Originally Posted by
gsteinb
emotions are more a combination trainer/roller than pure roller. you can really crank on the resistance and get the watts up. you can even sprint out of the saddle.
You can get the resistance up extremely high on normal rollers too. My kreitler headwind allows me to hammer at over 500 watts without ever getting out of my small ring.
The sprinting out of the saddle is the real benifit to the emotions.