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Blackburn Trakstand Ultra Bike Trainer Review

The Blackburn Trakstand Ultra is billed by Blackburn as being an Ultra smooth bike trainer that is also Ultra quiet and features Ultra-realistic resistance. Much of this smoothness and lack of noise is due to the Blackburn CENTRIFORCE™ resistance unit featuring a centrifugal clutch that provides amazingly smooth, silent and progressive resistance that feels just like a hard ride on the open road. I was very pleased with the my first impression of the Blackburn Ultra trainer.

After loading my trusty Trek into the unit and pounding out a few miles the first thing that I took note of is that this unit featured a very realistic road feel. Most Mag and Fluid bike trainers lose speed quickly but the Blackburn Trakstand Ultra has a silky smooth rollout when coasting and offers a very natural feel to both your pedal stroke and when you coast so your pedal stroke feels more natural in the dead spots or when you ease up on the pedals.

Another nice feature that the Blackburn Ultra trainer offers is an adjustable height, which allows the rear wheel to be as close as ¼” to the ground. No more phone book under the front wheel or requiring a front wheel ring. A nice feature.

I put a few hundred miles on the Blackburn Trakstand Ultra trainer during my time testing it and I was pleased with the way it operated. It was indeed very smooth and quiet and appeared my all measures to be a good quality trainer. I have heard a few negative reviews on the Blackburn units but my experience was all good so take that for what it is worth.

Who Should Buy the Blackburn Trakstand Ultra Bike Trainer

The Blackburn Ultra bicycle trainer appears to be targeted squarely at the middle of the pack consumer. It is not a high enough quality unit to compare with the likes of a Kurt Kinetic but it certainly isn't down there with the entry level department store type trainers. It would seem to me to be targeted at the weekend cyclist who is looking to stay in shape through the winter and wants a reasonably quality trainer without investing a lot of money. The Blackburn Ultra comes with a 5 year warranty to the original purchaser and if you read other reviews around the web then you may have to take advantage of that warranty but my experience with this bicycle trainer was nothing but positive.

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The new Blackburn TrakStand Ultra incorporates our patented CENTRIFORCE resistance unit using a patented centrifugal clutch that provides silky smooth, quiet and progressive resistance. What this means is a real road bike ride from an indoor bike trainer. Unlike most magnetic and fluid trainers which tend to lose speed quickly when coasting, the CENTRIFORCE system has a smooth coastdown feature, so your pedal stroke feels more natural and simulates a true road ride. The Ultra also features adjustable height, which allows the rear wheel to be as close as 1/2" to the ground. No more phone book under the front wheel.

Trakstand to fitness!

Review Date: January 12, 2009

Reviewer: Ida, Washington State

A great product. Easy to attach bike to and very sturdy. We now can ride our bike for fitness in the house while watching TV!

Very Happy with my TrakStand Ultra

Review Date: November 9, 2009

Reviewer: Ron I, Hawaii

I just purchase this product today locally. I wished I had checked Amazon more thoroughly because it is 25% less than what I paid locally.

I read the instructions (3 minutes), unboxed the trainer (2 minutes), had to change to the provided skewer to get my bike to fit (5 minutes), made adjustments (2 minutes), got dressed (2 minutes) and was riding. This was much easier to set up than I had imagined.

I am using this for rehab after shattering my tibia 3 months ago. My first ride was one hour spinning a 42 X 17. I really like the feel of this trainer. It feels much better than an excercise bike at the gym 'cause you are riding your personal bike. The resistance feels very good VS. my Minoura rollers with mag resistance. The one odd thing is the wheel slips on the polished aluminum drum of the resistance unit (RU) if your don't pedal smoothly.

Overall, I'm very happy with the unit. I was debating the $80 Bell Motivator. I'm glad I spent more for this because it is very well constructed, the skewer attachment is solid and it unit is silent. Also, you don't need a riser with this unit because the design can keep the real wheel 1/4 inch off the ground.

Fantastic trainer! Sturdy, well designed, and a breeze to setup!

Review Date: April 22, 2009

Reviewer: L. Preston, Pacific Northwest

This is s wonderful product for those who want to train or exercise using their own bike. I wanted something easy to use and well made. I found it.

Now I can spin on my own bike then ride it on the rode when I want. No bulky indoor exercycles. Works great.