Rollers Question

I’m looking to get some 2nd hand rollers but a couple of quick numpty questions.
Are they all foldable or do you need to get specific ‘foldable’ ones. Space is a real premium in my flat.
Can they be used outside again for space reasons? Obviously not in a huge storm or anything but can they be used in drizzle etc – I’m thinking of using my side return for them.
I’ve been searching through the previous posts and I don’t think I need one’s with resistance as I’ll use the gears and I’m not a powerful rider.
And on the basis of the above, and that I’ll using the classifieds/ebay, would you recommend any particular one.
Cheers
Are they all foldable or do you need to get specific ‘foldable’ ones. Space is a real premium in my flat.
Can they be used outside again for space reasons? Obviously not in a huge storm or anything but can they be used in drizzle etc – I’m thinking of using my side return for them.
I’ve been searching through the previous posts and I don’t think I need one’s with resistance as I’ll use the gears and I’m not a powerful rider.
And on the basis of the above, and that I’ll using the classifieds/ebay, would you recommend any particular one.
Cheers
amc
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Don't see why you couldn't use them outside as long as it's flat! Not sure about in the rain, the rollers could become slippery and they'd be even harder to stay upright on than they usually are!
Mine don't have resistance and I wouldn't ever attempt to use them for any kind of interval or power training, they're great for keeping your fitness up and "getting some miles in" so to speak, but I can happily push 53x11 at 80ish RPM and not really feel tired at all, on the road I can only ever push that on a descent.
That's said, for £80 I reckon I got a bargain, as although I haven't used them very much yet, I will be using them more when I get my own place.
agree with the above post, they might be quite slippery in drizzle.
i use Tacx Antares, gears are really all you need.
Create a chaingang
Make sure you don't break your chain
One word of warning:
keep pets out of the room, i didn't, the cat went in front of me and I swerved........
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
Hills are just a matter of pace
As you can see I have a rim drive turbo, if you had a standard turbo, the unit probably wouldn't stick out as high, either way, a turbo takes up maginally less room, neither are going to cause that many issues in reality.