🔧 Saris Trainer Clutch Tightening Knob Review

As advertised, this allows you to dial in the correct tension without the guesswork. Much better than my old lever clamp.

Mine broke during quarantine and I was gaining weight until I received this replacement. Easy to swap out and install, much better than the one that came with my trainer.

My road bike wouldn't shift anymore (broken cable), so I used the CycleOps Trainer to "ride". On a beautiful Sunday morning I met no resistance. The screw was broken. After some research, it turned out that this has happened to people. It's been 8 years. so it had to happen. Bought this "upgraded and redesigned" clutch. Works perfectly. Tomorrow I'll ride my comfortable bike into the living room. and hopefully be back on the road when my road bike comes back from the store. This thing saved the

I bought an old CycleOps trainer from a friend but it was missing the L-bolt. I bought a clutch handle (the trainer had a cam lever instead of a handle) and found that the handle was unthreaded. Completely smooth inside. I called Saris and they sent me a new pen for free. I really only needed the L-bolt as the cam arm works with the one I was given, but Saris no longer carries the L-bolt that connects to the cam arm (they are different lengths, although I'm not sure if that would be a problem).

I bought this to replace the "Quick Cam Lever" on my 2007 CycleOps Magneto Trainer. The cam lever tends to deform at the points of contact with the hard plastic sheet. I've been through a few now and don't even use the trainer that often. Glad to see they replaced that lever with this torque limiter knob. Works perfectly. It's easy to apply the correct pressure to the tire as it will click once the correct torque is achieved. This is a little tricky to install as you have to thread the L…