I’ve had a full-motion Omnirocker for a few months now (using it with a road bike frame and Tacx Neo 2T).
I live reasonably close to Martin, so he came round and installed it himself. It was immediately clear that the rocker is well made, with attention to detail and a great finish. It was also clear from the conversation we had that he’s given the design a lot of thought and he was thinking aloud how he could make small improvements based on my specific set-up.
Martin suggested not using a front-wheel riser to allow the wheel to turn slightly, helping with the balance. I gave it a go, and now agree about the movement, but I have subsequently bought an Elite Sterzo as I find the auto-centring is helpful and leads to a smoother set-up.
I use Zwift and Trainer Road. On Zwift, I do some racing but spend a lot of time on pacer rides and mountain climbs. If you’ve not used a rocker before, I wouldn’t suggest going straight into a race: it took me a while to build up confidence and technique to be able to put down a lot of power out of the saddle.
However, taking it slowly, with a series of steady-state rides/climbs and the occasional out-of-the-saddle work, I was able to gain confidence to feel comfortable sitting and standing.
In the past, I’ve found myself spending a lot of time out of the saddle on long virtual climbs (something I don’t do in real life). With the Omnirocker, I can now stay seated and push a consistently high (for me) power without the slight discomfort I used to experience. It really does make harder/longer efforts more ‘enjoyable’ … I can concentrate on the discomfort of the cycling effort rather than the specific discomfort of turbo training!
Similarly, on hard sessions in Trainer Road, I spend a lot less time shuffling positions as I try to get comfortable on the saddle.
In recent years, I’ve spent more of my training time on the turbo rather than outdoors. When I’ve come to do long, mountainous, sportives, I’ve found that this has helped me reach the required fitness levels, but it has hindered my core/shoulder flexibility/strength meaning I’m quite uncomfortable after a very long outdoor ride. The Omnirocker is definitely helping me stay more mobile on the turbo, increasing core/shoulder flexibility. It will be interesting to see how this translates to comfort on very long outdoor rides (I’m also trying to do more off-bike conditioning for this too, though).
I’m definitely glad I took the step of buying a rocker. The Omnirocker is the only rocker I’ve used, but I’d be surprised if there was an alternative design that could be any more comfortable/natural in fore-aft/left-right movement. Several months in, the rocker is looking like new. If I did have any problems in the future, I’m confident Martin would provide great support.