Some of them made big jumps, while most made more incremental bumps in specs and features. In any case, we saw new smart trainers (or indoor bikes) from virtually every major brand this year, as well as some smaller brands.

In other words: A company has to follow the well recognized standards to even be considered for this list. Specifically ones that transmit some sort of ANT+ and Bluetooth Smart signal (dual/concurrently), and allow control of the trainer itself (via ANT+ FE-C and/or Bluetooth Smart FTMS). But for this year’s post(as with last year’s), I’m really going to focus only on smart trainers. Now in years past I’ve covered all trainers, from $70 units up to $1,600 trainers. Certainly many people trained at least part of their workouts year-round indoors, but with apps being more and more engaging (and driver interactions getting worse and worse) – people are simply spending time even on sunny days indoors riding. Of course, over the last few years we’ve seen a shift towards year-round indoor training. But for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere you’re probably thinking about spending more and more time indoors on a trainer, and perhaps looking at a new trainer. The trees are turning colors and the leaves are falling. Heads up! The 2020-2021 Smart Trainer Recommendations Guide is now up! Go check out that one, instead of this stinky old 2019-2020 guide!

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