indoor trainers

[Jon0]

how can u stop your tyre from looking like a table top?

thanks

[Gman1834]

Get a Tyre made for the trainer. Continental have a Yellow one.

 

 

[seanm]

yeah you must by a trainer wheel and just use it for the trainer!! there is no way to beat this problem!!

[Jon0]

what  about deflating the tyre the whole way?

[scotty]

Not sure what that will achieve other than to practice riding on a flat rim.

[Woofie]

I discovered something quite interesting the other day.

 

I put a piece of insulation tape around my back wheel.

 

After an hour of training the insulation tape was a polished silver colour, but it had not worn through to the tyre.

 

I hate using my trainer indoors because small fragments of rubber rub off into like a fine dust and it is flipping hard to clean it up.

 

But with the tape it worked hundreds and if you pump your tyre to 8 bars and then tighten the trainer properly you dont get the wheel slipping.

 

 

 

Give it a try, lets see if anyone else has luck

[panther]

what  about deflating the tyre the whole way?

 

Jon0, please do not injure yourself ....

[seanm]

that sounds intresting?? do you think duck tape would work better as its stronger and thicker??

[Woofie]

that sounds intresting?? do you think duck tape would work better as its stronger and thicker??

 

I dont know.

 

One layer of insulation tape never even got eaten away so why try something meaner?

 

 

 

Give it a try see if it works for you.

 

 

 

OH yes! The only downside is that it leaves your tyre a bit sticky, but a few minutes on the road and it is all forgotten.

 

Woofie2009-06-02 10:49:12