Wanted: Turbo trainer or any other indoor training aid

Preferably for cheap or free. I'm tired of trying to get some speed in traffic, It would be nice to get me heart rate up from exercize instead of from having someone walk out in front of me.

Just knock them down, and then use them to support the rear axle of your work vehicle. You can get varying resistance depending on what part of their anatomy presses against your tyre.

I know, but I don't have great balance when I'm on the bike and they won't stop squirming.

I've got a tackx turbo trainer in excellent nick, hardly used as I got some rollers a week after. Was gonna wait till winter to sell it.

Yours for £20.

Awsome.

All over that. Where do you live and can I get it next week?

you get a good deal there nhatt, he bought it off me in march for a lot more.
It probably hasn't been used more than ten times..

you get a good deal there nhatt, he bought it off me in march for a lot more.
It probably hasn't been used more than ten times..

...at about 80kph!

Can anyone recomend a decent trainer?

I've been looking at the Tacx Satori, which seems good, but tbh I have no idea about turbo trainers (any info gratefully recieved).

I also liked the idea of rollers, but am unsure how versitile they would be, when used with a gearless bike. Also, how hard is it to use rollers with a fixed bike?

I dont really have a specific training goal. I could just do with a way of getting some miles in while the nippas are asleep.

Many thanks.

rollers are better with a track bike!

really helps your core strength and stability too, which a turbo doesn't. Both have their uses but if I was restricted to just one I'd chose rollers.

I do prefer the idea of rollers. I had'nt really considered the core strength benefits.

Silly question but how noisey would a set like the Tacx t1000 be?*

(*thinking about it, cant be much worse than my DID chain)

The Cycleops with resistance unit covers a lot of bases. I bought them without, but recently added the resistance unit - plan to do outdoor-replacement or FTP (e.g. 2 x 20min) intervals on them in the winter. Location, time, childcare, black ice, blah.

But I do also have a fluid turbo for out-of-the-saddle or short/high power intervals.

The best tool I have for indoor training, however, is this (it was £40 on Amazon which was a fantastic deal):

Such a life of excess you live BMMF..

I had 9 teaspoons of live natural yoghurt this morning. Not only that, I also had 12 (you heard me) almonds, and a teaspoon of honey.

It's like the Weimar Republic in my home.

Cheers guys.

Had considered the turbo trainer as the Mrs might want to use it (did'nt think she'd be keen on rollers). Turns out she's up for giving rollers a go (cant quite imagine her shopper on rollers, but hey). Next paycheck will be partially invested in a set of Tacx t1000 rollers.

A bit of advice - don't do what a 'friend' of mine did with rollers and set them up with the double roller at the front. Rollers, boring? Not that way around they're not - I was never forgiven for the tyre skid marks across the wooden floor in the kitchen.....

Ah, happy memories.

I've now got a fluid CyclOps from Wiggle. And the fan is the best investment you will ever get (overheating is a real problem). Also recommend a few cycling related DVDs and a HRM as the boredon gets me every time.

Im aware that overheating is an issue...

can anyone suggest whether using a turbo or rollers on an apartment balcony - in the winter, would be sufficient to keep cool? you know, when its freezing outside!?

thanks

My terrace will likely be under a meter of snow most of the winter, so thats probably out. Unless....starts doodling igloo-esque training room

Where do you live? Must be the furthest reaches of North London as even Muswell Hill doesn't get that much snow and it's at high (London) altitude!

SmallFurry is the founder member of Norwayfgss, slightly chillier than Norf Landun.

I think the igloo idea sounds good.