Cycling Rollers, any good? Where to buy?

keano007

Anyone use rollers, I've just started cycling and was wondering r they any good......after all who wants to cycle in the rain?

Any suggestions where to buy them?

biker_joe

Buy a set of Tacx rollers and then go and build a set of Free motion rollers !
( they cost £800 ) you'll see what I mean here !!! it's the nearest thing to actual bike riding indoors !!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAvVcNxGlR0

Biker Joe

zzzzzzzz

keano007 wrote: »

Anyone use rollers, I've just started cycling and was wondering r they any good......after all who wants to cycle in the rain?

Any suggestions where to buy them?

Cycling in the rain is much more fun than rollers. And infinitely more fun than a turbo trainer.

bcmf

rollers are good when the weather is crap BUT be prepared for intense boredom though.Great for balance as well

The tax man

aidan.offbeat wrote: »

Cycling in the rain is much more fun than rollers.

+1. Lovely spin up the mountains yesterday evening,only the low cloud forced me back down.:p

Not everyone takes to rollers like a duck to water.:D

keano007

Correct me if I'm wrong but is there not rollers you can get that the wheels r locked in! The you tube video looks crazy knowing me I'd go out the bedroom window

thebouldwhacker

SWEET DIVINE JESUS that is the most annoying tube clip I have ever seen. Why would you firstly record your self doing that and for the love of god why would you post it on youtube?

The tax man

keano007 wrote: »

Correct me if I'm wrong but is there not rollers you can get that the wheels r locked in! The you tube video looks crazy knowing me I'd go out the bedroom window

Yes indeed but these are more commonly known as turbo/mag trainers.Example. They clamp onto the rear wheels QR skewer so the bike held in place. Much easier to use than rollers,in fact...clamp bike...mount bike...start pedalling. If you are only starting out cycling(as you mentioned) or getting back into it after a long time off bikes I'd opt for a trainer over rollers.

thebouldwhacker wrote: »

SWEET DIVINE JESUS that is the most annoying tube clip I have ever seen. Why would you firstly record your self doing that and for the love of god why would you post it on youtube?

May I tempt you with this offering??

Loads of them for some strange reason.:D

petethedrummer

The tax man wrote: »

Not everyone takes to rollers like a duck to water.:D

He took to it, like a duck to cycling.

Lumen

biker_joe wrote: »

a set of Free motion rollers ! ( they cost £800 )

Quite cool, shame about the price. I love how $795 (£525) becomes £875 when they cross the atlantic.

Riding in the rain is fun, unless it's dark.

Funny quote:

"They [e-motion rollers] are better than regular rollers for sure, and way better than fixed trainer, but that's kind of like saying a visit to the proctologist is much better than being ass raped in prison...It's better to avoid either if possible. Riding outside is always better unless it is raining near or below freezing."

Edit: another mostly tedious (but initially funny) video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtR_4B4lcsA

I'm guessing this man is single.

crazydingo

Where can I buy some cheapo rollers? Or cheapo second-hand rollers if someone has a set they don't use? I just got it into my head that I want some :P

Signal_ rabbit

The best way to start off with rollers is between a door way, that way you can always put a hand or elbow out to steady you until you get the hang of it. Then you can do this only without the hair!

blorg

Lumen wrote: »

I'm guessing this man is single.

Found another video of him on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Uv6vD4v1A

Caroline_ie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZJ--IPg7Hs

Found a video of us ...

danburke

It took me about two 1hour sessions to get my balance..although I still can't go flat out on them...

Saw a great vid once of somebody out of the saddle sprinting on rollars..can't seem to find it on youtube now

Lumen

danburke wrote: »

It took me about two 1hour sessions to get my balance..although I still can't go flat out on them...

Saw a great vid once of somebody out of the saddle sprinting on rollars..can't seem to find it on youtube now

Out of the saddle and no hands (not at the same time!).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaYDZ-RSOTA

Sprinting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjOrXDUv3vU

blorg

danburke wrote: »

It took me about two 1hour sessions to get my balance..although I still can't go flat out on them...

Saw a great vid once of somebody out of the saddle sprinting on rollars..can't seem to find it on youtube now

If you look into the E-motion/free motion rollers, this is meant to be one of their big selling points, because the whole thing is free to move a bit you can sprint out of the saddle, etc. There are videos of people trying to jump out of them to the front and being unable to.

Hermy

How it's done properly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7K4O7YTLQQ

Signal_ rabbit

The emotion rollers look good, they are $795 from the states or £875 in the UK. WTF!

danburke

Class! I gotta practice more!

Lumen wrote: »

Out of the saddle and no hands (not at the same time!).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaYDZ-RSOTA

Sprinting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjOrXDUv3vU

Lumen

Signal_ rabbit wrote: »

The emotion rollers look good, they are $795 from the states or £875 in the UK. WTF!

Google a bit and find out how to cheaply convert normal rollers into the same thing.

the_galway_fry

The tax man wrote: »

Yes indeed but these are more commonly known as turbo/mag trainers.Example. They clamp onto the rear wheels QR skewer so the bike held in place. Much easier to use than rollers,in fact...clamp bike...mount bike...start pedalling. If you are only starting out cycling(as you mentioned) or getting back into it after a long time off bikes I'd opt for a trainer over rollers.

mag rollers seem to differ in price a fair bit?
are there any available for a decent price for beginners.
is noise a major problem with them or are they silent enough?

Raam

the_galway_fry wrote: »

mag rollers seem to differ in price a fair bit?
are there any available for a decent price for beginners.
is noise a major problem with them or are they silent enough?

mine are quite noisey