Originally Posted by BikeIndustryGuy

Sorry. No. I go through this repeatedly in my class when someone wants to run a road tire, they aren't designed for the heat when you run a proper session and they spray rubber bits everywhere. If the tire fails while in 53X12 out-of saddle sprints, you could lose pressure and really hurt yourself, it's like a chain break while at high RPM.

Why do you think they make special trainer tires? they even save money.

If you're just going to tool around for 15 minutes watching TV, ok. Most people think this is fluid training, which is why they describe it as boring.

Originally Posted by MDcatV

I have thousands of hours of indoor training experience individually; and I've attended and instructed multirider computrainer sessions for 3 years, with sessions including 60 min. TTs at ftp wattage, powerstarts, stomps, and sprints, where many folks generate ++>1200W, and lots of VO2Max and AWC wattages. Hardly noodling along for 15 minutes. Never have I seen a need for a special trainer tire. In fact, the only time I've seen someone using one, they had yellow bits all over the floor behind them, just like the folks using old worn out road tires.