Thanks my WV redneck friend with the fancy car and bike :D
Botto will be pleased.

The monkey is not a man.

thanks, I feel better.... I think :twitchy:

:lol: The person in the suit is also not a "furry", if that's what you're worried about. It's a Halloween costume, nothing more.

I think I know what a furry is.

I had to look that one up on Google too.

Back to the topic at hand. My e-motion belts arrived this morning.
Now I'm worried about disassembling the rear resistance wheel and replacing the belt. Looks easy enough, but these things never seem to go as planned.

I've overcome my fear of riding no handed since making this movie a couple weeks ago. http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/8195197/

Thanks, I'll use that when my belt arrives.

Unstickying, probably restick at the beginning of next Winter.

bump

"What is the sound of a rollers newb falling off?"

Looks like it is time to re-sticky.

reposted for interweb forum prosperity. Also rest in piece Mr. Cash and live long and prosper Mr. Renzor.

So im new to the idea of rollers. Whats the gain from going with a larger drum? Do I want bigger or smaller? I have a guy at my LBS that said he has a cycle ops he would sell me for "around" $200. I didn't get much information on it because he had an actual customer walk in. I didnt see many options in the quick search I did earlier. Are there rollers as good as their trainers?

I have a set of cycleops rollers I've been using for the last three years. They do the job and they are decent quality for the money.

As for drum size; traditional is 4" diameter. Cycleops are 3.25" diameter. Basically, the smaller the roller, the more resistance you get. The Cycleops are a good compromise; enough resistance to get a good base workout, but not so much that you can't spin them up and do leg speed drills.

200 isn't bad for aluminum rollers. I have 3.25 diameter rollers as well and they give me plenty of resistance. Don't know what you mean by "as good as trainers" and perhaps you should read the rest of the thread for an answer.

If you use your regular road tires on rollers will it have any negative effect on the longevity or the tire? is it recommended to use a trainer tire?

I just use my regular road tires.

Yeah, you're on top of the rollers as opposed to pulled-into a roller in back, which will put a lot of wear on tires. I find that the rollers put significantly less wear on my tires that riding outside on the roads.

I keep going back and forth now on rollers or trainer. I want a more realistic feel (+1 rollers) but I dont want to have to concentrate every second I'm on it. Whats the word on the rollers with the front fork mount? is that basically just conisidered a trainer? Also, when your on rollers, do you use your gears at all to adjust your cadance and/or resistance?

I use my race tubulars and crank up the pressure. This lengthens their life.

yes.

I had a trainer and wanted to smash it into little bits everytime I had to ride on it. I picked up a set of rollers not that long ago and so far they are much more enjoyable. Yes, I have to concentrate more, but it gives me something to do compared to just sitting there pedaling on the trainer.

I dont buy performance brand equiptment therefor I dont have any experience with it. Was looking throgh google and came across this set from performace. Would I be better off with a cyclops aluminum set or would these suit me just the same? basically I dont know what to look for between the options. For instance I know the difference between shimano's lines of sora-DA. Is this roller set below considered a sora like quality or is it more of a 105? As of right now I'm leaning towards the aluminum cyclops set.

http://www.performancebike.com/bikes...AID=1009382403

small diameter aluminum rollers are pretty much the most bare boned and difficult to learn to ride. but they offer the most reward because of the balance/concentration/smooth pedals stroke needed to do them well. the operative word is ICY. riding on ice.

they seem to be all of the same quality. I have the nashbar small diameter Alu rollers. I've tried the performance versions and also the cyclops. as long as they are new and the small drum/flat aluminum they all are pretty much the same.

its the plastic/pvc drum rollers that differ. they have ones that are concave (send you to the center of the drum always), ones that are wider thicker, ect. some are wicked loud and annoying, some are quiet ect.

the most addicting rollers you'll ever ride are the Free Motion ones (yup the ones that are near $1000). They're very expensive but are so easy to just hop on and start riding (because of the free motion). You can still get the smooth pedal stroke but not really have to concentrate at all during the ride (doing things like riding one handed/drinking with the waterbottle from a cage/standing up and hammering [smoothly of course] are very easy to do on the free motion.

you can actually do all those things on small drum aluminum rollers easily with practice as well, but the chance of just falling on your face is always a greater distinct possibility with the small drum AL rollers - even when you've got them down pat.