I have my road bike, but the bike trainer was too heavy to carry on the airplane, not to mention I already had too much luggage with the bike. Where can I find an indoor bike trainer here? How much will this set me back?
Thanks 
Amanda
alansmountainbike.com.tw is a good place to start. He sells trainers and my friend just bought one from him. I think they range in price but at least 4,500nt should be a starting range I think.
in door bike trainer is it like a stationary bike? where you can ride it at home for excercising purpose? I am thinking about getting one since I ain’t getting enough excercise. anyone know where can I get one in Kaohsiung area?
also exactly what muscles does it work on? is it good enough that you only do in door bike trainer for excercise 3 times a week?
thanks
No, an indoor bike trainer is something you ride your normal bike on and it’s mostly for those who are outdoor riders but want to ride indoors when the weather sucks, as like right now when there’s a typhoon >:(
you can also try johnsson fitness.
they have a couple of stores over taipei and can be also found on the web.
i bought a pretty sophisticated one a year back at around 24k NT$
Giant bike shops carry several indoor trainer models…
You forgot to mention that they make a lot of noise (at least the wind turbine one I had back in the states did), one gets very hot and sweaty very quickly (giant puddle below you) and they’re incredibly boring, to the point that it’s really hard to stick with it for more than 20 or 30 minutes, even if one is accustomed to riding for an hour or longer outdoors, and even if one is listening to music or watching TV while riding (both of which I couldn’t do very well on mine, since it was so loud), so unless you’re seriously motivated, there’s a good chance it will sit in the corner gathering dust. Oh, and you can’t really stand up and do hills on it, which is obvious but disappointing. True, it may be better than nothing if confined indoors for a long rainy/snowy season, but it doesn’t come anywhere close to actually getting out there and riding outdoors, weather permitting.
amanda: in Taiwan, you just have to get used to riding in the rain. it is a very unusual ride for me if i do not ride through at least a shower or two somewhere along the way.
Thanks for the help! Alans MTB shop is very friendly. I can get a fluid trainer through them for $5800 (4500 for the mag one).
Yes, it’s boring to ride on an indoor trainer, but I have found that as a full-time graduate student and part-time consultant sometimes the only time I can ride is like 10-11pm at night while watching TV. And yes, it does not come anywhere near the quality of hill riding nor excitement of being outside, but then again I am coming from Santa Cruz California so where exactly in this area am I going to find riding like that… I might as well just buy the stinkin’ indoor trainer and deal with it for the year. That way I can get all of my work done and stay in decent enough shape.
And I’m a wuss when it comes to the rain… running in the rain is no problem but I am terrified of slipping and falling in it (and I have seen both happen frequently enough on road bikes!).
Forgot to mention: fluid trainers do not make that much noise… I have one back in the US.
I often ride late at night, as do many locals, especially in summer. much cooler then. and i can take you into some hills that make marin county look like a fold in a picnic blanket…
rain makes you a bit slower on the descents, a good thing to be wary of in Taiwan anyway.
marin county? Try SC mountains. 
But I believe you… where and when shall we take the first adventure?