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- From: mackinto@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Mackintosh)
- Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.misc
- Subject: Re: Advice on Trainers
- Message-ID: <29085@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 20:33:23 GMT
- References: <29058@oasys.dt.navy.mil> <C01DKF.Brq@math.uwaterloo.ca>
- Reply-To: mackinto@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Mackintosh)
- Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD
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- In rec.bicycles.misc, rajacobs@plg.uwaterloo.ca (Rory Jacobs) writes:
- >Rollers: Since this is most like road riding, no damage should be
- >done to your bike. (There are no pot holes on Rollers). However
- >should you fall off your rollers at say 25 mph and crash into whatever
- >is in front of you that's a differnt story.
-
- Unless you have extremely heavy wheels (lead-filled), when you come
- off your rollers (I never have, but then I don't try sprinting on them)
- you're not going to take off and fly into your TV or whatever else is at
- the other end of the room. The rotational inertia is not enough to
- propell you more than a couple of feet.
-
- Some rollers have the fan or mag unit mounted between the two rear drums
- (outside the rails) instead of behind them. This seems like an extremely
- poor design to me, since riding off the edge will cause a lot more damage.
-
- David Mackintosh
-