Turbo specific tyres on rollers?

cyclingsheep

Is this doable or just a disaster waiting to happen? I'm not new to rollers but am noticing some wear on my regular tyres so just wondered whether a swap to turbo specific tyres (which I already own) would help or would the harder less grippy rubber make them dangerous on the rollers?

simon_masterson

Should be OK

Matthewfalle

Brilliant - up there with the "how do I wash my kit" thread.

Superb work that man.

cyclingsheep

Matthewfalle wrote:

Brilliant - up there with the "how do I wash my kit" thread.

Superb work that man.

Really? Have you tried it yourself so know of any pitfalls? As it happens it's bloody noisy as the harder rubber doesn't grip as well on the rollers so it doesn't really work but thanks heaps for sharing your wealth of knowledge.

mamba80

i ve found that you need to increase tire psi by (for me) about 20psi, the smaller contact area of the roller/tire contact deforms a tire more than when riding on road,
never found any tire wear even when using veloflex records or conti supersonics @ 125 to 140 psi

redvision

OP you shouldn't need a specific training tyre for the rollers.

One of the best things about rollers is the tyre is not in a fixed position. On a turbo the tyre is locked in a specific place, on rollers the wheel can move across the roller.

Rollers should not wear the tyre any faster than out on the road.

cyclingsheep

Fair point on tyre pressures guys, perhaps I was running them a little low. Anyway for the record turbo tyres don't really work so it's back to what I was using. Thanks to those that were helpful.

dork_knight

Just noticed this article pop up, might useful for info;
http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/02/ ... ers_394989

Matthewfalle

cyclingsheep wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

Brilliant - up there with the "how do I wash my kit" thread.

Superb work that man.

Really? Have you tried it yourself so know of any pitfalls? As it happens it's bloody noisy as the harder rubber doesn't grip as well on the rollers so it doesn't really work but thanks heaps for sharing your wealth of knowledge.

Pleasure - any time.

Just use old normal types if you're that worried.

And please don't shout/be angry.

vrsmatt

I just have one bike for indoor use, I use it on both the turbo and rollers with no issue on a turbo rear tyre. I know you don't need it for rollers but it works for me as I have that one bike set up for training

IanRCarter

VRSMatt wrote:

I just have one bike for indoor use, I use it on both the turbo and rollers with no issue on a turbo rear tyre. I know you don't need it for rollers but it works for me as I have that one bike set up for training

Same situation with me, my 'summer bike' is currently my 'winter indoor bike' and so has the turbo tyre fitted, which I can't be bothered to change if I fancy jumping on the rollers. It's never caused me any problems, certainly never had a problem with the tyre not gripping the rollers and I've never really considered the noise, although I do usually have music on. They are aluminium rollers as opposed to plastic, but I still can't believe the turbo tyre wouldn't grip a plastic drum.

vrsmatt

IanRCarter wrote:

VRSMatt wrote:

I just have one bike for indoor use, I use it on both the turbo and rollers with no issue on a turbo rear tyre. I know you don't need it for rollers but it works for me as I have that one bike set up for training

Same situation with me, my 'summer bike' is currently my 'winter indoor bike' and so has the turbo tyre fitted, which I can't be bothered to change if I fancy jumping on the rollers. It's never caused me any problems, certainly never had a problem with the tyre not gripping the rollers and I've never really considered the noise, although I do usually have music on. They are aluminium rollers as opposed to plastic, but I still can't believe the turbo tyre wouldn't grip a plastic drum.

My rollers are with a plastic drum and turbo tyre grips fine and the noise is ok too if that helps the OP

pastryboy

It's heat that kills tyres. I've done 90 mins on rollers and and the tyres were barely warm.

LeeDa

Not sure if it's heat or what but I get through tyres quickly when doing lots of rollers training. The tyres crack up to the point of looking pretty unsafe after some time. Still it's not quick enough to make me be bothered enough to swap wheels around.

redvision

LeeDa wrote:

Not sure if it's heat or what but I get through tyres quickly when doing lots of rollers training. The tyres crack up to the point of looking pretty unsafe after some time. Still it's not quick enough to make me be bothered enough to swap wheels around.

I have never found that tyres wear faster on the rollers than out on the road.

If yours are I would check your tyre pressures.