OK, here’s the deal. I’ve always wanted to build a cheap trainer wheel with a heatproof tire. The bike shops always talk me out of it because of chain wear and how the chain wears to the cassette. Now if this is true, do people just swap out wheels for race wheels or get a special wheel tuning.
what does everyone do?
Just get a crappy wheel (nuevation is what I use), throw on 105 cassette, and a conti trainer tire.
done.
A chain only wears to a cassette when you dont change out your chain often enough and then continue to run it with the same cassette. Change your chain every 2-4k miles, depending on the abuse it takes from the elements, and you’ll be fine.
Not sure what most do but I opted to put my Conti trainer tire on an old training wheel so that I didn’t need to constantly switch the tires around. I have been on the Conti for 3 seasons and have seen zero wear on it. Never thought about the chain and cassette wearing out by doing this but I figure if I am riding they are wearing out anyway.
I bought an inexpensive touring wheelset (36 spoke) from bike island and installed the conti trainer tire (not fun, using soapy water finally did the trick) now I have a perfectly good trainer wheel that lives in my basement nook
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If you are worried about it, just switch your old cassette to your trainer wheel.
Just get a ***crappy ***wheel (***nuevation ***is what I use), throw on 105 cassette, and a conti trainer tire.
done.
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Th chain wears to the cassette? That doesn’t sound right to me. If chains wore to the casette, I don’t think new chains would skip on a worn cassette. My thoughts are that chains and cassettes both wear. Keeping both clean will minimize the wear.
Back on topic. I have heavy winter wheels that I use on the trainer. I have an Ultegra cassette on them. I’ve used the wheel on both my road bike and TT bike. No chain skipping issues.
Like a previous poster said, buy an inexpensive, but sturdy rear wheel put the 105 or Ultegra cassette on it with a Continental trainer tire. Unless you want to use it outside. Then go with a wirebead gatorskin.