There are several threads scattered around about trainers and rollers in apartments. For a trainer consider either a mag or fluid type, one with the resistence remote lever is nice. Rollers can run from cheap to more than a nice bike, some come with bike supports.

Set up a fan in the room to help with cooling, and drape a towel over the top tube to help catch the sweat.

Rollers versus trainers: the debate continues, there are advantages to both so if possible I'd say to get one of each and switch back and forth. Some rollers also come with a mag type resistence add-on which somewhat negates the need for a trainer.

I did a search on trainer vs rollers and came up with nine pages:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...+vs+rollers%27

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