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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Greg, when you're on rollers only the wheels are spinning - you and the bike (and your combined weight) have no forward momentum. If you did manage to ride off all that would happen is the wheels would come to an immediate halt and you'd be pretty embarrassed.
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    biondino wrote:
    Greg, when you're on rollers only the wheels are spinning - you and the bike (and your combined weight) have no forward momentum. If you did manage to ride off all that would happen is the wheels would come to an immediate halt and you'd be pretty embarrassed.

    Yes, I suppose that is right, isn't it. Obviously I've been watching cartoons too much.

    Next question: Resistance. Can you adjust it? Once set, it is set for the duration of the ride (so you can't change it on the fly)? How close is it in feel to the "standard" resistance offered by a road?
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Greg66 wrote:
    biondino wrote:
    Greg, when you're on rollers only the wheels are spinning - you and the bike (and your combined weight) have no forward momentum. If you did manage to ride off all that would happen is the wheels would come to an immediate halt and you'd be pretty embarrassed.

    Yes, I suppose that is right, isn't it. Obviously I've been watching cartoons too much.

    Next question: Resistance. Can you adjust it? Once set, it is set for the duration of the ride (so you can't change it on the fly)? How close is it in feel to the "standard" resistance offered by a road?
    Most rollers don't have resistance units. The more expensive ones do.
    I up the resistance by letting a few psi out of the tyres ;)
    Most of the time, though, I use them for high (120+) cadence drills so resistance not so important
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  • don_don
    don_don Posts: 1,007
    biondino wrote:
    Greg, when you're on rollers only the wheels are spinning - you and the bike (and your combined weight) have no forward momentum. If you did manage to ride off all that would happen is the wheels would come to an immediate halt and you'd be pretty embarrassed.

    Logical of course, but takes a bit of practise to accept :lol:
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    So does he :lol:

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  • don_don
    don_don Posts: 1,007
    Cue "she's fit though isn't she?" for the next 6 pages

    :roll:
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    don_don wrote:
    Cue "she's fit though isn't she?" for the next 6 pages

    :roll:

    You do know who that is, right?
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • don_don
    don_don Posts: 1,007
    itboffin wrote:
    don_don wrote:
    Cue "she's fit though isn't she?" for the next 6 pages

    :roll:

    You do know who that is, right?

    Of course! That's what I meant!!
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    She is fit though.
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    don_don wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    don_don wrote:
    Cue "she's fit though isn't she?" for the next 6 pages

    :roll:

    You do know who that is, right?

    Of course! That's what I meant!!

    Amazes me how she generates so much power with those delectable legs.

    drooooooool.

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