|   MTB and Rollers | bbalka
Jan 8, 2004 9:22 PM | | Does anyone use rollers with a mountain bike? I am trying to decide if rollers or a trainer is the way to go. I also plan on using whatever I get with a road bike. |
| Yes, but | GlazedHam
Jan 9, 2004 6:42 AM | | Personally, I think rollers are great during the transition period or any time you want to work on form. Maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance, but I wasn't able to do anything other than a recovery/form type ride on rollers ...of course this was a long time ago when I was young and impatient. So I would go for the trainer --specifically the www.1upusa.com -- because you can do intervals better.
Not sure how to say this: The gearing on MTBs is too widely spaced. Too often you have to choose between a gear that is slightly too easy and one that is slightly too hard. You may want to put a road cassette on your trainer wheels or just stick with your road bike. |
| I got both | pimpbot
Jan 9, 2004 1:30 PM | | but my rollers have no resistance, so to adjust resistance, I have to change gears and/or tire pressure. You also have to pay attention to what you are doing, which is what appealed to me initially, but now I'm finding that it gets in the way of doing long mindless minutes in the trainer, bopping your head to tunes.
One of my neighbors was throwing out a perfectly good trainer, so I grabbed it. I found that trainers are better for doing intervals and out of saddle hammering. It also has a remote resistance adjuster that clips to my bars, which helps with the intervals.
The other obvious ingredient is the slick tires, but you knew that. I'm building a spare wheelset for my slicks. Too much hassle for hopping on and working out to change the tires out each time. |
| re: MTB and Rollers | drc
Jan 12, 2004 2:01 PM | | I chose a roller because I have lousy balance and this helps me practice balance. Also being in lousy shape I get good interval workouts by taking my speed from 8-9 mph up to 12-14 mph. I can use my computer/HRM combo device (the front wheel is spinning for the speedometer to work) to correlate HR to wheel speed. Spin faster at lower resistance or slower at higher resistance (by changing gears) doesn't change my HR-to-speed correlation. Then to cool off I open up the garage door and ride up and down the street a few times. It's a great work out for me but the dog gets bored real quick. |
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