Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
BTW I recommend my trainer customers that the roller is too tight if you never get any slippage under accelerations. Steady state efforts should have no tire/roller slipping but hard efforts will for a few moments. Use full tire air pressures and the least roller pressure you can get away with. Andy.
+1 Adjusting the trainer's roller too loose or too tight can damage tires in short order. I set my trainers roller tension so that if I grab the wheel by hand and give it a sharp yank, the tire just slips slightly on the roller. Done that way, tires last as well as they do on the road and don't leave a trail of rubber dust on the floor behind the trainer.
The bike I use on my trainer in the winter is also used reasonably often on the road the rest of the year with the same tire and wear is normal for both applications.