if you want rollers so you can balance and get the feel that you are still riding your road bike then maybe someone else will post.
However I had a magna trainer for a couple of years before I became a spin instructor in a gym, the noise of the trainer bugged the hell out of the family, I had head set, music loud.
Since then I have got to ride a whole host of stationary bikes and .... value for money, The Startrac V-Bike is a very solid very very quiet stainless steel fitted bit of training equipment.
It won't feel like a road bike, But a bike bolted to a trainer won't either.
Why wear out tires and your expensive road bike doing hours of base aerobic work. In the really cold months, chuck the lounge chair, stick it front of the TV, watch videos, music chat with friends, they can make you snacks and bring you drinks while you ride.
I’ve done the equivalent to 40,000 K on the one I use... that would be at least $600 in tires alone. All I’ve had to replace on the V-Bike is a set of pedal bearings and a couple of cheap chains and the saddle.
The V-Bike comes with a spare saddle, Friction pad, bottom bracket bearing, handle bar rubbers, and adjuster handles, as they are made for professional use.
They sell for about $1400 AU a lot less in the USA.
PS... you have to get out on the road to ride hills ! no other way that I know of ?
