Kinectic RnR

manxshred
manxshred Posts: 295
edited March 2014 in Training, fitness and health
I have a Rock n Roll turbo trainer that I have been using for more than 2 years. I quite like the trainer and it's power curve.

I recently had a bike fit done, and the main issue found was that I am sitting skew on the bike. I can feel quite a bit of pressure on the top of my right hand thigh on the saddle, and put most of my weight on my right sit bone.

I have been working hard in all my riding lately to try and straighten up. When I was on my trainer tonight, I noticed that I really battle to stay straight on the turbo. I seem to be leaning off to the right. It's seems that subconsciously I have been leaning to the side on the turbo which has caused me to make that my position on the bike.

Now I have measured everything and at rest it all seems straight.
Has anyone else had problems like this with this turbo? I'm thinking of propping it so it can't lean anymore.

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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    See if you can find some of the old articles on Sean Yates' position. The key question is - does the position actually prevent you from riding optimally?
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    I'd check the welds on the turbo too - I've seen a couple of them break.

    Is the bike completely vertical when you sit on it ?
  • manxshred
    manxshred Posts: 295
    I remeasured everything and it is a bit uneven. The base is flat but the upper part that sits on the rubber mounts is not even. I tried to tighten it up to see if it will change but it is still uneven. I'll take it apart this weekend and see if I can get it evened up.
  • meesterbond
    meesterbond Posts: 1,240
    Mine's the same if the bike isn't squarely in the middle of the roller - a fraction out at the back seems to make the bike lean dramatically (or at least it feels dramatic). I think there's a guide on their website

    Fantastic turbo trainer though.
  • DHA987S
    DHA987S Posts: 284
    Yeah had setup problems with mine as well. The position of the rear wheel on the roller determines how straight, or not, the bike sits in the trainer.
  • michaelede
    michaelede Posts: 152
    I managed to break an R&R not that long ago. I've come to realise that the floor in my garage is no where near as level as I thought which makes the bike tip over to the right. I am going to turn the bike through 90 degrees as the floor is more level left to right than front to back in the garage.

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