Recommend direct drive trainer

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@mcneese.chad

Sadly, I see the 3rd gen of smart trainers as the worst batch. I lucked into the 2nd gen on the Neo, Hammer and Kickr (actually 3rd really as a '17), and have not seen the issues that the newer models are showing.

I can’t recommend any current trainer with a strong asterisk that we have seen more issues with these than prior years. I am hoping that the next round will address these issues, but not at all confident considering that many of these issues here are still happening despite claims from the makers that things are better.

I agree… seems like overall reliability and quality are trending in the wrong direction. Not sure exactly why that is but typically you’d expect by the 3rd -4th generation of a product they’d have things figured out. My 2016 Kickr has been rock solid and I would’t let it go for any price given the current state of the high end trainer market.