Originally Posted by
Sy Reene
Since I think the Canyon/UCI/Zwift tie-in was previously mentioned, how do people interpret this policy from Canyon on trainer usage with its bikes?
"
If you have an approved bike, there are only two conditions:
the trainer must clamp on to the bike's rear axle (not to the frame)
required accessories made available by the trainer's manufacturer (such as special axles) must be used
If you fulfil these, using the turbo trainer does not void your warranty."
Maybe to be found as a bit funny..
Take a typical direct mount smart trainer like a Wahoo Kickr.. while there's a thru axle, is not the bike's "frame" being clamped (ie. the dropouts) to the trainer?
eg.
versus a wheel-on trainer, which it sounds Canyon requires (without voiding warranty) where the clamps are onto just the axle, eg:
Couple of people on the team were passing that around....
In general you can ride any bike you want to on any trainer. They are almost all loaded and mounted in the same way that a wheel would be and if the bike is going to fail on the trainer it's going to fail while riding it and you don't want to ride it anyway. My $0.02