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Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest
I want these for maintaining my endurance and aerobic fitness over the winter. I prefer cross country skiing once the snow flies, but I can only do that on weekends and days off.

Does anybody have any thoughts on whether rollers with a forward/backward rocking motion are a good or bad idea? I'm looking at Tacx Galaxia specifically. I haven't found one locally so I'd have to order this one, I'm trying to make sure it's really what I want (or that it isn't) before I pull the trigger.



How do you do it? I keep reading "look forward not down" so it seems like it would be hard at least at first. Out on the road you have visual cues but I'm not sure how this is going to come together?

I'll either use them next to a shelf in front of the garden door, or if it's dry enough out on the deck in the garden.

PS, Tim, I read your thread from a year ago last night.


I rigged up free motion rollers (see many utube vids.) but the wheels on plywood had some friction.

Functioned OK but not very portable so took it apart after a while.

Have since upgraded to larger, heavier drum rollers, & can get out of the saddle pretty well.

My favorite workout is a 1 hr GCN video that works up & down a RPM sequence.

Those Tacx rollers look nice.
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