Originally Posted by scroz
It rips on your rear wheel too. Get a crappy spinning wheel with a cassette that matches your chain, and then put all your old tyres that get worn out on the road (from all the miles that you do) on it until they die. Easy and cost-eficient
I understand the additional tire wear and skewer abuse, I use a cheap tire and skewer on my trainer, but how would the trainer hurt the wheel?