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Ride your hardest workouts Inside with E-Motion Rollers smart trainer, and E-FLEX rocker plate alternative.
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Read the latest news on E-Motion Rollers indoor cycling technology, get free cycling workouts, read about innovations like the Bicycle Treadmill, and catch up on featured cyclists. Plus, learn more about Smart Resistance and Smart Trainers and how they can help you be a faster cyclist.
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March 20, 2020
Rocker Plate VS E-Flex for the Modern Smart Trainer
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[](https://www.insideride.com/) [ Ride your hardest workouts Inside with E-Motion Rollers smart trainer, and E-FLEX rocker plate alternative.](https://www.insideride.com/) # [Blog](https://www.insideride.com/blog) Read the latest news on E-Motion Rollers indoor cycling technology, get free cycling workouts, read about innovations like the Bicycle Treadmill, and catch up on featured cyclists. Plus, learn more about Smart Resistance and Smart Trainers and how they can help you be a faster cyclist. [](https://www.insideride.com/) [March 20, 2020](https://www.insideride.com/blog/2020/3/20/rocker-plate-vs-e-flex-for-the-modern-smart-trainer) # [Rocker Plate VS E-Flex for the Modern Smart Trainer](https://www.insideride.com/blog/2020/3/20/rocker-plate-vs-e-flex-for-the-modern-smart-trainer) [March 20, 2020](https://www.insideride.com/blog/2020/3/20/rocker-plate-vs-e-flex-for-the-modern-smart-trainer)/ [L P](https://www.insideride.com/blog?author=5345c292e4b0a8c991787ff4) ## Bringing Motion to the Modern Smart Trainer... Rocker plate VS E-Flex The Smart trainer brought amazing innovation and visual realism to indoor training, but it did nothing for the basic experience of riding a totally rigid trainer. Rocker plates were an effort to bring a more physically engaging experience to the Smart trainer, but they have produced mixed results and very low adoption rates. Because of that, rocker plates have remained largely a DIY project with only a few commercial products available for purchase. Rocker plates have their modern roots in the Kurt Rock and Roll trainer, formerly the only widely available trainer with built-in tilting motion. Today's rocker plates universally attach to most *any* trainer, but are otherwise very similar to the original Kurt. They have a pivot and springs to allow the bike and trainer to sway side to side. Initiating and controlling the motion requires practice since it relies on different forces than outside riding. Because there is no direct control of the rocking action, they typically use fairly stiff springs to avoid excessive motion. The result: springy, rhythmic action that can get out of sync and end up being a distraction. Compared to outdoor riding (and [rollers](https://www.insideride.com/buy/emotion-h)), the rocker trainer still has an unresponsive and disconnected feel. *For all the attention rocker systems were getting the last few years, they clearly did not live up to the promise of a natural ride.* To address these issues, [the new Flex system](https://www.insideride.com/buy/kickr-e-flex) for the Wahoo Kickr was released in late 2019. It's an articulated design that provides two additional features not found in the rocker plate world. A steerable front end that directly controls the rocking motion, and a gentle forward and back gliding motion. These two qualities are familiar to fans of Inside Ride’s [E-Motion Rollers](https://www.insideride.com/buy/emotion-h) equipped with the [Floating Fork Stand (FFS)](https://www.insideride.com/buy/floating-fork-stand-ffs), so no explanation is needed there. However, where rocker plates are concerned, the Flex is a significant improvement in performance and control. It provides a much more realistic ride, without the possibility of losing control. The articulated steering is the star of the Flex system. It recreates the steer-balance aspect of a real bike, so it feels connected and engaged, overcoming the disjointed and hard to control vibe of conventional rocker plates. The ability to use steering input to control balance and rocking motion (rather than springs) is a new thing in the trainer world. Add to that the forward and back gliding motion, and you have a full 3-dimensional and physics based ride experience in a compact and affordable package. In summary, despite the appearance of being an emerging and transformative product, conventional rocker plates have now been overtaken by Flex technology. For the price of a typical rocker plate, the E-flex delivers a much more natural and functional ride and narrows the gap between rigid trainers and real riding, which appeals to a whole generation of Smart Trainer owners.  [March 20, 2020](https://www.insideride.com/blog/2020/3/20/rocker-plate-vs-e-flex-for-the-modern-smart-trainer)/ [L P](https://www.insideride.com/blog?author=5345c292e4b0a8c991787ff4)/ [3 Comments](https://www.insideride.com/blog/2020/3/20/rocker-plate-vs-e-flex-for-the-modern-smart-trainer#commenting) [smart trainer](https://www.insideride.com/blog?tag=smart+trainer), [cycling](https://www.insideride.com/blog?tag=cycling), [cycling workout](https://www.insideride.com/blog?tag=cycling+workout), [cycling intervals](https://www.insideride.com/blog?tag=cycling+intervals), [wahoo](https://www.insideride.com/blog?tag=wahoo), [wahoo kickr](https://www.insideride.com/blog?tag=wahoo+kickr), [zwift](https://www.insideride.com/blog?tag=zwift), [trainer road](https://www.insideride.com/blog?tag=trainer+road), [hometrainer](https://www.insideride.com/blog?tag=hometrainer), [indoor cycling](https://www.insideride.com/blog?tag=indoor+cycling), [turbo trainer](https://www.insideride.com/blog?tag=turbo+trainer), [rocker plate](https://www.insideride.com/blog?tag=rocker+plate), [e-flex](https://www.insideride.com/blog?tag=e-flex) ### Inside Ride E-Motion Rollers use our patented FREE MOTION technology, innovative design, and precision manufacturing to provide a more natural and satisfying ride than any other bicycle rollers or trainer. You get to ride your bicycle like you are on the road. E-Motion Rollers are now available with Smart Resistance so you can use your favorite training apps like Sufferfest, Zwift, and Trainer Road for a virtual cycling experience. ### Designed and manufactured in the USA. Available for purchase online for customers in the USA and CANADA. .
No <main>: Wrap the page’s own content in <main>, so a reader knows where it starts and stops, and Clean can be measured.
The figures
86 pages, set against the 167,893 sites with figures.
- Readablehigher is better
- 100%86 of 86 pages
- All 167,893 sitesBetter than 47%
Pages whose own text is in the HTML the server sends, enough of it for their kind.
- Cleanhigher is better
- Nonemiddle page
- All 167,893 sitesNo place yetWith no figure, it has no place.
Of the words before script, the share that are the page and not menus, footer and forms. 86 pages are not measured, with no <main> or no words.
- Costshown, never scored
- 141,857tokens
- About 1,650 a page
To read every page once. A long page that answers well is not worse for it. Tokens are estimated at about 4 characters each.
How its pages spread on Clean
0 pages measured. Not measured: 86 with no <main> or no words.
Against its rivals
The sites nearest it by what they do, with figures. Close means similar work, not better.
| Readinghigher is better | Costnot scored | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Site | Readable | Clean | Tokens a page |
| insideride.comThis site, 86 pages | 100% | None | 1,650 |
| electric-bikes.com82 pages | 98% | None | 1,807 |
| lifeelectricvehicles.com97 pages | 67% | 22% | 462 |
| archersbikes.com99 pages | 61% | 22% | 1,620 |
First of 4 on Readable.
AI crawler access
What robots.txt says to each, as read on October 25, 2026. 8 of 8 may read the site.
| Crawler | robots.txt says | Used for | The line that decides |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | Allowed | Training models | User-agent: GPTBot / Disallow: /config |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | Not named | ChatGPT search | Falls to User-agent: * |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | Not named | A page a person asks about | Falls to User-agent: * |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | Allowed | Training models | User-agent: ClaudeBot / Disallow: /config |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | Not named | Claude’s search | Falls to User-agent: * |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | Not named | Perplexity search | Falls to User-agent: * |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | Allowed | Training Gemini | User-agent: Google-Extended / Disallow: /config |
| bingbotMicrosoft | Not named | Bing and Copilot | Falls to User-agent: * |
Every AI crawler mttr checks may read it. Not named means the rules for every crawler apply.
Every page
Worst first. Each opens in Agent View at the top.
86 pages of 86 lose something. Pick a loss to see what to do about it.Open the action plan
Show where it stands
A card, a badge and a line, each with the figures.
A badge for the site
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The figures in one line
insideride.com in Agent View: 100% of pages readable, better than 47% of sites; Clean not measured; 141,857 tokens to read all 86 pages. mttr.si/agent-view/insideride.com
What to do next
Fix the pages, let an agent do it, and read the site again to see the figures move.
Fix what agents miss
- Wrap 86 pages in <main>Clean measured
Connect your agent
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Claim the site
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Claim the siteDrawn from the HTML mttr fetched on its read of October 25, 2026, not a screenshot, and only from the 86 pages read. An assistant’s own reader may differ. Tokens are estimated at about 4 characters each. A site an agent reads well is not a site an assistant cites.