Turbo bike: Carbon with traner wheel or old steel frame

brettjmcc

I am in the process of buying a turbo and wondered what bikes people use in it. I see some people say they wouldn't use their carbon bike, whilst others do.

Choices for me are:

1/ Current bike with either geetting a cheap wheel/casette and trainer tyre, or just put on the trainer tyre

2/ Get the my old 90s steel frame (Carrera) out, try to set the same position up and swap the pedals over

Thoughts appreciated

Alex_Simmons/RST

http://www.turbostudio.com.au/Frames_In ... ainers.pdf

andrewgturnbull

Hi there.

I think the best option is to ride your good bike on the turbo, and set up the old steel frame with some mudguards and ride that one outdoors over the winter, hence protected the carbon bike with the shiny bits on it.

Cheers, Andy

Ps stick a towel over the handlebars to stop your sweat dripping into the headset though.

Pross

Alex_Simmons/RST wrote:

http://www.turbostudio.com.au/Frames_Indoor_Trainers.pdf

That's useful thanks. I've been wondering myself whether my carbon farme will be OK on a turbo. I'm not one of these people who constantly worries it might disintegrate but my concern was that the stresses on a turbo would act differently and that the design of the frame would not have taken this into account e.g. with the bike being locked in place at the back wheel the stresses on the chainstays may differ to those experienced on the road so that has set my mind at rest a bit.

Velonutter

I used to ride an old carbon framed bike on my Turbo until when doing intervals I could see the BB moving from side to side.

I built a specific turbo bike using an old Ribble Audax frame and some spare kit, much better and I can leave a turbo tyre on the rear so no wear to worry about.

Remember you can knock up a turbo bike very cheaply as you don't need brakes, front mech, bottle cages or anything light. I built mine for about £150, and that was including everything to make it ride-able on the road and is Campag Veloce/Centaur 10 speed throughout with Fulcrum 7 wheels!

I leave this permanently set up with an Elite Drip cover over the bars and an ITouch handlebar mount so I can watch videos/training vids as well.

sagalout

I rode my carbon bike all through last winter and other than a couple of bolts on the brake calipers going rusty (which I later replaced with stainless steel ones) it was absolutely fine and still looks very shiny.

andrewgturnbull

sagalout wrote:

I rode my carbon bike all through last winter and other than a couple of bolts on the brake calipers going rusty (which I later replaced with stainless steel ones) it was absolutely fine and still looks very shiny.

What were the rusty bolts made of?

Stuy-b

This is my turbo bike

Velonutter

This is my current Turbo bike, running 53/39 & 11/23

sagalout

andrewgturnbull wrote:

What were the rusty bolts made of?

It was the bolts that hold the caliper to the frame, and I think they were made of mild steel. They were completely rusted up (I missed them with the ACF50 which didnt help)

Calvia

I would not put a carbon bike on a turbo.

As Velonutter says you can see the BB moving from side to side as the chainstays are locked in place.

I put a crack in the BB shell on my Pinarello Paris using it on a turbo and will not be putting a carbon bike on a turbo again!