Joined: Nov 2009
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From: Elburn, Illannoy
Bikes: 1964 Dunelt, 196? Dunelt Flyer, 1968 Raleigh Superbe, 1969 Robin Hood, 197? Gitane, 1970 Gitane Mexico, 1973 Raleigh SuperCourse, 1970 Raleigh Sports, 1970 Huffy Sportsman, 1981 Miyata 710, 1990 Miyata 600GT, 1999 Trek 830AL, 2007 Rivendell Bleriot,
I spent hours on rollers in the eighties. All good pointers given.
While training for PBP, I would spend both sides of one cassette tape each night on them. Because a lot of night riding is involved in Audax rides, I'd train with the generator bike lights on and the room lights off. I did this on a noisy set of Performance plastic rollers that I still have and my wife can't stand. I've ridden Kreitlers, they're much nicer. Nice enough to do a century on. Once.
I dusted off the Performance rollers when we moved to our new place in 19. I rode them for 15 minutes, then said, "Screw this". Haven't touched them since.