Originally Posted by
OBoile
I went from the InRide to a direct drive smart trainer. I'm happy I did, and I'd probably say that's the best way to do it. Doing the intermediate step of having a smart trainer that is wheel on probably isn't worth it over just the InRide.
This is my thinking as well. I bought a Kinetic Road Machine a few years ago, thinking I would mostly use it for warming up for races. The InRide sensor was just a nice bonus and a quick and easy way to get on Zwift. If I had known I was going to spend so much time on the trainer doing Zwift and/or TrainerRoad, I would have bought a direct drive smart trainer, which is probably what I'll do this fall. I wouldn't bother with the Control unit. I'll keep the Kinetic for race warmups, but I'll likely just dedicate an old bike to the new smart trainer set up.