Dedicated Turbo Trainer rear wheel?

[zombiemiked]

What would you class as high volume?

 

[paulw1969]

i bought a new set of wheels with cassette partly so i had a spare rear wheel for the turbo....fully intended to get a turbo specific tyre but not got round to it...not had any problems with heat etc but i am careful when setting up/maintaining the correct tension on the back wheel.
As above i would suspect it depends on the volume you use the turbo.......resistence........and i suspect you will wear tyres out more quickly if you experience slippage when giving it welly.....which reinforces the need for correct setup.
Cannot say how much time i have spent on the turbo but a fair amount and not experienced any wear on the tyre other than a slight flattening from what i can see

 

[screenman]

I had a major blow out using a non specific turbo tyre, I was cruising at about 4 feet and 40mph just ticking over and decided the time was right for putting the power down. Low and behold the complete tred let go, massive loud bang and wrapped itself around my upper torso causing major cuts to my lithe slim body, this led to a leak of body fluid onto the white carpet the turbo was resting on, the turbo was a dogseye cs-1000 model and did not exhibit any signs of poor treatment and I had only just resurfaced the roller with a mix of grit and superglue to add adhesion during sprints. I managed to finish my interval session of 60 minutes on a 1 off repeat 5 times at lactate threshold or above and changed the tyre prior to warming down.











To summise, I have used both without a problem on my turbo specific bike. Not sure if the turbo one is quieter or not as the stereo is cranked up with Clanadonia blasting out.

 

[oldfatfool]

What would you class as high volume?

I will usually complete a climb profile for approx an hour most days during the week and 2~3 hours on an undulating profile sat/sun if the weather precludes going out. I would imagine I would be classed as above average (sad) in terms of volume.

 

[zombiemiked]

Ok, thanks for all the help.

 

[WobblyBob]

I've been reading this thread with great interest as i've just ordered my first turbo trainer, when talking about a turbo specific tyre....do people mostly just basically change the tyre over as & when from road to turbo & vice verca or do people mostly have a completely different wheel/cassette/tyre & just change the whole lot over ?

 

[screenman]

When I first started using a turbo I looked around and bought an old racer for £25, it does not need brakes etc. Since then as a have purchased new bikes my oldest one has been given the job of a turbo bike. Seems that making it easier to just get on the turbo and ride makes you more likely to do so.

 

[jay clock]

I've been reading this thread with great interest as i've just ordered my first turbo trainer, when talking about a turbo specific tyre....do people mostly just basically change the tyre over as & when from road to turbo & vice verca or do people mostly have a completely different wheel/cassette/tyre & just change the whole lot over ?

Changing a tyre each time would be a right faff. I have a wheel with cassette and tyre as the bike is my winter bike and needs to be ridden outside too.

 

[WobblyBob]

Yeah that's what i thought that it would be a proper carry on changing tyres every time, thanks for that.....even better having a dedicated bike strapped to the trainer ha ha

 

[FreeFlow Bikes]

I now have my old wheel with old cassette and turbo tyre on which I use as my Turbo Wheel. Very quick switch over.