Comes up all the time. Rollers v. trainers.
I've used only rollers and am a huge booster of them, but my opinions were possibly open to challenge because of my limited experience with trainers. Like, none. Not that a lack of experience inhibits me much in any opinion, but, you know.
So, I decided that this Christmas, I would ask Santa to bring me a Cyclops 2+ Fluid trainer. I figured that I would now have both, I would be compleat.
I've used the trainer exactly once. Well, let me amend that. I put the bike in the trainer once, and few anticipated experiences have been quite so disappointing.
What's the big friggin deal about trainers?
I have used my Kreitler rollers with a headwind unit for several years now, and I have done base training, LT intervals, speed intervals, muscle tension intervals, tempo riding, etc., etc., and I cannot think of a single workout for which rollers aren't suited but for flat-out, out-of-the-saddle sprinting. That would get a little dicey. I even did (briefly) one-legged drills this a.m. It's hard, but it can be done.
So, for you guys intrigued with rollers, cogitate no more. They're the real deal.
I've used only rollers and am a huge booster of them, but my opinions were possibly open to challenge because of my limited experience with trainers. Like, none. Not that a lack of experience inhibits me much in any opinion, but, you know.
So, I decided that this Christmas, I would ask Santa to bring me a Cyclops 2+ Fluid trainer. I figured that I would now have both, I would be compleat.
I've used the trainer exactly once. Well, let me amend that. I put the bike in the trainer once, and few anticipated experiences have been quite so disappointing.
What's the big friggin deal about trainers?
I have used my Kreitler rollers with a headwind unit for several years now, and I have done base training, LT intervals, speed intervals, muscle tension intervals, tempo riding, etc., etc., and I cannot think of a single workout for which rollers aren't suited but for flat-out, out-of-the-saddle sprinting. That would get a little dicey. I even did (briefly) one-legged drills this a.m. It's hard, but it can be done.
So, for you guys intrigued with rollers, cogitate no more. They're the real deal.