I have an ageing Kurt Kinetic Road machine that I have just started using again after quite a long layoff. I’m either much fitter than I thought, or the resistance unit has deteriorated and produces less resistance than previously at a given speed/power.
I have just done a roll down test from an indicated 300W and it took 13.5 seconds to come to a complete stop. Unfortunately I can’t find my old roll down test result from when I bought the unit some 5 years ago. If anyone has any roll down data, I would really appreciate it, so I can get some idea if the resistance unit is ok or not…
Thanks in advance.
PhilC36
Reviving a bit of a dead thread: I measured the temperature of my Kinetic through a TR session last night and it went to about 30 degrees C above ambient and sat there (40 deg C). It took over 10 minutes to get there, although it was pretty warm at 10 minutes, the temperature is dependent on the intensity of the last couple of minutes, and therefore the warm up of the session won’t heat the unit to the same degree as the main blocks. My guess is this doesn’t matter, as the fluid has been selected to be relatively independent of temperature. I was using a Brannan IR thermometer, and had a fan driving air in the general direction of the turbo.