I just got a free set of rollers, made my Tacx, from my local freecycle group.
They seem too short, even when I use the largest adjustment. I think I heard (years ago) that the axle of the front wheel should be slightly behind the center of the front roller. Without that, there is a danger that the bike will roll off the front.
Am I right or wrong? If I'm right, then no wonder the owner gave these rollers away. I have a fairly short wheelbase, and it's too long for these rollers.
I just got a free set of rollers, made my Tacx, from my local freecycle group.
They seem too short, even when I use the largest adjustment. I think I heard (years ago) that the axle of the front wheel should be slightly behind the center of the front roller. Without that, there is a danger that the bike will roll off the front.
Am I right or wrong? If I'm right, then no wonder the owner gave these rollers away. I have a fairly short wheelbase, and it's too long for these rollers.
Thanks.
Tom Reingold Noo Joizy
With rollers, there's ALWAYS a chance you could roll off the rollers. Tacx makes good stuff, it's highly unlikely they made this one too short. The front hub should be pretty much directly over the center of the front roller and that *might* look a little short to someone new to rollers. Have someone who already knows how to ride rollers try it out with your bike.
Would you measure the rollers so we can discuss this unknown distance? Measure the distance between each roller, and also measure your bicycle wheelbase. Then let us know.
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The bike's wheelbase should be about equal to the sum of the longer space plus half the shorter space, where the longer space is the distance between the front and middle roller and the shorter space is the distance between the middle and the rear roller. Since you can adjust the front distance measure the min and the max values for that distance.
Bruce
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Tom Reingold said:
I just got a free set of rollers, made my Tacx, from my local freecycle group.
They seem too short, even when I use the largest adjustment. I think I heard (years ago) that the axle of the front wheel should be slightly behind the center of the front roller. Without that, there is a danger that the bike will roll off the front.
Am I right or wrong? If I'm right, then no wonder the owner gave these rollers away. I have a fairly short wheelbase, and it's too long for these rollers.
Thanks.
Tom Reingold Noo Joizy
With rollers, there's ALWAYS a chance you could roll off the rollers. Tacx makes good stuff, it's highly unlikely they made this one too short. The front hub should be pretty much directly over the center of the front roller and that *might* look a little short to someone new to rollers. Have someone who already knows how to ride rollers try it out with your bike.
I just got a free set of rollers, made my Tacx, from my local freecycle group. They seem too short, even when I use the largest adjustment. I think I heard (years ago) that the axle of the front wheel should be slightly behind the center of the front roller. Without that, there is a danger that the bike will roll off the front. Am I right or wrong? If I'm right, then no wonder the owner gave these rollers away. I have a fairly short wheelbase, and it's too long for these rollers.
I ride with the front roller directly under the front axle - just where the frame designer expected the ground to be.
I've sold that roller for 25 years and IMHO it's the best overall value in a roller set. No BS, no weird 'features' just a nice solid roller set.
-- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971
