Hennigm4

Hello, new too forum, lots of questions.

I received a stationary device to mount my bike for ridding indoors, but not going any where, its called the RAD...Ride All Day, its been sitting in its box for about two years. I decided to get it out and give it a shot. So first thing I had to do was switch the rear axle rod for the one that came with the RAD, then sit the bike in the RAD and tighten the screw type clamp to the new axle rod that has two metal ends.

So I tried it out and smelled rubber burning, too tight on the wheel, loosened it up, tried again, seems ok now.

Two questions...first can I leave the RAD axle rod in for road ridding or should I switch back to factory one? Cant really see any difference between the two. Also does this device wear out tires faster than on the road? It seems to be leaving a rubber ring on the roller. Just wondering about others experience with these things.

Thanks in advance.

Mike

Berta

I've read that you can ride on the road using the trainer skewer, but I don't have any personal experience with trainers, so someone else will answer this more definitely. The trainer will add wear to your tire, though, and some people use a trainer tire just for that purpose, or use an old tire that's no longer roadworthy, or just use another wheel altogether so they don't have to switch the tire every time they want to ride outside.

Good for you for finally trying out your trainer

IBOHUNT

You can leave the "trainer skewer" on the wheel. More than likely it's a full steel version which is what most trainer companies what you to use.
Trainers, in my experience have a black mark from the runner. You don't see this on the road because well, you don't put the road 12+ inches through the same amount of abuse. Rubber has to go someplace eh? Make sure there isn't excessive amount of force on the wheel from the trainer and you're good to go.

dr_lha

I've been riding my bike with the Steel trainer skewer in it for about a month. No issues, nor would I expect there to be. The main difference between it and the one it replaced is that the ends are more hardcore. In fact, my mountain bike actually has skewers that look exactly like the one that came with my trainer.

Yes, a trainer will burn through your tires quicker than riding you bike will. Some people use trainer tires to alleviate this problem, others just go with it and get new tires for when trainer season is over!