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Recommend some tires for rollers

Old 09-05-10, 05:59 AM
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Recommend some tires for rollers

I know, use what's cheap. But I've seen some where the tires start to deform and disintegrate due to the heat buildup on the rollers. What tires have you used with good success on rollers?
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Last year I got a pair of these and mounted them on my other wheelset https://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=Y0099
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Originally Posted by makeitso5005
I know, use what's cheap. But I've seen some where the tires start to deform and disintegrate due to the heat buildup on the rollers. What tires have you used with good success on rollers?
just use your normal tires. trainers are the ones that require special tires as a lot of rubber can be burnt
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Originally Posted by mcjimbosandwich
just use your normal tires. trainers are the ones that require special tires as a lot of rubber can be burnt
Just bought Elite elasto fluid, you make me worry about it.. even though it states that it hurts the tires 20% less than others, any experience with it ?

sorry for asking on another person's post.
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Originally Posted by Sallom89
Just bought Elite elasto fluid, you make me worry about it.. even though it states that it hurts the tires 20% less than others, any experience with it ?

sorry for asking on another person's post.
that's a trainer, not rollers. for trainers get the conti tyres to which poster #2 linked
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Originally Posted by mcjimbosandwich
just use your normal tires. trainers are the ones that require special tires as a lot of rubber can be burnt
On the average I ride my Servizio Corse tubulars that I purchased last year from The Yellow Jersey about three times a week on my wind trainer and they seem to be holding up just fine. These are 300 gram training tires which I use for all-around riding.
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Originally Posted by mcjimbosandwich
that's a trainer, not rollers. for trainers get the conti tyres to which poster #2 linked

Ugh, I'm using my stock bontrager tires :/
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Save your worn out tires for riding rollers. I generally use gatorskins rollers, I've tried GP4000S but they squeak quite a bit due to being softer tires
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Hmm, I have some tires that are beginning to show cords, just use those until I get a flat on the rollers?
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Rollers are not hard on tires the way trainers are. One reason for using cheap tires is that they are much heavier than a race tire. Heavy is good on rollers, the gyroscopic effect makes the bike more stable, and stability makes it easier to stay upright, When I ride rollers, I use my old, heavy Campy Vento wheels with a set of cheap wire bead tires. This setup makes it much easier to keep the bike upright, it is even easy to ride no hands
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Just remember to inflate your tires before each roller/trainer ride. Low pressure allows for much more significant sidewall flex. I've yet to have a tire disintegrate from riding on a trainer, and I spend a considerable portion of my riding time on the trainer.

I just use whatever tire is on the wheel. The tires I have on my wheels are either Michelin Krylions or Bontrager Racer X Lite ACs (or something like that).

Remember, tire pressure.

After that you're good to go.

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