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Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer 2018 review

We want to ensure that whether you’re spending £10K on a new lightweight race bike, £2 on a cycling water bottle or £999.99 on Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer 2018, that you’re getting the very best you can get for your money. In today’s Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer 2018 review we’re going to look at why it scores 8.4/10 in our review and why we recommend it over many of the other 128 products in the Turbo Trainers category. We’ve started by giving you a top level score for each of the key areas when it comes to reviewing these products, these scores include a quality score, price score, review score and an overall score.






Quality

8.3

Price

8.4

Reviews

8.6

Overall

8.4

 

Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer 2018 reviews

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Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer 2018 Specification

Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer 2018 specs

Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer 2018
Feature 1

Hub Compatibility: 130/135 QR and 12×142, 12×148 Thru-Axle, (adapters and spacers included)

Other Turbo Trainers found with this feature: 1

Feature 2

Rear Wheel Size: Road: 24”, 650c, 700c; MTB: 24”, 26”, 650b, 29”

Other Turbo Trainers found with this feature: 1

Feature 3

Third-Party App Compatible: Yes: Zwift, Fulgaz, Rouvy and KinoMap

Other Turbo Trainers found with this feature: 1

Feature 4

Max Power: Bluetooth, Ant+, FE-C

Other Turbo Trainers found with this feature: 1

Feature 5

Mobile Compatibility: Apple, Android, Windows

Other Turbo Trainers found with this feature: 2

Feature 6

Accessory Compatibility: KICKR Climb, KICKR Desk, KICKR Headwind, KICKR Mat, TICKR Heart Rate Monitors (all sold separately)

Other Turbo Trainers found with this feature: 1

Spec 1

Colour: Black

Other Turbo Trainers found with this spec: 1

Price

£999.99

Number of Reviews

9

Review Score

4.2 / 5

Average score in category: 4.4

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  • Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer. Boasting the most realistic indoor training experience Wahoo has to offer, the all-new KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer ensures the most immersive static workout possible is achieved by combining top-end technology and instant analysis as you bring your outdoor ride indoors. Realistic and Comprehensive Indoor Training . The KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer at its most basic comprises of a large flywheel and virtually silent design for the most realistic riding feel when you are in the saddle. However, when hooked up to the fantastic KICKR compatible third-party apps via your Apple, Android or Windows device, your mundane indoor ride turns in to any run, trail or route you like. Virtual routes and trails and geo-synced videos will bring your workout to life, both visually and physically as the trainer simulates the on-screen terrain. The connectivity of the ELEMNT GPS Computer to the KICKR will also let you re-ride roads and treks you’ve done in real-life, and if you just want a powerful and varied burst on the trainer, it will provide you with the accuracy and responsiveness you need to get the best from your workout. ¬†The KICKR comes with an RPM Cadence Senor to help you monitor your ride, while your speed, distance and power data is also collated for accurate an instant analysis of your efforts. Also featured is a pre-installed cassette, quick tyre-size height adjuster and carrying handle for easy portability. Giving you all the physicality and feel of an outside ride, the all-new Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer is the ultimate when it comes to indoor training. ¬† Features: ¬†Hub Compatibility: 130/135 QR and 12×142, 12×148 Thru-Axle, (adapters and spacers included) ¬†Rear Wheel Size: Road: 24‚Äù, 650c, 700c; MTB: 24‚Äù, 26‚Äù, 650b, 29‚Äù ¬†Third-Party App Compatible: Yes: Zwift, Fulgaz, Rouvy and KinoMap ¬†Max Power: Bluetooth, Ant+, FE-C ¬†Mobile Compatibility: Apple, Android, Windows ¬†Accessory Compatibility: KICKR Climb, KICKR Desk, KICKR Headwind, KICKR Mat, TICKR Heart Rate Monitors (all sold separately) ¬†Buy Wahoo Accessories from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
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No matter what type of bike product your buying, from the simple accessories through to the full setup of your custom built road bike, there are lots of important considerations that you should take into account, especially when you’re shopping online and unable to test the product first. This is especially true when you’re buying products like Turbo Trainers.

Our aim is simple, help you get the very best products for your budget. Whether that’s Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer 2018 or an alternative, we’ll do our best to find you unbiased, genuine customer reviews to help you make your decision. We’ve found 128 different products in the Turbo Trainers category at Chain Reaction Cycles and we’ve also managed to find 30 products from Wahoo (although only 16 of the 30 are in the Turbo Trainers category).

Our first piece of advice is for you to spend some time really getting to know what it is you’re looking for. An important feature for one person might be totally pointless and irrelevant to you, so get a good idea of what you want and need from your Turbo Trainers. Note down this list of key features that your product must have, that way when you’re comparing alternatives you have a starting point to decide whether one product meets your needs or not.

Price is the next and probably one of the most important factors of a purchase, so it’s really worthwhile spending a bit of time analysing the price of Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer 2018 and seeing how it stacks up against those offered by different brands or even other alternatives from Wahoo. Below we’re going to get into the detail of Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer 2018 to help you see how the prices stack up.

We start this price analysis by looking at the price you can expect to pay for Turbo Trainers. There are 128 different products available at Chain Reaction Cycles, and of those 128, the average price is £205.07. There’s quite a variance in price in this category too with the lowest priced product we found at £4.49 and most expensive was £2008.94.

The next stage we went on to, was to look at the price of products from the brand: Wahoo. The average price was £415.42 and we found that the price varies right from as little as £11.99 up to £2008.94 with Wahoo products.

And finally we thought it would be good to give you an idea of Wahoo products that appear specifically in the Turbo Trainers category. So you can see that the price of Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer 2018 at £999.99 is great value considering the average price of Wahoo Turbo Trainers is £669.01 and the price varies from £22.49.

It’s also worth bearing in mind that we managed to find Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer 2018 during our price scan of several cycle retailers, for the amazing price of £999.99 which represents a £ or saving against RRP. If you think Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer 2018 ticks all of your boxes in terms of quality and features then it’s more than likely going to be a winner bearing in mind the price.

Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer 2018 Reviews

Reviews are obviously a key part of the buying process when buying any cycle gear, and that goes for Turbo Trainers too. Reading reviews if going to be the closest insight you get into how good Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer 2018 is, without actually trying or buying it. Over at Chain Reaction Cycles we managed to find 9 reviews scoring it 4.2 out of 5. That’s a great result considering the price and quality and the fact that it’s a product made by Wahoo. In fact when you consider those points and combine it with the fact that the average review score in the Turbo Trainers category is 4.4 and the average score of products from Wahoo is 4.5 it’s a steal. And actually, if you look specifically at products from Wahoo in the Turbo Trainers category the average review score is 4.7.

That’s why you can see it was easy for us to give Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer 2018 such a high overall score of 8.4 / 10. It seems to have the perfect combination of features, quality and price making it a great all-rounder.

So our last piece of advice that we can offer is to take your time reading plenty of reviews now, you can see that there are 9 reviews for Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer 2018 which score it 4.2, so it’s really worth spending a few minutes reading through lots of these to see what the key advantages or dislikes are. It will really reassure you when you come to buying online.

If you do go on to buy Wahoo KICKR Smart Turbo Trainer 2018 or in fact any of the other Turbo Trainers, we would love to hear from you. Sharing your views will really help us to write more comprehensive reviews and we will share these thoughts with customers just like you that are looking to read reviews before they commit to buying.