Build me a wheel for my new turbo trainer

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Permalink Reply by BrownhillsBob on October 11, 2011 at 21:14

You can buy tyres for trainer use, though the use of trainers baffles me utterly. With a decent set of lights, Sutton Park at night (or better, Cannock Chase) is an utterly visceral experience.

 

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/vittoria-zaffiro-pro-home-trainer-tyre/

 

Takes all sorts

 

Best wishes

 

Bob

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Permalink Reply by Richard D on October 11, 2011 at 21:51

Yup, it's the visceral bits that scare me.  Next year when I feel more confident on two wheels it might be a different story, but the target for this year is getting fit without breaking anything, and I can't see me achieving one without the other in the dark.  The bruises are only now beginning to fade from last week's commute, and that was in broad daylight.

 

Apart from the cassette and the skewer, is there anything else I need to turn a rim/spokes/hub into a functioning back wheel?

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Permalink Reply by BrownhillsBob on October 11, 2011 at 22:01

You'll only get over the fear hump by doing it. Experience maketh the commuter.

 

No, just a tyre and a tube. The reason they have special tyres is because they get very hot.

 

Best wishes

 

Bob

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Permalink Reply by Basil W Bloke on October 11, 2011 at 22:59

Turbo trainer?

Good luck with the views.  ;-)

 

Bob's right about the tyres.  But if you're only doing, say, half an hour a day (C'mon, be honest), you don't really need to do much at all.

 

If you're doing more than that - NIGHT RIDES!  Where's Pete?  What happened to the night rides?

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Permalink Reply by Richard D on October 13, 2011 at 7:37

You may be right. Although we've already hit the point where Monday to Friday it's going to be hard to be out on the bike at the same time as the daylight is.  And this morning's ride to work included a leg through Sutton Park in the dark that saw me almost riding into a gate that hadn't been closed on any of my previous (daylight) trips.  And the point of the ride into work is simply getting from A to B with the minimum of fuss, rather than improving my strength or cardio, so I'm still going to go down the route of trying the turbo trainer for a bit.

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