Hello all, I want to buy a smart bike trainer. Looking for advice on where to buy? Any recommendations ? I’m based in hokkaido. Thank you in advance for your help.
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I bought a Renpho AI bike from Amazon.jp It’s super quiet, comfortable, and works great for zwift.
Are you looking for an exercise bike? A direct drive? Something that doesn’t require you to take your rear wheel off? There are a lot of options. I personally use a Wahoo Kickr Core and love it. It also works as a power meter for added data and pairs wonderfully with Zwift.
I would buy online. You can use kakaku to price things and find the cheapest online option.
If it is in your budget, I would also recommend the Wahoo Kickr that someone else mentioned. It is a fantastic smart trainer.
This is another vote for the Kickr from Wahoo. Just try to get a newer model, they have been through a few revisions. When I moved to Japan we brought one of ours with us.
Looking at Mercari there are a few kicking around and now is probably a good time to pick one up as people may sell them in the summer when they don’t need them. Wiggle is a UK based company, but they ship to Japan and it looks like they also have some Wahoo products if you want brand new.
Or just run down to a local shop! Smart trainers are really popular in Japan. I have a few teammates here that ride / race on Zwift year round.
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I bought a Renpho AI bike from Amazon.jp It’s super quiet, comfortable, and works great for zwift.
Are you looking for an exercise bike? A direct drive? Something that doesn’t require you to take your rear wheel off? There are a lot of options. I personally use a Wahoo Kickr Core and love it. It also works as a power meter for added data and pairs wonderfully with Zwift.
I would buy online. You can use kakaku to price things and find the cheapest online option.
If it is in your budget, I would also recommend the Wahoo Kickr that someone else mentioned. It is a fantastic smart trainer.
This is another vote for the Kickr from Wahoo. Just try to get a newer model, they have been through a few revisions. When I moved to Japan we brought one of ours with us.
Looking at Mercari there are a few kicking around and now is probably a good time to pick one up as people may sell them in the summer when they don’t need them. Wiggle is a UK based company, but they ship to Japan and it looks like they also have some Wahoo products if you want brand new.
Or just run down to a local shop! Smart trainers are really popular in Japan. I have a few teammates here that ride / race on Zwift year round.