+1. If you are in Europe, the best trainer that you can use right now is right outside your door! But I guess that it is never too early to start looking for something to use during the long cold miserable winter months. You probably can get a better price buying out of season too.Powerful Pete said:To start off, please use the search function and you will find a lot of information. And at that point you will be able to ask very specific questions and get a lot more focussed help from people on the forum.
MIHECH said:Which trainer do you suggest for me? I am from Europe so a KK is not a option (at least I think so). I have looked at the Tacx Flow T1680 or the Elite Crono E-Mag IN & OUT. Does anybody use these trainers? Or do you have another suggestion?
MIHECH said:Which trainer do you suggest for me? I am from Europe so a KK is not a option (at least I think so). I have looked at the Tacx Flow T1680 or the Elite Crono E-Mag IN & OUT. Does anybody use these trainers? Or do you have another suggestion?
Peter@vecchios said:If ya can't ride outside, get a set of rollers. Makes the time go more quickly, trains you to ride straight and smoothly. Best indoor trainer there is.
Peter@vecchios said:If ya can't ride outside, get a set of rollers. Makes the time go more quickly, trains you to ride straight and smoothly. Best indoor trainer there is.
grahamspringett said:Rollers provide little resistance though. Fine for warming up but not so hot for any meaningful training. And not good if you lose balance.
grahamspringett said:Rollers provide little resistance though. Fine for warming up but not so hot for any meaningful training. And not good if you lose balance.
wiredued said:+1 especially if you convert them to free motion rollers so you can get out of the saddle when ever you want and go for an hour without stopping.
I don't now if they are still available, but I have a set of Minoura rollers that have a mag resistance unit attached to them. It is connected to the rear roller with a belt and works pretty well. I agree with Peter though, you should be able to get enough resistance from your gearing.Peter@vecchios said:If you can balance a bicycle outside, you can balance a bike on rollers. PLUS the resistence provided by the bicycle gearing is more than enough, just like outside riding on the flats. If you are 'under or over geared' outside, you will be under or over geared on rollers. Riding rollers isn't like coasting, or riding downhill, PLUS as I mentiined, provides real training riding inn straight lines, pedaling in 'circles', smoothly, etc.
Bike4Him said:Please explain the free motion part...............
The e-motion rollers are too much $
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