Originally Posted by
Harvieu25
Just picked up the Kreitler 4.5 Killer headwind roller set up. First time with rollers and after 5 minutes I was good on it, with the exception of very easy gears in which I am pretty wobbly. Have the front roller set up just ahead of the front axle, this is correct is it not? A few observations... They seem WAY harder than actually riding a bicycle out on the road. Also seems like you engage your core much more and that you have to be real smooth with all inputs.
They also seem to have way more rolling resistance than the road. For the same HR ave I would ave 3-4 mph faster on the road. My ave cadence is also 20 rpm less than on the road. Other than that it will be interesting to see the effects of this training on my road rides.
You can open and close the duct on the side of the fan to change the resistance.
Front roller just ahead of the front axle is where you want it.
Mph on the rollers really has no road equivalence, just ride them for heart rate or watts if you have it and get your cadence back up to normal.