E-Motion Rollers

de_sisti

Has anyone bought a set of E-Motion rollers from Insideride.com ? If so, what do you think of them.



There's also another that is being made under licence by Elite. Does anyone have a price on
this version?

hopper1

I don't have any info on these, but, if you have rollers already, you could make your own oscillating rollers.... Plenty of info on here, if you need it.
Plus, building your own will give you something to do in the dark winter months
Oh, that's what the rollers are for, isn't it? :oops:

de_sisti

Thanks for the link Hopper. I honestly think one would have to be very handy at diy in
order to construct one of the homemade versions, as it's not as easy as 1-2-3. Do you
know how much the Elite ones will sell for. All emails to the company have resulted in
no replies.

Eddy S

maander wrote:

Has anyone bought a set of E-Motion rollers from Insideride.com ? If so, what do you think of them.

I bought a set last year - I think they're great. My indoor winter training was transformed from a chore to something I now look forward to.

timcla

I bought a set last year, £700, just beat a price rise but still a lot off money for a trainer.

A superb bit of kit though, very well made. Give a realistic ride, has 3 resistance setting so has more than enough resistance for my or any workout.

Like Eddy S said thay make working out as good as it will get, in a shed in winter. You have the added skill factor of riding out the saddle, one leg training and no hands. It really does improve bike handling.

Worth every pound.' You get what you pay for, pay for what you get'

Bordeaux

I believe the Elite version of the E-Motions will only be available in europe and not until January or perhaps February of 2010. Expect the price to be £550-£600 in the UK.

The US manufactured version will remain the same and continue to be available in the US.

The UK distributer is back importing US ones and will do so until his about the end of the year or until there stock runs out.

DaSy

I can't quite work out what the benefit of these rollers is...

I have been riding conventional rollers (CyleOps Alu with resistance unit attached), for several years. From what I see, they suggest that the E-Motion rollers enable you to ride out of the saddle, no-handed and one leg drills, all of which I can, and do on my standard rollers at a fraction of the cost of these.

I'm sure I am missing something, I just can't see what it is...

Harry182

DaSy wrote:

I can't quite work out what the benefit of these rollers is...

I have been riding conventional rollers (CyleOps Alu with resistance unit attached), for several years. From what I see, they suggest that the E-Motion rollers enable you to ride out of the saddle, no-handed and one leg drills, all of which I can, and do on my standard rollers at a fraction of the cost of these.

I'm sure I am missing something, I just can't see what it is...

The e-motion rollers seem much more forgiving of non-smooth pedaling than normal rollers. It seems one can full out sprint on the e-motions. I can ride out of the saddle on normal rollers but have to pedal quite gently + slowly while doing so or I ride right off them.

Still, I see where you're coming from -- The e-motions cost roughly 4-5 times what my Minoura rollers cost. I'd love to try the e-motions but couldn't justify the expense.

DaSy

Harry182 - right, I see what you mean, and yes you do have to be pretty careful when out of the saddle on standard rollers.

I'm not sure that added benefit would be enough to justify the cost to me, I prefer a turbo for really hard efforts anyway.

skyd0g

I quite fancy making a "home-brew" version of the e-motion rollers, by modifying a set of standard rollers. Can anyone point me in the direction of a how-to guide?

easy

There are instructions here:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.ph ... on+rollers

Well, they're not instructions, but are close enough to being instructions.

Have fun.

skyd0g

easy wrote:

There are instructions here:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.ph ... on+rollers

Well, they're not instructions, but are close enough to being instructions.

Have fun.

Ta!