Evan Cycles wants to make direct drive turbos more affordable with the Pinnacle HC Turbo Trainer

(Pocket-lint) - Evans Cycles has unveiled a caller enactment for those looking for a nonstop thrust turbo trainers: the Pinnacle HC.

Pinnacle is an Evans Cycles in-house marque and this is the archetypal clip that Evans has launched its ain turbo trainer. The determination has apt been prompted by the soaring request for turbo trainers implicit the past year, with a astute turbo being 1 of the lockdown purchases that galore cyclists looked to make.

The Pinnacle HC precise overmuch follows the signifier of the Wahoo Kickr Core, with a fold retired basal meaning there's immoderate enactment to fold it up and enactment it away.

It's a nonstop thrust turbo, meaning you'll person to acceptable it with the cassette to lucifer your bike, past region your rear instrumentality and equine the turbo instead.

This gives overmuch amended results than "wheel-on" trainers and Evans Cycles details that it volition enactment 8/9/10/11 velocity Shimano oregon SRAM cassettes, which you'll person to bargain separately.

There's a ample flywheel to simulate a existent roadworthy feel, portion it tin simulate up to 2500 watts and incline of 20 per cent, which would beryllium a investigating combination. There's an integrated cadence sensor.

The Pinnacle HC offers Bluetooth and ANT+ truthful you'll beryllium capable to link it up to your motorcycle computer, PC oregon tablet, truthful you tin usage platforms similar Zwift, TrainerRoad and galore more, truthful you tin bid and vie from home.

The trainer weights 15kg and Evans reports that it lone creates 52dB of dependable astatine 19mph, truthful it's not noisy.

The Pinnacle HC is present disposable for £599.99 from Evans Cycles.

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Writing by Chris Hall. Originally published connected 11 November 2021.