Kinetic Rock and Roll 2 inRide trainer review

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The Kinetic Rocꦍk🍸 and Roll 2 inRide offers a completely different experience to other trainers(Image credit: Mick Kirkman)

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Not that different in itself, you might reasonably say, but by putting a big block of rubber between the two halves, the bike and rider are free to flop about sideways like a fat bird on a small twig. Sꦅo far, not that appealing – but if you add the 'Turntable Riser Ring' (£44.99 / $39 / AU$90), turning the front wheel leans the bike or corrects it back to upright in exactly the same way as if you were riding. The speed of the rear wheel also increases the gyroscopic stability of the bike and trainer, just as it does on your bike.

Although we've no speciᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚfi꧃c evidence beyond how we felt after heavy sprint sessions we'd also suggest that it's less biomechanically stressful overall, as the bike isn't rigidly held in place for you to strain against, in the same way that floating shoe cleats are more forgiving on knees than fixed cleats. It adds this whole-body element without the extra skill and focus needed to use a bike on traditional training rollers too, so you can still totally bury yourself into a high intensity workout without worrying about crashing or wobbling.

Once you've got it turning, the feel of the fluid brake is outstandingly smooth, wit🅰h tailwind-style speed sustain between sprints to boost morale. The resistance curve is shallow though which means it was one of the few trainers we've tested to need pushing past 40kph to hit a 500W pe෴ak – and you'll need a large chainring or a really well-spun compact to really give yourself a low-cadence strength beasting.

Wattage measurements are also based on a 'virtual power' algorithm that relates to wheel speed rather than an actual strain gauge or torque measurement. That means it won't spike suddenly under power to give peak readings until the wheel has actually accelerated up to speed. The fluid teꦍmperature takes a while to warm up, too, and reach the correct viscosity for accurate readings, but once it is the wattage figures are consistently accurate when cross calibrated with the Stages cranks on our test bike.

The Kinetic Test Flight or Fit controller/data collector apps sync easily to display comprehensive workout information and a range of preloaded training sessions and it hooks up to third-party PC/Mac software well too. As resistance is fixed, it can't automatically change to match any virtual gradients in the software, but obviously your avatar▨ will s🧸till 'ride' at an appropriate speed for the wattage.

The InRide Bluetooth pod that you'll need to add to get it to connect to either to see the wattage and other data is another £80 / $75ܫ / AU$140 too, so costs are high for a fully functional system. The rubber block and mount also make the whole setup extremely heavy to lug about as well as giving it a very large footprint in terms of the floorspace it needs. This also makes i♚t far from convenient for pre/post event use in the field.