Tsunami wrote:
I came to see if anyone had previously described my rocker plate mods, and when reading the thread wondered if what was desired was an overhead swing system where the plate the bike / trainer sits on is suspended off the floor.Imagine mounting your trainer on this:
It shouldn't fall over because the pivot is above the centre of gravity, but I'm not sure it wouldn't feel really weird.
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Anyway, re moving the front wheel independent of the back, my idea is to use the bearing system of a lazy susan, so on standing efforts I can work on keeping the front wheel straight vs my trainers' block firmly holding it in one orientation. I've got the device but confess I haven't tried it yetThat might do something (interested to hear your results), but I'm not sure what that something would be, unless there is a feedback system between the steering angle and the leaning process.
I've come to the current conclusion that the most realistic thing to do (I mentioned on page 1) would be to support the front wheel on a motorised roller. And the back end (trainer) on a single balljoint at about ground level. That way leaning and steering should be reasonably natural. With careful setup it may be possible to make it reasonably stable/self-centering/less likely to fall off than a set of rollers). But I'm working in theory only. Getting me on a trainer is hard enough as it is...