto/Drivo/Rampa), Quarq, SRAM, Favero Assioma, and more.