Roller setup dilemma

Nicholas said:

I recently bought a Minoura Action Mag Roller to use indoors with my road
bike.

The instructions indicate that the front wheel axle should sit 10-15mm
(0.4-0.6 inches) behind the front roller axle.

There are holes in the front of the roller frame so that the front roller
can be moved to accommodate different bike sizes. However, on one setting my
front wheel axle sits exactly above the roller axle, but on the next hole
forward, the wheel axle sits 30mm or 1.2" behind the front roller.

So I cannot set the roller to the recommended position. I've ridden the bike
in both the above positions and reckon the one with the wheel 1.2" behind
the roller was a little more stable (didn't want to jump over the front
roller as much) but that could be my imagination.

At the moment I'm using the wheel-directly-over-the-front-roller position as
it seems less extreme.

However, I really don't know what's best.

Can anyone offer advice here please?

Ride with the one that is most stable. You're lucky, I have a long
wheelbase bike and short rollers I bought used so my front wheel hangs
over the front roller. I have to be careful or I roll off the front
when standing.

Greg
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Destroy your safe and happy lives
Before it is too late
The battles we fought were long and hard
Just not to be consumed by rock'n'roll

Another solution would be to carefully drill a set of custom holes that
would properly position the drum. Make sure the new set of holes does not
come to close to another set of pre-made holes, as this could lead to
failure.

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Andre Charlebois
AGC-PC support
http://agc-pc.tripod.com
BPE, MCSE4.0, CNA, A+

"Nicholas" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I recently bought a Minoura Action Mag Roller to use indoors with my road
bike.

The instructions indicate that the front wheel axle should sit 10-15mm
(0.4-0.6 inches) behind the front roller axle.

There are holes in the front of the roller frame so that the front roller
can be moved to accommodate different bike sizes. However, on one setting

my

Quoted message said:

front wheel axle sits exactly above the roller axle, but on the next hole
forward, the wheel axle sits 30mm or 1.2" behind the front roller.

So I cannot set the roller to the recommended position. I've ridden the

bike

Quoted message said:

in both the above positions and reckon the one with the wheel 1.2" behind
the roller was a little more stable (didn't want to jump over the front
roller as much) but that could be my imagination.

At the moment I'm using the wheel-directly-over-the-front-roller position

as

Quoted message said:

it seems less extreme.

However, I really don't know what's best.

Can anyone offer advice here please?

Many thanks!

Nicholas

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Quoted message said:

I recently bought a Minoura Action Mag Roller to use indoors with my road
bike.
However, I really don't know what's best.

Can anyone offer advice here please?

Road bikes are best on the road.
TJ

"Trevor Jeffrey" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Road bikes are best on the road.
TJ

Ah, so that's the secret! 🙂)).

Nicholas