logdrum

I train with my trainer outside the porch or barn even when it is cold. The reason I am using the trainer is that I missed riding during the day or I am taking care of kids. I do not have a man den per se, in fact I do have a proper garage or basement. I do not really watch TV. How is it a torture chamber when it looks comfy?

recneps345

Do most of you guys have a bike that you just dedicate to leaving on the trainer? The reason I ask is I have one road bike and a Kurt Kinetic trainer that I never use. I have thought about picking up an old trek road bike that is at my bike shop for $175 and just leaving it on the trainer in my basement.

Dubbayoo

one bike, dedicated rear wheel.

Ludl94

what is with all these tubas?!?!!?!? not that im complaining, cause i play tuba as well lol

garysol1 

I have posted this before but here goes my chamber pics.......again....Sorry for the repetition.

rousseau

Torture chamber for front wheels, more like it. Jayzus, these pics are painful to look at. It's bad for the wheels to sit there under stress in just one position all the time. This is why wheels are meant to spin. Don't you guys know anything?

At least UnsafeAlpine got that aspect of it right a few posts above. But more properly, here's what you do: you buy a cheap-arse steel frame for $40 via Craigslist, put a half-decent spare rear wheel on it with one of those "trainer tires" from Germany (they work, they're good), get a rack hitch to attach your forks to, put it on some kind of home-made stand, and there you are.

Grumpy McTrumpy

I would knock that frame over with out-of-saddle sprints. It would hurt.

Grumpy McTrumpy

I don't even suspect anything.

garysol1 

If my wheel can take hitting potholes at 20 mph head on I am really not to worried about it sitting stationary. In 5 years of trainer riding I have yet to have a wheel go out of round.....

Grumpy McTrumpy

I suppose a case could be made that it would brinell the wheel bearing races, but I haven't seen it happen.

Yotsko

Jesus. I guess I never knew how insane roadies were. What did I get myself into?

airosen

Here's mine:



Go brass players!!

TandemGeek

No "chamber" should be without one....




and at this point I'd like to do just about anything to derail the front wheel torture angle just interjected to this thread.

Cue

I imagine it would be easier to play the French Horn on the bike instead of a Tuba, no?

rousseau

No, you wouldn't.

Without getting into the specific mechanics of it, two things: 1) an individual blow like hitting a pothole isn't comparable to a consistent load in one place over long periods of time; 2) the wheel is spinning when you hit the pothole anyway, so the blow glances off of the wheel somewhat. This is why hitting a pothole isn't the same as taking a sledgehammer to a wheel when it's stationary. (not to say that potholes can't ruin wheels, of course).

Yeah, probably not much will happen to the wheel, but on the other hand I don't like the idea of putting so much weight on just one or two spokes for long periods of time.

Grumpy McTrumpy

I think we need a vid from airosen to establish that.

Cue

I would attempt playing an oboe or bassoon on my trainer, but double reeds are sharp and I like to save my mouth. Brass mouthpiece don't have sharp edges.

TandemGeek

Good God Man!! Who's building your wheels!?!?!

airosen

Can't blame you for trying. Oh well, here we go.

Impulse666

Spoken like a man who paints his stairs to match his bike.

Grumpy McTrumpy

less wheel torture, more tuba torture please..

or pics of chambers

cedricbosch

Wow, that is one nice setup! I might actually ride my trainer if I had a TV that big!

triplebutted

Another thread to hate the SoCal riders

This is what it looks like at PCH all year round.

Grumpy McTrumpy

I think it would be hard to ride through the tree and into the water..just sayin'

Impulse666

sand, too.