So what’s the secret? I get the towel folded just right for the perfect amount of resistance, ride for 2 minutes, touch the wall and get what felt like a couple hundred volts go through my arm. Five minutes later it happens again. I don’t want to think what would happen if a rode for an hour and then touch something.
I’m stuck beside a wall and table because I’m still a bit of a rookie with the rollers so I feel more comfortable there. So I might drift and touch the wall with my elbow or I’ll touch the table when I go for the water bottle and both cause extreme voltage
So how do I stop this aside from not touching anything? I have Elite Parabolic rollers which are plastic (I think), on a concrete floor and the wall is brick. Is it the kind of towel? Is there a resistance unit out there that will work with these rollers? I tried dropping my tire psi down to 80 but still not enough resistance. I’m trying to simulate outdoor resistance.
I was just making fun of your handle. I also have the Elite Parabolic (red drums right?). I’ve never tried using a towel for resistance. That’s ghetto - I like it. Are the feet touching the ground or are they on the towel too?
You construct a Van de Graf generator and you are surprised when it works?
It has been a long time since I looked into it but, if you use a cat hair rug (well, a not very well stuffed dead cat), that should work even better than the towel you are using. With enough effort you should be able shoot out some pretty impressive sparks. But before that your hair will be standing on end.
And, Rollers (unless they have a resistance unit) are great for learning how to ride your line plus they will help you to spin at high rates. So shift into a top gear and get that spin up to the 150 mark - no bouncing. If you want resistance, get a Trainer.
I do have a trainer but got the rollers just to add something different to indoor training. The problem is that I prefer the rollers over the trainer so now I’m looking for ways to increase the intensity of the workouts other than riding 50x12 @120rpm. or whatever. A quick google search or even a search on here brings up the towel method.
I have seen a resistance unit, years ago, it basically used another “rubber band” between the rear roller and a fan unit.
However, I’ve only used my rollers to improve my riding skills (1 handed riding, drinking while riding, standing, no hands - never did get that one down) as well as getting a workout through high rpm spinning. I’d be on the 53 up front and about 17 on the back, warming up around 90-95 rpm. Then I’d so a ladder program. Ride at 100 for a minute, recover, then 110 etc. up to 150 then back down. My rollers are a lot older, heavy, metal, large ones which I think added a bit more resistance than the newer, lighter plastic ones. But then mine also had a rather loud hum to them - when I ride them, no one in the house can watch (or at least listen to) the TV.
You construct a Van de Graf generator and you are surprised when it works?
It has been a long time since I looked into it but, if you use a cat hair rug (well, a not very well stuffed dead cat), that should work even better than the towel you are using. With enough effort you should be able shoot out some pretty impressive sparks. But before that your hair will be standing on end.
And, Rollers (unless they have a resistance unit) are great for learning how to ride your line plus they will help you to spin at high rates. So shift into a top gear and get that spin up to the 150 mark - no bouncing. If you want resistance, get a Trainer.
You were doing it right until the last paragraph. Then you were doing it wrong. I’ll take resistance on rollers 100 time before I ride a trainer. It keeps you mentally engaged and it FEELS right. Trainers feel wrong.
So what’s the secret? I get the towel folded just right for the perfect amount of resistance, ride for 2 minutes, touch the wall and get what felt like a couple hundred volts go through my arm. Five minutes later it happens again. I don’t want to think what would happen if a rode for an hour and then touch something.
I’m stuck beside a wall and table because I’m still a bit of a rookie with the rollers so I feel more comfortable there. So I might drift and touch the wall with my elbow or I’ll touch the table when I go for the water bottle and both cause extreme voltage
So how do I stop this aside from not touching anything? I have Elite Parabolic rollers which are plastic (I think), on a concrete floor and the wall is brick. Is it the kind of towel? Is there a resistance unit out there that will work with these rollers? I tried dropping my tire psi down to 80 but still not enough resistance. I’m trying to simulate outdoor resistance.
Could you ground the unit by attaching a wire to something that is grounded?
Obviously, you’re charging yourself. The surest way to prevent this is to ground yourself. Connect yourself to ground (the thrird wire of the outlet, or a piece of metal on the concrete floor) with a piece of metal. You could also ground your bike possibly, but I’m not super sure how that would work. There are wrist bands for working with static sensitive parts that would help you. I would mess around to determine the least obnoxious solution. Also I bet if you get the towel wet you won’t have this problem.
Could you ground the unit by attaching a wire to something that is grounded?
This will do the trick! The problem would be to find a proper ground in the workout room. If your electrical sockets are properly wired (i.e. the round prong is actually hooked up to the ground wire), then you could just run a wire from there to any metal portion of the frame. Before you do that, you should see if you can get it to the point where your hair is standing on end. That would be a great photo for the ST pain cave or critique my fit threads.
