trainer wanted

fixie

looking for nothing special just something cheap,simple reliable
thanks

abcdggs

Where's your DFGSS now, lol

fixie

ah.
see no-one on dfgss would have a trainer cause we have no need for one cause we're already so fasttt!
were you there?

abcdggs

lol, no didn't head down. were there many boards/dfgss heads there?

fixie

yeah there was loads and loads of boardies,id say 2 or 3 hundred!;)
just none of them were quick enough
was just petethedrummer who turned up,i think?

not sure how many were, first time at a fixie finatics aswell so cant really compare

dubmess

It was a poor turnout to be sure, fixie you were mightily impressive, I see some good races between you and petethedrummer in the future

Next time we'll be somewhere warm, I promise, and we'll have all night so hopefully get a lot more people racing.

Are you looking for a turbo trainer or rollers?

fixie

turbo trainer or rollers?
id prefere a turbo trainer and was looking at this... http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=30009
it looks like itll do the job but i taught there might be a few people selling them after the winter?
its just for the days when the weathers crap and i have nothing better to do,
oh yeah and so i can get a bit quicker at the golsprints!

fixie

scrap that last post.
blorg just told me that some turbo trainers will not work with a fixie so sounds like i need a set of rollers?
anyone have anything?

kellyoncobbles

I have these at home. Had great plans but not my cup of tea. Used them twice I think.:o

http://www.amazon.com/Tacx-Ecotrack-Roller/dp/B000NNQLGQ

How does €50 sound?

RobFowl

fixie wrote: »

blorg just told me that some turbo trainers will not work with a fixie so sounds like i need a set of rollers?

I 've used mine (Giant Bowery) on the turbo lots of times with no problems.....

Lumen

fixie wrote: »

scrap that last post. blorg just told me that some turbo trainers will not work with a fixie so sounds like i need a set of rollers? anyone have anything?

If you're training for Goldsprints I'm not sure rollers are a great idea as you'll need to tie the bike down (unless you have supernatural balance).

I wouldn't use a fixie on an expensive turbo, but I am about to sell a cheap turbo (<€50) that I've been using for the last couple of months. It could be fine for your purposes - I am only selling it because I need very high resistance for anaerobic intervals.

fixie

in between the roller and the trainer now!
lumen,do you have the manual for the trainer?
and what make and how old is it?

kellyoncobbles,do you know if a fork support adapter thing can be got for those rollers?

thanks

kellyoncobbles

Here you go, fixie.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=48650

Lumen

fixie wrote: »

lumen,do you have the manual for the trainer?
and what make and how old is it?

I'll check when I get home. It's pretty new, I bought it from another boardsie (in an almost unused state) in November 09 and have used it regularly since then.

A bit of plastic on the clamp has broken, but it doesn't seem to have affected the security of the thing.

blorg

RobFowl wrote: »

I 've used mine (Giant Bowery) on the turbo lots of times with no problems.....

They tell you not to do it but I would risk it with something cheap certainly. You can get special axle nuts that are optimised to clamp into the trainer. To be honest simulating roller racing you might be best leaving the trainer wheel disconnected (=no resistance), I don't know if you could get anywhere near roller type resistance on even the lowest trainer setting.

Obviously with the wheel not touching the trainer there would be no risk whatsoever.

fixie

looks like il be getting the rollers off kellyoncobbles...
would that fork support fit a track fork?
anychance youd be in dublin anytime soon?

blorg

fixie wrote: »

looks like il be getting the rollers off kellyoncobbles...
would that fork support fit a track fork?
anychance youd be in dublin anytime soon?

A track fork is exactly the same as a road fork in terms of the dropouts so don't see why not.

alfalad

Lumen wrote: »

I wouldn't use a fixie on an expensive turbo, but I am about to sell a cheap turbo (<€50) that I've been using for the last couple of months. It could be fine for your purposes - I am only selling it because I need very high resistance for anaerobic intervals.

If your selling in the next week I could be interested.

fixie

kellyoncobbles if you wont be in dublin anytime soon il take the trainer of lumen,so pm me so i can make my mind up,,

kellyoncobbles

pm sent

fixie

lumen,
sell away,
im going to buy the rollers off kellyoncobbles
thanks