Rollers
Anyone have advice on buying a set of rollers? What is the best kind? Best place to buy them? Things to avoid?
Thanks for the help :-)
Anyone have advice on buying a set of rollers? What is the best kind? Best place to buy them? Things to avoid?
Thanks for the help :-)
Krietler
Krietler is the gold standard other rollers are usually compared to. I've got a set of the 3.0 models. I've heard the 4.5 drums are so large that you pretty much have to add more resistance with a fan or something to do anything more than spin along. Even with the 3" drum I can't get enough resistance to do much more than a tempo pace (and that'll be flying along at very high speed). I might go with even a smaller drum if buying them again.
I believe Ladd had a set of poly or plastic rollers of some sort that warped out of round in the heat of his garage... so maybe something to pay attention to or avoid.
If I had a pile of money budgeted for rollers I'd buy a set of e-motion rollers by http://insideride.com I've heard nothing but good things about them. VERY similar to riding outside as you can move all over on them and aren't going to fall off.
Speaking of falling off... make sure to put a towel or rug you don't care about down under normal rollers inside. I put a couple nice rubber skid marks on our carpet when I got distracted watching TV and fell off of mine while humming along. Live and learn. :) Pretty soon you'll be as good as Ladd!
WOW!
Dang, Ladd. I had no idea. . . wish I could hold a line like that!
Nice Balance!
Ladd, looks like you have spent a little bit of time on those babies!
too much time :)
Yeah, I spent too much time this winter on those babies!
Incidentally, those rollers are the cheapest ones I could find on Performance, I think they were about $89 or so. Not really enough resistance, but you still can get a good spin going. The aforementioned ones that warped (I guess, I never got them back to see if the looked like they could be fixed) had a fan unit attached, and that was pretty cool because you could get more resistance going.
The Man!
Ladd you are a superman!
E-motion
I ordered a set of e-motion rollers that should be here Friday. I'll let you know how I like them.
nice
ya I'm jealous
sweet
I was just showing that site to a friend a work today. I bet you'll love them!
Awesome!!!
They actually came today and I did 80 minutes worth of riding tonight. The first 5 minutes were a bit interesting, but it wasn't too bad after that. I think it helps knowing the stoppers are going to keep me from falling off. They don't keep you from falling over though. It definitely takes some paying attention. Unlike Ladd, I got to where I could ride one handed after about 10 minutes. Hopefully I can get to no hands in a few weeks. I can't imagine doing one leg intervals with no hands like he does. It was very easy to stand up and put some power into it. The sliding base does give a sense float that adds to a more realistic feel. I can't wait to turn up the resistance and do a hard workout.
lucky
They sound sweet! Yeah... standing on regular rollers is definitely not classified as "easy". It's a delicate procedure for me and not something you can combine with "putting some power into it" unless you want to end up on the floor.
Ladd could prob stand up and drive it at 500 watts for 5 mins straight with one leg unclipped while removing leg warmers from the other though.
whoa
Have you been looking through my office window???
Seriously, I'm jealous of those rollers. Whenever I stand I usually slide off the back.