Originally Posted by
jadocs
Yeah you have to try it. I can understand it sounds artificial but I can assure you it’s not. I have some non floating rollers and the difference between the two is quite remarkable.
Yeah, but when he sits down, his rollers are just as still as are mine. And sprinting on rollers or a trainer is a complete waste of time, since nothing is being accelerated except the wheels and rollers, nada, plus no increasing wind resistance. One has to sprint on the road to get any good out of it.
I use my rollers for either steady state or intervals, which are also steady-state, just shorter periods of it. I get to do things on them which would be impossible outdoors due to interruptions like climbs, descents, and traffic controls.
It is interesting to me how cycling equipment becomes ever more complicated and expensive. I bought my very simple resistance rollers 20+ years ago for $125. It's still not necessary to spend a lot of dough on a set. Look on youtube for conversions of simple aluminum roller sets to resistance sets, even build your own free-motion roller set. Search youtube for "magnetic resistance rollers" for example. BTW, it's not necessary to alter the resistance of the set during a workout. That's what gears are for, just like on the road.