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Old 10-30-10, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by TechKnowGN
That dude touches the wall like once. Ridiculous. My balance is no where near that good. But it's continuing to get easier.
I've been riding rollers for a while and I'm nowhere near what that guy does. Here's some tips on his tricks, though: Bigger rollers == easier control. It's lower resistance and you can spin a higher gear, so the bike gyros more heavily and stays fairly stable. I use 3.75" drums, which is big enough to control easily, but enough resistance that I can ride my 44/18 fixie and still get a workout at 90 - 100rpm.

I can do the one foot, and on a good day I can go no-hands for 3 - 4 seconds, I've done the stop/start before but I wouldn't claim that I could do it repeatedly and on purpose. My best trick is just staying upright and not falling off the sides.
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