Hi All,
This is my first post. I live in Oxford, Connecticut and I am contemplating purchasing Kreitler Poly-Myte rollers with the 2.25 inch roller diameter for winter training. It says that the small diameter of the roller itself provides a "tongue draggin" load all by itself. I currently have an old set of Travel Track rollers with a diameter somewhere between 3 and 3.5 inches. I ride them all the time in the top 3 or 4 gears of my Mtn. bike with slicks with no problem. I should mention though that I am also in the process crossing over to the "dark side" of cycling with the purchase of a 2005 Felt F65 road bike (http://www.feltracing.com/2005_bikes/2005_f65.html). It's almost all Ultegra except for the crank which I'm having my LBS switch out for an FSA Energy compact.
Will there be much difference riding my road setup on the rollers over my Mtn. bike ? Do the small rollers really make that much difference ? I'd like to leave myself the option of purchasing the headwind fan at a later time if I still need more resistance. I currently just set up a normal house fan for cooling.
Also any comments on the FSA crank or Felt bike would be welcome too !!
This is my first post. I live in Oxford, Connecticut and I am contemplating purchasing Kreitler Poly-Myte rollers with the 2.25 inch roller diameter for winter training. It says that the small diameter of the roller itself provides a "tongue draggin" load all by itself. I currently have an old set of Travel Track rollers with a diameter somewhere between 3 and 3.5 inches. I ride them all the time in the top 3 or 4 gears of my Mtn. bike with slicks with no problem. I should mention though that I am also in the process crossing over to the "dark side" of cycling with the purchase of a 2005 Felt F65 road bike (http://www.feltracing.com/2005_bikes/2005_f65.html). It's almost all Ultegra except for the crank which I'm having my LBS switch out for an FSA Energy compact.
Will there be much difference riding my road setup on the rollers over my Mtn. bike ? Do the small rollers really make that much difference ? I'd like to leave myself the option of purchasing the headwind fan at a later time if I still need more resistance. I currently just set up a normal house fan for cooling.
Also any comments on the FSA crank or Felt bike would be welcome too !!