It might never have occurred to you to consider the best bikes for indoor cycling and we, of course, fully understand you don’t need a specific bike in order to go nowhere, but there are certainly arguments to suggest it’s worth considering.
If you’re spending a lot of time riding indoors using the best indoor cycling apps, even with the best turbo trainers you’ll have a degree of faff to swap your bike between indoor and outdoor use. That may be just removing a wheel and slotting your axle into the trainer or you may need to change to a separate rear wheel with a trainer-specific tyre if you’ve got a wheel-on trainer.
For many people, this is enough of a reason to consider buying a smart bike or an exercise bike, but an equal number of people simply don’t have a bike to use at all, so are forced to look at dedicated indoor training bikes. There are plenty of them out there, such as the Wahoo Kickr Bike, the Wattbike Atom or options from Peloton and Echelon, but the best exercise bikes are rarely cheap.
Luckily, there’s an alternative. What if you could spend less, while still solving your indoor cycling needs, and getting a new bike for the real world all at once?
Intrigued? Read on.
Buying a turbo trainer and one of the bikes listed below will provide an indoor setup that can add a little extra versatility to your stable. Whether you’re buying your first bike that gets split between indoors and out, or you’re buying a second (or third, or fourth) bike that can provide an alternative type of riding to your life – be that gravel, time trial, or even a mountain bike.
Read on for our picks of the best bikes for cycling indoors, or you can jump to the bottom, where we’ll provide a guide on choosing the right one for you.
Best bikes for indoor cycling
Coming from Vitus, the Wiggle/Chain Reaction Cycles in-house brand, the Razor is an entry-level alloy road racer. The frame is made from 6061 double-butted aluminium with a carbon fork.
For under £1,000 the frame is quality but, at this entry-level price point, it’s no surprise to see an 8-speed Claris groupset, complete with a 50/34T chainset and 11-32T rear cluster.
The Vitus Razor and a Tacx Neo 2T as a package is still less than what the Neo Bike costs, and you then…
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