I'm not a roadie, but this looks damn cool!
 

I caught this my regional MTBR board. :thumb:



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Not being a roadie, you will prefer this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKEHoA_xl-U

Back to your post, I modified my regular rollers to be "free ride". Spent all of about $20. The improvement is very noticeable.

Not as great as the real thing, but many hundreds of dollars less expensive.

I hadn't seen that mod before, and think it's pretty cool. Thanks for posting it!

I'm putting a set of rollers in our spare room next year.

You're too easily impressed. E-motions do this better and have been out for forever already.

I prefer regular rollers. Am I missing out on something?

And they're only $850... with free shipping.

Not having to learn how to use rollers.

So these are "dumbed down" rollers for the masses?

That Pugsley vid was cool, too! Ha!

Oh, you're not going to get me to say that.

Not "dumbed down". I would say.... "better". Better in that they 'flow' a bit with your movements, and allow shifting-around/standing/speeding-up with less attention to "riding roller skills"

My setup:
- 10 year-old (or so) Nashbar or Performance folding roller
- Six of these (6x$3) http://www.harborfreight.com/2-inch-...ter-41513.html http://www.harborfreight.com/media/c...mage_18172.jpg
- Two skateboard wheels ($4 for a skatebaord at thrift store)
- Two bungee cords
- wood lying around the garage (sheet of plywood, a couple of 1x2s and a short piece of 2x4)
- Handfull of screws/nuts/bolts

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7390/1...bd33bc89_z.jpg



I told myself I'd replace those red hooks with something like an eye-bolt. I was playing around with this to get the tension right. once I had it where I wanted, I stopped building, and just use it.

The 2x4 is just something to hold the hoos in. You can see the 1x2's fitted next to the rollers, to ensure it only moves forward an back.

I'm sure in time, the rollers will indent the cheap plywood base. When that happens to the point where I care, I'll glue some laminante floor scraps to the plywood.


The results for me = more time I can spend on the rollers, and greater variety of effort that I'm willing to put in on the rollers.

Yeah, on the road, the bike is light and moves forward and back under you. It's especially noticeable when a rider goes between sitting and standing. "Free motion" rollers allows this and provides a more natural feel.

Free form rollers just makes a rider with a sloppy form to ride them sloppy longer! Regular rollers will clean up your slop quick... Bounce too much, the fail will end you. :)