Building rollers

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r80

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Hi everyone,
Due to living in a valley of a dry river I am served plenty of my least favourite conditions - wind. I was planning on buying some rollers until I saw the price of them - £120 is the cheapest good quality ones.

So does anyone have experience in building rollers, professionally done or bodge jobs, any knowledge is helpful.

r80
 

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There's an article here that gives some basic information. A possible source of 50mm diameter rollers that have bearings would be an engineering suppliers. 50mm diameter, 500mm long costs about £12 each. They use them to make conveyors.
http://www.ehow.com/way_5894467_diy-bicycle-rollers.html
RS stock number 761 3271
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/conve...2267573743D37363120333237312677633D4E4F4E4526
 
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