Hey folks!
Now that we're officially into the Canadian winter here, cycling season is more or less done. I'd like to keep my legs in shape over the winter, and I've been looking online for trainers. But I ran into a problem when I realized that all these trainers require quick-release hubs. My bike, of course, has bolts. So therein lies the problem. Are there any trainers out there that are compatible with old non-QR hubs, or are rollers my only option? Comments?

Thanks!

tacx are for sure. They sell nuts also that fit the ends of the trainer for your threaded axle.

I use the tacx nuts on my track bike every now and then with a minoura trainer. Works perfect.

https://www.tacx.com/producten.php?fl...=Spare%20parts

You can probably get away with using a nutted rear rim like you plan, I did a few times before anyways, few times I did it never had any problems.

Do you think a trainer such as this one would work with my bike? Because I asked the fellows at nashbar and they said I was out of luck.

Little advice, buy a good trainer. Cyclops 2 Fluid, Kurt Kinetic, or a 1UPusa I think it is.

I have that exact minuora trainer and use it with the nuts (on a threaded axle) that I posted in the link above.

It works 100%. Some mounts on some trainers will not extend far enough to hold a track axle width. Or if they do they are at the limit and slightly unstable.

That set up works.

Ok so basically the guys at Nashbar didn't know what they were talking about? Phew, I'm in luck. Thanks, guys. I also hear the rim-drive is good for knobbies, and the bike I have has pretty knobby tires, so this should cut down on noise and tire wear I assume.

Where could I buy those nuts? I live in Toronto, Canada.

I bought them from probikekit in the uk (over the internet).

Most bike shops wouldn't know you could get them anyway.

Kurt Kinetics includes a QR. In any case, they are cheap, even the titanium ones aren't that much.

Am I missing something?

Hmm...15 bucks on PBK? Kinda steep for two small nuts. Pasqually, how sure are you that they'd work on my bike? Does it matter how long my axle is? And they're not just limited to Tacx trainers?

That I can not tell you. They are more or less for track bikes I figure. Take a tape measure and check the spacing on your rear hub. So take out the wheel and from the inside of the dropout to the other side. Standard 8.9.10 speed bikes spacing is 130mm, 7 speed is 126mm. Without seeing your bike, it's hard to say what type of hub you have.

A standard track bike is 120mm spacing, so you need the nuts as they fit in the trainers slots better than an exposed length of threaded axle.

I have the minoura rim drive trainer and it came with a steel quick release skewer and small plastic inserts (incase you want to use your own alloy QR skewer and not have the trainer chew the ends of it to bits.

to use the track nuts, you have to take the black plastic cups out and the nuts fit in perfect in the trainer.

Is it a track bike you want to use?

Nope, just a 15 year old MTB. It's got 6 cogs. So if it works on yours, which is 120 mm, and mine's a 6 speed, I should be fine I assume?