I picked up trutrainer rollers for this winter. The cold doesn't keep me indoors as much as the lack of available daylight.

Anyway, I love these trutrainer rollers. They're a little more pricey but they provide progressive resistance with an internal flywheel that also allows for natural coast down. Nice mix of benefits: balance and spin like all rollers provide and also as much intensity as you want like trainers. I like them so much I sold my trusty KK trainer. They do require constant concentration but, for me, that makes riding indoors more bearable. I even catch myself looking forward to my next roller session. Ridiculous, I know.

As far as the gyroscopic sausage fight, I'm not sure of the science but I do know it is way easier to stay steady when spinning faster. I don't know if it's because it's easier to countersteer at faster speeds, or gyroscopic effect on it's own, or both. Either way, when I'm getting wobbly I crank up the speed and all is well.