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turbo trainer.....for MTB!!!

  • 28-07-2010 10:42am
    #1
    damo80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 210 ✭✭


    looking for a bit of help here please. i was asked a bit of a weird question yesterday evening, maybe ye could put some light on it. is it possible to get a Roller/Turbo Trainer for a mountain bike. or would somethign like Tacx do for road bike and mtb.


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  • #2
    Morgan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭Morgan


    Most turbo trainers will work with 700c or 26" wheels. You might need to reconfigure/adjust them slightly though.


  • #3
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,697 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Most should take MTBs, but you need to watch out for your tyres. Normal ones will not last very long on a turbo. You can get 26 x 1.25 turbo tyres though - these will do the job far better than a normal tyre


  • #4
    Zorba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,495 ✭✭✭Zorba


    Yes during the winter i use my wife's mountain bike on the trainer and it's grand well it's still boring, i got a Continental turbo training tyre for it similiar to the one Beasty posted a link to.


  • #5
    markcroninbsc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 252 ✭✭markcroninbsc


    i dont remember where i seen it but it looked fierce cool anyway. i think it was just some yoke a fella made up himself. it was just like a set of rollers made out of timber. the 3 rollers were logs about 5 inches in diameter, nobbildy bits n all. cant find a picture of it now, but id say ya wouldnt half get a work out usin it


  • #6
    markcroninbsc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 252 ✭✭markcroninbsc


    its something like this

    http://i.ytimg.com/vi/AKEHoA_xl-U/0.jpg

    but the one i remember was much bigger and a bit more nobbildy


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  • #7
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,142 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    markcroninbsc wrote: »
    i dont remember where i seen it but it looked fierce cool anyway. i think it was just some yoke a fella made up himself. it was just like a set of rollers made out of timber. the 3 rollers were logs about 5 inches in diameter, nobbildy bits n all. cant find a picture of it now, but id say ya wouldnt half get a work out usin it

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKEHoA_xl-U


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