Turbo with track wheel help!

I'm thinking of buying a Turbo Trainer and I'd like to know how it connects to the axle. Do most of them work with any axle type (would it work on a wheel with a solid axle and tracknuts).

You could probably bodge it with tracknuts, by squishing some card or rubber or something into the bike holding cup thingys. I did a session on mine once with this setup, but it wasn't as stable as with a QR (and sometimes the trainer comes with its own QR to use).

And the edges of the tracknuts will probably dig into the cups.

PS. A geared bike is a lot more fun (if there is such a thing) on a turbo trainer. Fixed is probably best matched to rollers.

the tracx storia comes with its own skewer with ends that fit the trainer. bodging it will end in tears.

45 minutes of interval training on a turbo usually ends in tears anyway.

PS. A geared bike is a lot more fun (if there is such a thing) on a turbo trainer. Fixed is probably best matched to rollers.

I'll be looking into buying a geared bike at some point also. I don't want to be buying rollers now and then wanting a trainer later on.

rollers are more fun anyway. the trainer is just sitting down pedeling rollers will help with balance aswell. and they look way cooler.

could you not get a single speed rear wheel with QR to swap in when your in the mood to cycle round your living room. i do this on the gearie bike so i don't destroy tyres quicker

rollers are more fun anyway. the trainer is just sitting down pedeling rollers will help with balance aswell. and they look way cooler.

could you not get a single speed rear wheel with QR to swap in when your in the mood to cycle round your living room. i do this on the gearie bike so i don't destroy tyres quicker

with continental home trainer tyres on.....

no with the old tyres i used to run on the road on.

I prefer just riding my bikes in circles around the house.
Seriously, was riding a turbo trainer to keep the muscles going whilst my collar bone was freshly broken. It's tedious and soul destroying.

i am sure it has been posted before e-motion. if you have the cash it looks like best-of- both worlds

I have to agree, it is boring. The wheel swapp idea sounds good, i use a geared MTB on mine, or my hack s/s which has QR. Our lass uses it more than me, as she likes riding for exercise, but not on the roads!!!

defo boring. i used it a few winters ago when i was racing, these days it gets used on those days when i can't be bothered going out for a ride but still want to exercise. or to check pedal stroke. i'd rather have a set of rollers though.

my cheapo fluid trainer is ok squeezing onto the track nuts on my fixed.

only used it when i was mending my broken collar bone. even then i very quickly got bored with it. maybe i should turn it into a wheel truing stand

I was looking into this again and found this. Looks like I answered my own question.

Badly!
The whole contraption shakes and feels most unsafe when you get beyond about 120rpm

The trainers at my club are fine.. do you have a cheap one? Do you have the thing clamped tight? Are you smooth as buttah?

Help please! I bought a Tacx Satori turbo yesterday thinking that I would be able to set my Giant OCR track bike up on it (I need to train my way back from injury) and to my surprise the clamps wont go tight enough for a track wheel. Does anyone know a soulution to this? I was thinking banging a couple of washers on the axle may get me enough room? I have a super lo-pro time trial bike that I could set up on it but it will be bastard uncomfortable.

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread8435.html

Sweet. Just ordered the track nuts from Sugma. Thanks dude.

Hi...i have checked previous threads without a conclusive answer....i thought i would ask anyway.....I want a turbo trainer...my only bike is my fixie....I used to have an Elite Travel trainer which gripped the allen key hub bolts on my rear wheel [Mack...like Phil...just from Poland]...they are chunky bolts 1.5cm in diameter.

As i am in Cambridge there are not many shops that sell trainers and the best deals are on line.....otherwise it will be a case of taking my bike to somewhere like Evans....and i want to avoid that faff if at all possible

I want as a silent a trainer as possible for about £150 but also as stable as possible

Would Cycleops Fluid 2 or Magneto trainers work with my rear hub setup?....Or any other trainer that would work?....

THe Fluid 2 is great, but a fluid trainer without gears is not much 'fun'. You'd be better off with a magnetic one with variable resistance settings, otherwise resistance only changes with your cadence.

Not sure if TACX's fixed axle nuts mesh well with Cyclops fittings...

Be careful with 120mm spaced hubs as some trainers will only work with larger road spacing 135mm.

Not sure if im having a stupid moment, but the my track bike seems too narrow to fit to my tacx imagic.

Does anyone know if theres adapters that can be bought so a narrower frame would fit?

Track bike? Are you using the tacx skewer?