I haven't ridden rollers since I was a teenager...a lot of fun and a totally different challenge than riding on the Wahoo. Mine are long gone but not forgotten.
On Friday, January 31, 2025 at 2:29:56 PM UTC-5 George Schick wrote: > Speaking of rollers, I have a Technique Pro roller that I purchased from > Performance Bike many years ago that I haven't used for quite awhile and > would like to get rid of (I'm getting old and am downsizing). These > rollers are folders and they use sealed bearings, but they had rather thin > side rails that caused me to stack some flat washers between them in order > to tighten the lock nuts properly. Right now they're adjusted for a wheel > base (front hub lock nut to rear lock nut) of about 39 1/2 inches, which > should be adequate for most road bikes. The roller diameters themselves are > 3 3/4". I anyone in the Chicago metro area is interested, please contact > me off-list. I will not ship - too heavy - but I will deliver within a > reasonable distance of central DuPage County. > On Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:50:04 AM UTC-6 Garth wrote: > >> I ride on rollers in the winter and use a fan when getting to warm and a >> have a towel around my neck or within reach to wipe my face if needed. I >> sweat easily and do my best to never drip sweat on the bike. Even in summer >> I ride with a hanky handy ! No runs, no drips, no errors ! Ahahahaa ! >> >> Indoors riding is mostly "tolerable" to do so I just ride 10-30 minutes >> every other day or so. >> Sometimes thoughts of "what the hell are you doing, this sucks !" arise >> quite loudly when I begin. "Well yeah !, the idea that anything sucks, >> well that sucks, sucking sucks , and so what ?!" It's good for a laugh >> .... :-). >> >> I love summer and sweating outdoors also ! Y E A H ! ! ! >> Indoors or outdoors in winter I don't like sweating at all as it's so >> darn chilling, regardless of the clothing. >> >> Right now it's raining a 37d, well that sucks even for walking outside ! >> So, off to laugh my way to an indoor ride ! Teeeheeeheee ;-) >> >> I must say though, riding rollers is a wonderful way to change setups and >> fits without having to go for ride outdoors. I mean it's right at-hand, >> instant feedback and tools at hand. Every bike shop that should have some >> for the mechanics to ride repaired bikes. The ones I have a made by Sport >> Crafters of Indiana, the ones with progressive resistance. It really does >> have road like resistance and I use the same gears. Pedal harder and it >> gets much harder to maintain it. These are so much more uselful than the >> Krietler Challenger rollers I had for many years and sold. >> >> On Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:06:36 AM UTC-5 Brady Smith wrote: >> >>> My Roadini resides on a Zwift hub when not being used outside. I give it >>> a good wipe down after a Zwift session. I believe Zwift has a traditional >>> steel road bike option in game, but since Zwift is the one place where I >>> care about being a weight weenie, my avatar rides a Tarmac. >>> >>> Brady in SLC >>> On Friday, January 31, 2025 at 8:57:33 AM UTC-7 jeff.ze...@gmail.com >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Does anyone use their Riv on a 'smart' trainer? >>>> >>>> In my quest to streamline my existence by seeing if I can get by with a >>>> single bike (N-1? dunno.), I have installed my Hillborne on a Wahoo KICKR >>>> wheel-off trainer. I stipulate that riding outdoors is infinitely >>>> preferable but also refuse to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. >>>> >>>> Other than protecting Sam from sweat, is there anything else I should >>>> be concerned about in doing this? Even on the trainer, the Riv is much >>>> more >>>> comfortable than the older Cannondale I have been using (it's a fit >>>> issue). >>>> Thanks for any insights. >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e6ef7426-878f-4596-9084-370f894da7c5n%40googlegroups.com.
