Kickr Wheel Stabilization
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Kickr Wheel Stabilization
My new Kickr works great except sometimes on hard efforts front wheel is moving around since don't use a riser block (wheel just sits on the ground)
Any solutions people have come up with?
Any solutions people have come up with?
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We really like the Cycleops version.. it has 3 heights and a really wide base that holds the wheel nicely. Might be able to find one on CL or Ebay cheaper. We have the Kinetic ring too which is what I was using until we got the other one.
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Riser blocks don't work with the Wahoo kickr They bring front off the ground and therefore bike is sitting at the wrong angle while attached to the trainer. Need something that keeps front flat but stops it from moving side to side
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The Kinetic ring gets the bike level with my Kickr, with 700c and 650b.
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Try deflating the front tire a bit to get a bigger contact patch, and if you’re on a hard surface, try a small piece of carpet under the front wheel, or a piece of that rubberized mesh used under rugs to hold them still.
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Maybe that would be a bad idea. If you anchor the front wheel, you're still going to be putting the forces on the bike that previously moved the wheel only now the forces are stressing the bike somewhere else.
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Put a piece of plywood under the Kickr to even it out.
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It's a feature, not a bug. The bike doesn't need to be clamped to the floor, as long as you don't throw it to the ground.
[edit: ours is on a concrete floor, and we put a small, flattened corrugated box under the front wheel so it will twist a bit without wearing the tire.]
Check out our BFer here, especially around 2 minutes in:
Here's a vegan cyclist rocking a sprint with a Kurt Kinetic (around 12 minutes):
And Chad McNeese built a custom base to add more rocking to conventional trainers:
[edit: ours is on a concrete floor, and we put a small, flattened corrugated box under the front wheel so it will twist a bit without wearing the tire.]
Check out our BFer here, especially around 2 minutes in:
Here's a vegan cyclist rocking a sprint with a Kurt Kinetic (around 12 minutes):
And Chad McNeese built a custom base to add more rocking to conventional trainers:
Last edited by Athens80; 11-20-17 at 03:05 PM.
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