Originally Posted by
grymg
I've had the Travel Tracs for about a month and one thing that is still tricky for me is the start. I have my left hand on the handlebar, right hand on the wall, and the moment when I transfer my right hand onto the bars it's a scary situation for a split second. Otherwise the rollers are built solidly and pretty simple to balance yourself for 30 minutes at a time. Any longer than that and I lose concentration.
I read that the ones with the alloy end caps (such as the travel trac) have a inertial moment even when you stop allowing you to coast for a bit, that gives you a better simulation of the road. Do you find that it coasts?
Start is not as tricky for me now, 1 hand on the wall, start pedaling, then remove hand from wall. But the hard part is shifting my butt! After being on it twice, I can only stay on for 30minutes, not because of boredom (I can easily go longer), but because I still don't have the skill to get out of my seat (everything comes to a stop once I stop pedaling, then it's harder to balance) so I can't shift my butt, after 30mins, I can't feel my stuff!