Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
I was looking at the Cycle Ops classic fluid or the jet fluid one. I was on the jet during my bike fit at the weekend.
Rollers or Turbo?
- Thread starter Mapster1989
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I was looking at the Cycle Ops classic fluid or the jet fluid one. I was on the jet during my bike fit at the weekend.
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
I have a Cyclops Fluid2, not sure if they have revamped their lineup since I bought mine but it has been very good. It used to be very quiet too but it sounds like it is dying atm, really makes a lot of noise now, but then again, it has been used for hundreds of hours and things only last so long! I would buy it again.
Elite Crono Fluid ElastoGel Trainer from Wiggle - love it. really quiet and changing gears on the bike, changes the resistance, so it feels more like riding . no selector switch to attach to the handlebars. Not sure it's the best for proper measurable training, but serves it's purpose well in that i get to ride at various speeds/resistance and have a great workout
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Mapster1989
Senior Member
- Location
- Sheffield, England
Well this certainly hasn't helped me in the slightest. Everyone throwing up equal arguments for both. If I had to choose I'm swaying towards the rollers but the thought of doing some intense workouts on the turbo is making it a difficult choice.
I'm planning on racing next year too so I suppose I could always use the turbo to warm up on before the race. Hmmmm. Decisions.
I'm planning on racing next year too so I suppose I could always use the turbo to warm up on before the race. Hmmmm. Decisions.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
More folk IME warm up on rollers, you dont have the faff of having to change the skewer and running the risk of tyre failure or it may just be that they offer a better warm up.
You could go for resistance rollers and get the benefits of both.
You could go for resistance rollers and get the benefits of both.
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
IME, most people at TT's warm-up on turbo's, using a second wheel 
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Mapster1989
Senior Member
- Location
- Sheffield, England
I think I might just toss a coin!
phil_hg_uk
I am not a member, I am a free man !!!!!!
I think it is personal preference.
I just asked someone who uses one a lot to warm up before races and they said that rollers represent the road better and once you can use them you wouldn't bother with a Turbo Trainer, but again I guess that is their personal preference.
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
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- Land of Lincoln
I like the trainer because rollers lack resistance, and you can take a bad spill off rollers. I still like the idea of a winter hack, as derrick said. So I prefer the winter hack first, then turbo, for below 0c weather. I do not use rollers anymore.
MickeyBlueEyes
Eat, Sleep, Ride, Repeat.
- Location
- Derbyshire
Not all of them. Elite V Arions have 3 settings. Whilst I can't compare how much resistance they offer compared to a turbo, I do know an hour of level 2 does what it should.
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
An hour of Z2 = an hour of easy riding.
How do they perform when you want to be at Z5-Z6?
Boris Bajic
Guest
This was a fear of mine and made the learning curve a little steeper.... But in my case it simply was not so.
I did fall, topple or ride off the edge many times, but never experienced a 'bad spill'.
You just sort of clunk disappointingly and undramatically down onto terra firma and unclip.
Although the computer suggests you are doing 31mph, the reality is otherwise. Maybe I'm just lucky. Anyone know otherwise?
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
For the sake of simplistic arguement, you have no momentum on the rollers, therefore there should be no dramatic zooming across the room or bad falls.
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
For the sake of argument, the wheels can still go out from under you, leaving you to hit your head on nearby objects,(furniture,floor,family dog) as a neighbor did when I was just learning many long years ago. Also have to consider the klutz factor when mounting or dismounting, and getting going. I've ridden them, I've never cared for the feel of them, and I went to magnetic trainer as soon as the Minoura became available. I still have the typewritten and printed instruction sheet, as well as the trainer. It is a gem, and gives me all the workout I need. If I needed work on bike handling skills and souplesse only, rollers may be okay. Wear a helmet.
