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I have about £130 to fritter away on a turbo, prefer a mag one but just wonderd if anyone knew of any decent deals going on at the moment me being a tight old curmudgeon.
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Cant remember which but try
Evans
Wiggle
Pro bike kit
All terain bikes
Chain reaction
Can't remnant which one it was but.....
Wiggle have a deal going at the moment....just wondered if any more were about
kk you have seen my flat, I cant hang my washing on rollers you dopey mare
Seren, we can share it when you move in sweetie
Had the same model delivered this morning, FB.... the elite crono fluid elite fluid crono elasto fluid crono gel fluid crono thingumy from wiggle. Seemed a decent deal with about 30% off the RRP. Perhpas would have been even cheaper if they hadn't had to stuff so much guff in the product name.
With a bit of luck and a fair wind, I'll have it set up by Christmas, and I'll have used it by January.
Thanks FB, was looking at that specific one yesterday and couldnt find it cheaper anywhere alse
One is winging its way towards me as we speak.......all I need to do now is get my lardy arse on it
I am now a two turbo, five bike household
A nuice noisy fan one for when the neighbours have pissed me off and a nice quiet one as well.
Just a quick question as the local tri club has started doing group turbo sessions how difficult would it be to sling it on my back to cyle there if I habe a suitable bag?
i was thinking along the lines of a bag like the paper boys and girls have. it should fold up into one of those and it is only a couple of miles so a bit of foam and a bit of strategic weight distribution......
Erm..... i'm guessing this is mad heresy on my part, but instead of devising a hugely complex, expensive, inconvenient and potentially dangerous way to set up a static, indoor, cycle training group.... couldn't you all just go spinning? Failing that, if you're set up ready to ride over to the group turbo session.... why not leave your 6kg box at home and just carry on riding???
I don't think I'm cut out for this triathlon lark. Clearly something missing in my DNA.
as for carrying on riding - sure, good idea, but this session is probably one night a week over winter when evening riding isn't so much fun in the dark. there are weekends for road rides
I would have to ride for probably 40 mins to get to roads away from SE London that I felt safe to actually get some training in on. I ride to worl on th MTB a couple of days a week in whatever the weather (showers at work are quite handy) and whenever it is possible go out for a longer road bike at the weekendt
I could and do turbo at home but find it pretty soul destroying on my own though I have learnt to TTFU and get on with it, Just thought a couple of testosterone fuelled sessions with some of the young boys at the tri club might get me into double figures average speed wise over a short distance. also with two I can have friends round for a group session........... if I had any friends that is
I had one instructor who was excellent - ie hit a flat road ( 60% hr) for 15 mins then seated/ standing climbs for 20
Mins etc
The other 10 instructors I have seen do 3 min song specififc workouts including pressups / low squats as you cycle - all meaningless rubbish
I like the music / group dynamic of 20 people all in sync doing a good sesh - just most classes are not really cycling specific at all
Turbo - get you own tunes/ music. Get a good planned session. The down side is its lonely without eye candy to take your mind offs the pain!
I surpassed my own expectations and set up the kit last night for a quick roll. Hugely disappointed so far, so I'm guessing that I've rigged it badly, unless.....
.... is it supposed to feel like one of those cronky old exercise bikes from the 1980's? The ones that people used to ride with towelling headbands on when they weren't playing squash or drinking Cinzano with Leonard Rossiter? They folded up like an ironing board and went in the back of the wardrobe until next January?
The pedal revolutions are jumpy and inconsistent. It feels like I'm riding up a steep, bumpy hill, with punctures in both tyres. And when I change from small to large front cog, the chain falls off. On the basis of all the "recreate the sensation of real road riding" marketing chat, I'm guessing that it's not meant to be like that and I've stuffed it up. Any similar experiences, please, or suggestions of how I might have spannered it?
Cheers!
once set up right it's as smooth as silk. have you made sure you've tightened the clamp correctly?? it should be tight with the collar pushed in so it locks it in place. if you overtighten you can't push the collar in, if you undertighten it then the wheel will wobble everywhere. and the QR lever should sit in the gap in the clamp, not to the side as that will make it unstable.
the wheel should sit on the roller easily with the tripod arrangement. and make sure your tyres have good pressure in them - 100psi or so for best rolling
if your chain is falling off, that's an indexing issue on the bike and not the turbo so that needs sorting anyway.
otherwise - have another go
turbo or rollers for around £130... any views??
Fixed the little monkey. I think. I'd put the wheel on a bit wonky and that, combined with a sporty couple of dings in the rims, was causing all sorts of ugly friction. Thanks for the advice FB! Happy to report that my crono elasto gelo pro-o fluido elito is now tickety-boo.
Just make sure your tyres are pumped up for a smoother ride.