Originally Posted by
carleton
Some trainers don't work well with 15mm bolts because they expect quick release skewers.
Fair enough. Mine takes the nuts fairly well and I didn't think further.
Also, some have only one bike and riding a trainer is better than sitting indoors and looking at the snow and ice outside.
That's something I thought about afterwards. We don't have a 'off' season here - sometimes it gets soooo cold I have to wear full length gloves and arm warmers. Ice is something you put in drinks and what is that 'snow' stuff to which you refer?
One thing I do know about trainers is that they can be rather hard on rear tyres. From that point of view, if you're going to use a trainer a lot (as a trainer, not as a workshop stand), a spare wheel with a long wearing tyre isn't a bad option. In that case, you could fit a hollow axle and quick release to the trainer wheel - the 'no quick release on fixed gear' rule shouldn't be much of a problem on a trainer because you won't be putting in the high chain forces that you sometimes do on the road.
Richard