Rollers versus turbos - lots of old threads on this. Naturally there's no right answer. Except perhaps to use both (or neither!)
I hate 'artificial' gym based excercise. My mind can't ignore the fact that despite all the effort I'm not actually moving! But when needs must I like my rollers too. It's been so cold recently I finally managed to convince Mrs Sugarbeet to let me do my rollering in the house, rather than out in the shed. The security of riding between a door frame is a wonder.
II have no problem with resistance, just ride faster. I only ever ride for short periods - usually do a warm up and a time trial style ten miler.Any longer than that and I'm not sure what would finish me off first...
a) Corrosion from sweat
b) Catastophic crash caused by a lack of attention
c) Pure boredom
I bought elite arion resistance rollers recently, and for the first 10 mins wished i'd bought turbo (scary - so much concentration needed), after a couple of falls you get used to it and feel more 'secure' it does offer a very good workout, tho as previous posters have said a boring way to keep in shape when weather to bad to go outside
All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
I bought elite arion resistance rollers recently, and for the first 10 mins wished i'd bought turbo (scary - so much concentration needed), after a couple of falls you get used to it and feel more 'secure' it does offer a very good workout, tho as previous posters have said a boring way to keep in shape when weather to bad to go outside
All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
anthony59
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resistance is not great, but you have to concentrate all the time,
both have their plus points really
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I hate 'artificial' gym based excercise. My mind can't ignore the fact that despite all the effort I'm not actually moving! But when needs must I like my rollers too. It's been so cold recently I finally managed to convince Mrs Sugarbeet to let me do my rollering in the house, rather than out in the shed. The security of riding between a door frame is a wonder.
II have no problem with resistance, just ride faster. I only ever ride for short periods - usually do a warm up and a time trial style ten miler.Any longer than that and I'm not sure what would finish me off first...
a) Corrosion from sweat
b) Catastophic crash caused by a lack of attention
c) Pure boredom