As always, once I’m done with this thing I’ll get a shipping label on this loaner unit and it’ll head back to Elite. From accuracy to what’s in the box, and plenty more. And I’ll dive into that a bit later on, what went wrong, what’s different now, etc…īut before we do, we’ll run through all the usual in-depth review bits.
Like every other trainer (or indoor bike) this season, Elite joined the ‘that was rough’ club for early adopters. Great – so it sounds like the perfect mid-range trainer at $799.īut did it live up to that hype? Well, it probably depends on when exactly you got a Suito. And finally – it was designed to be entirely ready to ride by just pulling it out of the box – no assembly required.
It also has a very small footprint for those that wanted to store it away (or under) something. The only other trainer in the market that did that was the $1,199 Wahoo KICKR.Ītop that, at the time, Elite also threw in a 30-day trial of Zwift – which then was actually unique (now, not so much). With the Suito the main selling point was that the cassette was included (saving you $50-$70 in costs, depending on whether you had tools) – plus the savings in time/hassle. The Suito made a name for itself by essentially copying the same Elite formula as a few years ago: Offer a good medium-range product that undercuts everyone else on price. It’s been about five months since the Elite Suito was first announced back in July.
