How To Setup Rollers?

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Originally posted by Glenn Oconnor
Can anyone tell me how to set the front roller in relation to wheel axel to roller axel distance. I
inherited a used set of rollers and currently the roller axel is about 6 inches in front of the
wheel axel. I was wondering if I should close this distance to get the front wheel closer to the top
of the roller. This is what I have seen in pictures but I can't find any concrete setup info.

Web links and advise are appreciated!

Glenn

from kreitler's site:
"The axle of the front roller should be just forward of the axel of the front wheel of your bicycle (not to exceed 3/4"😉."

http://www.kreitler.com/rolltips.htm

No expert AT ALL here, but I have my rollers set up so the axle is directly above the back edge of
the front roller. I'm also curious to hear this answer, as this configuration was the only thing I
could find on the net.. and it came from a .pdf from nashbar's site.

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Can anyone tell me how to set the front roller in relation to wheel axel

to

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roller axel distance. I inherited a used set of rollers and currently the roller axel is about 6
inches in front of the wheel axel. I was wondering if I should close this distance to get the
front wheel closer to the top

of

Quoted message said:

the roller. This is what I have seen in pictures but I can't find any concrete setup info.

Web links and advise are appreciated!

Glenn

i]Originally posted by Mike Beauchamp [/i]
No expert AT ALL here, but I have my rollers set up so the axle is directly above the back edge of
the front roller. I'm also curious to hear this answer, as this configuration was the only thing I
could find on the net.. and it came from a .pdf from nashbar's site.

This is exactly how I've had my Kreitler rollers set up going on 10 years now. With the ffont axle directly over the apex of the front roller, it is easier to spin no handed... This will verify weather or not you have a smooth pedal stroke as well! 😉

I alway kept my front axel as close to over the front roller axel as
possible. Better that the wheel axel be a little behind the roller then in
front of the roller axel.
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Quoted message said:

Can anyone tell me how to set the front roller in relation to wheel axel

to

Quoted message said:

roller axel distance. I inherited a used set of rollers and currently the roller axel is about 6
inches in front of the wheel axel. I was wondering if I should close this distance to get the
front wheel closer to the top

of

Quoted message said:

the roller. This is what I have seen in pictures but I can't find any concrete setup info.

Web links and advise are appreciated!

Glenn

Sorry to go slightly OT here, but how does one mount/dismount a bike on rollers?

asqui

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Originally posted by Asqui
Sorry to go slightly OT here, but how does one mount/dismount a bike on rollers?

asqui

if you're just starting out, putting the rollers in a doorway helps both for starting and if you get too close to the edge. as you improve you might just use a wall or chair to one side to initially balance.

i know some folks that don't have anything around them and just start up. even though i can ride rollers no-handed/take off layers etc, i still am psychologically tied to the doorway. 🙁

asqui said:

Sorry to go slightly OT here, but how does one mount/dismount a bike on rollers?

It helps to have something to step off onto. Some rollers used to come with platforms mounted on the
rails, but I don't see that in catalogs and such. My Kreitlers don't have them, so I have a stackof
books next to the rollers.

asqui said:

Sorry to go slightly OT here, but how does one mount/dismount a bike on rollers?

Sit on the bike with my left toe resting on the rail, right foot clipped in at 2:00 position. Give
the pedal and *hard* push to get the wheels spinning, quickly clip in with the left foot, and you're
done. After a few practice runs it's relatively straightforward.

asqui said:

Sorry to go slightly OT here, but how does one mount/dismount a bike on rollers?

1. With one foot at the bottom, step on the roller frame or something sturdy you've placed at that
height, with the other foot.

2. Jump the bike up, off to one side, onto the floor. Since you'll be standing dead still in midair,
it takes a huge lunge, pulling on the bars, to get it to roll across the room . Unclip as you
coast to a stop.

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Basqui said:

Sorry to go slightly OT here, but how does one mount/dismount a bike on rollers?

asqui-<< Sorry to go slightly OT here, but how does one mount/dismount a bike on rollers? >><BR><BR>

I put a chair back next to them..To hold myself until I start pedaling.

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Originally posted by A Muzi

Basqui said:

Sorry to go slightly OT here, but how does one mount/dismount a bike on rollers?

1. With one foot at the bottom, step on the roller frame or something sturdy you've placed at that
height, with the other foot.

2. Jump the bike up, off to one side, onto the floor. Since you'll be standing dead still in midair,
it takes a huge lunge, pulling on the bars, to get it to roll across the room . Unclip as you
coast to a stop.

--
Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971 [/B]

you must have grown up with the guy i knew in college who would track-stand next to the rollers and then bunny-hop sideways onto the rollers to start.

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asqui said:

Sorry to go slightly OT here, but how does one mount/dismount a bike on rollers?

It helps to have something to step off onto. Some rollers used to come with platforms mounted on
the rails, but I don't see that in catalogs and such. My Kreitlers don't have them, so I have a
stackof books next to the rollers.

I started thinking that the difficulty with rollers is that, aside from the rails, the ground is a
couple of inches farther away than it would be if you were out on the road. So if when you are
trying to start or stop, you're teetering on that skinny rail or trying to clip out and hit that
skinny rail. So I built a platform that spans the frame and is precisely at the height where the
bottom of the wheel would be touching the road ... if there were one. This spans the roller frame
between the rollers and beneath the cranks of the bike. It was simple to build and made a HUGE
difference in ease of using the rollers.

Bob C.

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A Muzi said:

asqui said:

Sorry to go slightly OT here, but how does one mount/dismount a bike on rollers?

1. With one foot at the bottom, step on the roller frame or something sturdy you've placed at
that height, with the other foot.
2. Jump the bike up, off to one side, onto the floor. Since you'll be standing dead still in
midair, it takes a huge lunge, pulling on the bars, to get it to roll across the room .
Unclip as you coast to a stop.

drewski said:

you must have grown up with the guy i knew in college who would track- stand next to the rollers
and then bunny-hop sideways onto the rollers to start.

I can jump off gacefully but I can't jump on. Bob Mionske can do that.

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