Pretty cool. I checked out the video. I wish I could ride rollers.



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Wow, those are really nice - hmm...just in time for Christmas.

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Nice but...

I just fell off 'my rollers' laughing my ass off watching 'Monster-In-Law.' I bought ($70.00) my rollers in '97 at a garage sale (almost new as the previous owner grew impatient trying to balance); I bought a 'fork' to use as a balance until my confidence grew.

Now? It's a piece of cake - until I throw in a funny DVD. This certainly proves one cannot walk and chew gum at the same time.

I will be in Colorado Christmas eve week with my bikes, rollers, DVD player and DVDs in case it snows again.

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yes that's great, so the shitty form you want to improve upon by riding rollers is just exagerrated on these rollers? The whole point of rollers is to learn how to not ride like that, not have "bumpers" so you can keep on riding like that.

Wow - indeed an impressive feat - getting out of the saddle, only for the suicidal. Doubly an impressive feat when you consider that he has the bike on backwards - REAL roller monkeys put the front wheel between the 2 rolling pins!

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I rode them at the Portland Gran Prix cyclocross event . I can't believe how ez they are to ride. I was on a borowed cross bike with wet cross tires riding in the drizzle and stayed on. They are a bit pricy, but someday I will probably pony up for a pair to warm up for TT events and the track.

Roof, i thought you had rollers? no? if you ever want to borrow mine to see if you like them...fras has them too, his might be a smaller drum than mine, so you can see the difference.

honestly though, aren't you committed to staying outside all winter long? (with the other crazies? lol...:) )

Nope, no rollers - just a stationary trainer. I ride outside almost all year on some sort of bike, but like to veg watching football/movies for a nice 2 hour zone 1 bore fest as well. I guess rollers wouldn't be a great idea getting excited watching sporting events (hey, the Bengals are actually fun to watch now!) though. Hard to keep the HR down on my MTN bike in the deep snow - just too much fun! I may consider borrowing yours though to check 'em out though, thanks!

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anytime--and honestly, you can zone out more on rollers than people lead on. you just can't get lazy with form, I don't think you'd have any problem with that at all. so, anytime! and, I'll be damned I forgot Rebecca's reisling!

you are kidding, right?

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Kittycat:

You are so right about zoning out...I never thought I'd ever get there. But like an earlier poster said, if your form gets sloppy, which happens depending on what I'm thinking about when my mind wanders...I wander right on off.

On another thread, my cycling coach and his wife can do out of the saddle sprints on the rollers. It is amazing to watch.

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out of saddle, without the bumpers? man, I cannot imagine. that is like a whole other level of roller riding passion...lol.

I can ride standing up on rollers. I can ride on my aerobars, too. I've seen someone in person ride no hands (a trackie). I know someone who can take off his jacket while riding rollers (of course, he can also take off his leg warmers while riding on the road).

What I can't do is ride rollers while watching a cycling video (or soccer). Too great a tendency to lean into turns...

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I was thinking the exact same thing.

i watched the video, if those bumpers weren't on there that guy would have fallen on his face. those rollers were moving all over the place! that's not really the point, right? Supposed to be smooth, and flow like water, not so rough the rollers slide all over the floor.

Yeah, don't understand how they are supposed to help you versus traditional rollers.

These rollers are just gonna make the pedal stroke even more choppy.

this year I have been on the rollers a fair bit (cyclops with a resistance unit) and I am really solid on them. I now do out of the saddle sprints, ride no hands during recovery times and I am now go to try to learn how to bunnyhop on them!:}

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ok, I'm going to try to get out of the saddle. otherwise, i will just be left out.

hopefully i won't bust my head. maybe i'll wear a helmet on the first try. LOL!

He may be kidding but last year after being off the rollers for a year I set them up backwards. I could go about 5 minutes before toasting myself. It took me awhile to figure out what was wrong, I just thought that I was really out of training shape, then it was like 'doh' head slap!

Roadracer

If you ride the rollers just like your present ones, there is no difference in the way they act. That changes when you "jump" and do an out of the saddle sprint. When you stomp on the pedals the bike jumps forwardand you move forward into the front bumper rolled, which in turn pushes you back into the groove so you stay on. Sort of like the roller on the back of a motorpace cycle the front wheel gently brushes off. Then they have little side bumpers that if you drift too far lt. or rt. it bumps you back toward the middle.

Like I said in my earlier post, I rode with wet tires on a borrowed bike and had zero problems catching on. I ride rollers fairly well, but I am no roller monkey or anything. If money isn't a problem they are really nice rollers.

I guess some people are just too stubborn to break the habit, now for an impressive roller experience, take the bumpers off, place another set of rollers next to you and bunny hop between the two and keep riding!! that would be skill!

wait a minute----

I have been on rollers for 6 weeks or so 2x a week hour and half per session. And now you guys are telling me that the Double Roller side is for the front and the single for the Rear----WTF----



Kevin

Getting out o the saddle is not too hard. Riding without hands is a different story. It took me about 3 months before even thinking of letting go og the handlebars.

Tri bike on rollers..? Forget it..! Too much at stake.


Paul

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