Need Advice - Extra Wheel for Trainer

"Thunder9" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Someone suggested I get an extra cheapo slick tire wheel for my trainer. Can someone please help
me figure out what wheel to get, and possibly suggest a store?

I have a Specialized Allez Elite with the following marking on my wheel:

On One side: Specialized Turbo ALX330, 700 X 23

On Other side: 23-622 (700 X 23C) 130 PSI

The nice thing about using a trainer is that just about any wheel will do. In fact, you can even use
a 27" wheel since it's unimportant for the brakes to line up. In fact, that is what I did for a
while on a bike as I had several old 27" tires laying around.

Hard compound tires seem to work better. One thing I also learned, after ruining a tire in a single
training session is to keep it well inflated. I must have had a slow leak or one of my kids was
playing with the valve and I tore up a tire because it only had 50 lbs of air in it.

John Rees

John Rees said:

"Thunder9" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Someone suggested I get an extra cheapo slick tire wheel for my trainer. Can someone please help
me figure out what wheel to get, and possibly suggest a store?

I have a Specialized Allez Elite with the following marking on my wheel:

On One side: Specialized Turbo ALX330, 700 X 23

On Other side: 23-622 (700 X 23C) 130 PSI

The nice thing about using a trainer is that just about any wheel will do. In fact, you can even
use a 27" wheel since it's unimportant for the brakes to line up. In fact, that is what I did for a
while on a bike as I had several old 27" tires laying around.

I just want to swap out my trainer wheel with my good one. Where's a good place to find a
wheel cheap?

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Hard compound tires seem to work better.

What's the name of the hard compound materials?

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One thing I also learned, after ruining a tire in a single training session is to keep it well
inflated. I must have had a slow leak or one of my kids was playing with the valve and I tore up a
tire because it only had 50 lbs of air in it.

I have a wrench force standing pump. For some reason, I can't get the pump to "connect" to my rear
tire to inflate it more than 60 psi.

Regards, Thunder9

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John Rees