Indoor trainers

[RobertWhitehead]

How long is a piece of string? The more the detail you provide the better the answers you will get  . 

I've been using an indoor trainer for the last 6-7 years on quite few trainers and a mtb worked great on any one of them

[Jehosefat]

I have read some interesting arguments about using a carbon frame on indoor trainers... what does bikehub say?

 

I've had a Silverback Space on my Hammer for around 7,000km. No issues at all. 

[shaper]

I am thinking of building myself one of those rocker plates you see the okes building for themselves, this should reduce the sideways stresses through the frame and give you a more natural feel on the IDT. But I am not sure that it will totally reduce the extra stresses through your frame.

 

Doing some mods to my old Aluminum 26er to have it permanently affixed to the IDT and still replicate the geometric setup of my road bike. (Not my idea, got inspired by another hubber, forgot his name)

 

This way:

No extra sweat and grit on my race steed.

No extra wear on road bike components, which tend to be more expensive to save some weight.

No mount and dismount every time I want to ride outside on road bike.

 

See GPLama's concerns.... but...when out of the saddle.....

 

[Vetplant]

See GPLama's concerns.... but...when out of the saddle.....

 

Thanks, that convinced me to build my own  .

 

Will just note to not work on the sprint technique indoors