Trainer chewing up tires!!

On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 17:01:27 GMT, "chris c" <[email hidden]>

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I have a brand new kurt kinetic fluid trainer . I know it's a good trainer.
I had an old michelin tire on it. It was flattening the center (making the
tire not round in the middle). I set the tension like the manual says to. I
made the tire touch and then gave it two additional turns. That is supposed
to be ideal according to the manual. So, I tried a differnet tire
(specialized armadillo) and only made it so the tire just touched . It still
was taking off rubber in a couple spots. I assume this means the rim is not
true. I just had it trued. It is not perfect, but I think it is not bad
either. It is defenitely rideable. So i tightened the tension a little more
cause I gave up and it ws too easy to ride(I would have to put it in the
hardest gears). Now I noticed the wear is more consistent on the tire (the
rubber wearing). Is this just a out of true wheel? Thanks a lot

Trainers chew up tires. Maybe they don't tell you that in the manual. No tire is
perfectly true and if you have low pressure on it the high spots will naturally
wear first.

Ron

Continental is now selling a trainer-specific rear tire. Nashbar stocks it.

Gooserider said:

Continental is now selling a trainer-specific rear tire. Nashbar stocks it.

http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?category=&subcategory=&brand=&sku=16574&storetype=&estoreid=&pagename=

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Bob Anderson*Bitwisebob
Eugene Oregon