Originally Posted by
skuz
I did some computer work for a friend of my dad's today, and he gave me a cool older model Cyclops trainer that works with my bolt on axles. I've set it up and it works great, but I have two questions, probably related to my inexperience with trainers.
First, I feel like my whole bike is slanted to the right - turning my wheel to the left fixes this, but it still feels kind of unstable. Playing with the position of the grippers doesn't seem to fix this at all.
Second, if I pedal quite hard, it feels like my bike is shifting back and forth, with all the load on the axle. Am I just being overcautious? Should I just tighten down the grippers even more?
My trainer doesn't really sway or shift back and forth. I have the the connections to my rear wheel on tight. The other thing to note about is that you want to make sure there is a really tight connection with your QR. I have Bontrager on there normally which are flat, but I put on round ones for the trainer. They fit in to the trainer better so it's more secure.