Originally Posted by
bitingduck
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The cheap nashbar and performance ones are fine. Sometimes you can get them on sale for <$100, and the folding ones from performance are reasonably compact for travel if you take them apart. I've seen a lot of elite riders on all kinds of cheap rollers, and the people with the expensive ones really like theirs, but everyone with cheap ones seems to be pretty happy with them, too. I've always owned cheap ones (performance or tacx), and have occasionally ridden kreitlers, and I'm perfectly happy with the cheap ones.
I'd go for large (3-4") larger is lower resistance, and you can always add resistance but it's a lot harder to reduce it from whatever the rollers are normally.
Depends on the floor. Upstairs on a wood floor will be very noisy. On a concrete floor (or something with concrete under it) should be pretty quiet.
Be aware that they can wear your rear tire pretty fast (sometimes you'll notice a pile of rubber dust under the rollers) so don't ride expensive tires on them for winter training.
Thanks for all the replies, I think will buy the Travel Trac from performance since they are having the $20 off + free shipping promotion (although it's backordered, hopefully it'll be here by x'mas).
Next issue is, my place is all carpeted (except the kitchen and bathroom, but I don't want to be riding there), should I get a mat? I understand that it's bad to use it on carpet. Any recommendations? Is any kind of mat ok? Yoga mats?
Originally Posted by
bitingduck
yes
Be aware that they can wear your rear tire pretty fast (sometimes you'll notice a pile of rubber dust under the rollers) so don't ride expensive tires on them for winter training.
Also, I still have my stock tires, Hutchinson Equinox. I'm not sure but I don't think these are anything fancy right? Am I ok using these on the rollers or should I buy cheaper ones?