Indoor trainer and carbon frame
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Indoor trainer and carbon frame
I am wondering what other clydes have had for experience with using a carbon fiber frame bike on an indoor trainer. I have been using my aluminum hybrid on the trainer but I want to trade that bike in. That leaves my carbon road bike for the trainer. There a numerous threads about this and nobody seems to have problems, but I haven't heard from fellow clydes on the matter.
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When I was bike shopping I asked a mechanic/salesman about trainers and if they would damage anything, and he said "aluminum or carbon frame?"...when I said aluminum he said no issues as long as you "do it right".
I did not dig into it deeper because there is no carbon frame in my immediate future :-).
I did not dig into it deeper because there is no carbon frame in my immediate future :-).
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While I'm not a Clyde I put 57 1/2 hours on the trainer last winter on my carbon frame. No damage.
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No worries your carbon frame is up to the task.
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If you are that worried use rollers. Where are all the threads "my carbon frame just asploded from using my trainer"? Seriously a trainer is not going to hurt your bike. If your bike's manufacturer recommends against trainers or has an exclusion statement buy a different brand.
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If you are that worried use rollers. Where are all the threads "my carbon frame just asploded from using my trainer"? Seriously a trainer is not going to hurt your bike. If your bike's manufacturer recommends against trainers or has an exclusion statement buy a different brand.
My point was simply that there are frame makers who ask on CF warranty returns "did you use the bike on a stationary trainer?"...and if you say "yes" then your (probably) unrelated warranty work will be on your dime instead of covered....and indeed your whole warranty is void.
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So, if it were a problem to use a carbon bike on a trainer, what exactly would the problem be? Where does the trainer add stresses not found on the road?
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I purchased a Trek Domane 4.5 a couple if months ago and my bike guy said no problem using it in the trainer.
My bike is in the trainer until spring.
My bike is in the trainer until spring.
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On the road, when you put a lot of weight on one pedal the bike will tend to tilt in that direction (unless you do something to counter-balance it). When locked into a stationary trainer, the bike can't tilt which may mean that you're putting more stress on the rear triangle. If you were going to see problems, I would expect that they might happen in the chain stays or seat stays.
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220# on my trainer all winter with $4,000.00+ carbon frame, never an issue yet.
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On the road, when you put a lot of weight on one pedal the bike will tend to tilt in that direction (unless you do something to counter-balance it). When locked into a stationary trainer, the bike can't tilt which may mean that you're putting more stress on the rear triangle. If you were going to see problems, I would expect that they might happen in the chain stays or seat stays.
Most of the training I do on a trainer is track focussed and involves big gear standing start style strength stuff. Because a bike is not designed to take those kinds of stresses around the rear dropout area, and the amplified nature due to the bike being fixed at the skewer, I think it is a bad idea. If you are just riding along and not doing much or any standing work and putting side loads on the frame, then I think there shouldn't be much of an issue.
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Thanks for the replies. I will give it go as soon as it's too cold to ride outside here in MN.
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My philosophy....if a CF frame and wheelset can withstand this, then there is nothing I can throw at it with normal riding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhabgvIIXik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhabgvIIXik
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I just bought a carbon bike, and I asked the bike shop owner, he said it was no problem using a trainer. 70% of my riding is on a trainer.
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My philosophy....if a CF frame and wheelset can withstand this, then there is nothing I can throw at it with normal riding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhabgvIIXik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhabgvIIXik