Hello

I am 6'3 300 pounds. I have been ridding a Specialized secture sport disc road bike for the 2 years, when the weather is nice.

I just bought some rollers from performance bike. They are alloy, or have alloy drums. I have not ridden my bike fore about a year. When I was ridding every day in the summer my weight got down to 220 pounds, but I have gone back up to 300 pounds and am not happy with my self. The bike as been in the garage for about a year, and I have not ridden it.

After I setup the rollers I went and got my bike out of the garage to give the rollers a try. The wheels needed air so I pumped them up. I had read that your tires need to be very inflated for best results on rollers. I filled the tires to over 100psi.

I put the bike on the rollers and propped my self up in the hall way. As I started to peddle I could feel the tire had lost a lot of air and my weight on the roller pushed the tire down to the wheel. It was very difficult to peddle and I could not keep any consistent speed up. It was very frustrating.

My thought is probably that there is a slow leak in my tube or in the valve. I took the tire a part and submerged the tube in water. I could not detect any hole in the tube. or bubbles coming from the stem.

My next step is to go and buy new tubes.

However, I wanted to ask is there is a weight limit to ridding on rollers. At 300 pounds would that cause the roller to push so much into the tire causing the tire to hit against the metal part of the frame and cause problems with the smoothness of the roll?



My fear is that even after I get new tubes and add the right amount of air to the tires that my fat butt will still hinder the amount of pressure the roller puts on the tire and pinch the tire so much that I won't be able to have a smooth ride?


Has anyone seen this issue with bigger guys wanting to ride rollers?

thanks for any help you could share!