Trainer and bike damage????
11-29-02, 07:48 PM
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Trainer and bike damage????
Just want to know if any of you experience bike frame or components damage from using the trainer?
11-30-02, 11:07 AM
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i have never had the damage that people often talk about. i have a steel bike however....
12-01-02, 09:11 AM
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Just ride.
I've been warned about mounting and dismounting your bike when it's fastened in a trainer. Rather than clipping in one side and swinging your leg over (my inclination), climb a-straddle of the bike, then clip in one side, then the other. The point is to avoid twisting the bike against the trainer.
12-02-02, 04:25 AM
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clipping in one side and swinging your leg over
Actually, when looking at this in my mind's eye, when using clipless pedals this seems very difficult, if not downright dangerous. How do you manage to clip in without straddling the bike???
Cheers...Gary
12-02-02, 06:30 AM
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Originally posted by gmason
How do you manage to clip in without straddling the bike???
How do you manage to clip in without straddling the bike???
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12-02-02, 06:33 AM
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I am trying to picture the left thigh at right angles to the left calf.
In any case, seems like a great opportunity for damage to some, well, sensitive body parts if not executed to perfection.
Cheers...Gary
In any case, seems like a great opportunity for damage to some, well, sensitive body parts if not executed to perfection.
Cheers...Gary
12-02-02, 06:38 AM
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Just ride.
... It's the same as mounting from the left w/out the stand. Just that you can't push off w/your right foot first, and you can't lean the bike to the right while swinging your leg over.
