And on that same page there's a video entitled "Stump massage".
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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N2J303978.htm

Unfortunately i'm not good enough to get into med school so this doens't help me. But might help some of yous.

cool...

What make are they? You can ride a mtn bike on em....just lots o buzz

Loads of buzz? Werd..... :lol: I riding with alot of buzz goin' on. I'll have to check on the brand.
I figure the MTB on the rollers is almost pointless. mmmm Maybe if I get desperate for some hours...hmmm maybe I should, I DO need to build up some endurance for the summer.

mmmm summer. I just watched that mountain biking video! Wow those narrow elevated path/jump things were insane!

We used to ride rollers on mtn bikes all the time years ago. You will still get a workout. You want to set the roller wheelbase so that the front hub axle is directly above or just slightly behind the front roller axle. One of my buddies used to bunny-hop on them and keep going....Mad skills.

I wonder if its any harder to pedal backwards on a roller...

I always knew you could use the MTB, I suppose it just seemed wrong some how :lol: I should get on it come to think of it. bunny hopping?...that'll have to wait a bit.... damn talk about not enough hours in the day. I could start with a 36 hour day for the rest of the year.

lol...as soon as you pedal backwards the wheel flies off the roller.

Spoken like someone who has tried. :lol:

Can anyone justify the cost of Continental GP 4000's vs say rubinos? Are they that much better? They're nearly double the price of the rubinos for a single tire.

I have the 3000s which are nice. Never used rubinos so I can't compare, but I have held both in my hand and the contis seem better put together and they have a kevlar belt and what seems like thicker rubber. I think they look better, but its up for debate whether they are worth the price or not... I'd probably just go with the rubinos if you are happy with them as you'll feel guilty skidding on Conti GP tires.

I have Vittoria Rubinos on almost all of my bikes and I like them a lot. However, I think that a better tire is the Michelin Pro Race 2. I have only one bike with it but it is a great tire and I am ordering more in the spring. Are you getting your tires from Probikekit? I haven't found any tire cheaper than them except when Urbane had all their Rubinos for 20bucks and that was only on the 20mm ones.

The GP4000s are 42.38$CDN: http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=Y1338
The Michelin Pro Race 2s are 31.98$CDN: http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=Y2070

Another props for Rubino Pros. Romas, on the other hand.... I'm pitching mine after the third flat in a week after running flat free on Rubino pros for nearly six months.

Yeah, the Rubinos for 20$CDN at Urbane was a great deal, I bought 4 of them. I don't think I've had a flat on them yet.

On the roller front i got a set for X-Mas. I like them a lot, takes a little getting used to but i'm now a pro (not) great work out helps with balance, holding a line & pedal stroke or so i'm told. I just love jumping on at any given moment.

So if you found some on C/L cheap snap em up.

Pro race 2 >>>> Rubinos for me. I've yet to be dissapointed with a michelin tire.

Rubinos are OK, but the michelin is better. I've also tried the high end vittorias (evo corsa CX) and was very dissapointed with them. Fast tire, but delicate as hell.

I've got 3700kms so far on my pro2's on my road bike and they're still going strong

Vittoria tires. Roma and Zaffiro...26 TPI casing. Rubino and Zaffiro Pro...60 TPI casing. Rubino Pro....120 TPI casing. Diamante Pro....220 TPI casing. Open Corsa EVO...290 TPI casing. The higher the # the more puncture resistant the tire will be...regardless of flat proof belting etc. High TPI tires also have a much more supple ride.

I got a pair of continental Ultra Gatorskins from PBK that i can’t wait to try. The Vittoria Rubino’s i now had for about a year still going strong.

I think the pro2's are 127tpi and I find them to be a nicer ride. Maybe I had a bad run but I put on a set of evo corsas and destroyed one within 200kms, and the replacement lasted for a while but it was looking pretty terrible by the time I finally retired it. They seem to be very cut-prone. the thin sidewall makes me nervous if I have to cut across gravel too.

Since I just looked it up, FYI:
Conti GP3000's 430TPI 5 ply
Conti GP4000's 330TPI 3 ply

I still use 2 ply at home. 1 ply is for public restrooms and 3 ply is for capitalist fatcats.

Nobody mentioned the weather yet. Warm today! That is all.

And I'm $250 poorer. That is all

The one thing i'm really tired of when tire shopping is the fact that every manufacturer seems to want treads on their ****ing road tires. Really. What the hell.

GP4000s have treads the pro race 2's have tread, even the rubinos...! Argh

Coolio, you bought that Pini? Pics?

I did. I'll clean it up a bit and post some pics. Pretty much like the CL post, though.

Damn, that was a great deal Cavit8.

Nice, what are you going to build it up with, Campy? There are some nice Ultegra brifters on CL that are from someone's CX bike; beat up but apparently they work and they are cheap at 65$. Ultegra is noice. I am in the middle of upgrading my Ciocc to the new 105 black brifters:

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...z/Ciocc002.jpg

Keith the rollers are Egila Stabil-Roller
Jet, ....nice lookin' ride man. yummy

Nice! Kitchen Workshop. Classic. My girlfriend would kill me. In a good way.