a question about rollers

I finally got some rollers but the front wheel sits a bit higher tha
the rear wheel does. Is this a problem? I thought the wheelbase migh
be a bit long for them.

http://www.yossman.net/~nath/rollers/

If the wheelbase is too long I could try drilling some more holes i
the rails to move the front roller a little further along.

As a side note: I'm having a lot of fun with these. Much mor
interesting than a mag trainer. To begin with I was moving erraticall
from side to side, grabbing onto the handrail next to me and no
peddeling very fast at all. I'm slowly getting the hang of it, stil
can't do it without concentrating though. Any tips

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xisle

"xisle" wrote in message
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I finally got some rollers but the front wheel sits a bit higher than
the rear wheel does. Is this a problem? I thought the wheelbase might
be a bit long for them.

http://www.yossman.net/~nath/rollers/

If the wheelbase is too long I could try drilling some more holes in
the rails to move the front roller a little further along.

As a side note: I'm having a lot of fun with these. Much more
interesting than a mag trainer. To begin with I was moving erratically
from side to side, grabbing onto the handrail next to me and not
peddeling very fast at all. I'm slowly getting the hang of it, still
can't do it without concentrating though. Any tips?


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xisle


Hmm, it looks ok to me.
There's not much too them is there. I wonder, if I pinched some rollers off
one of the conveyers at work I could easily make my own.

Marty

xisle Wrote:
I finally got some rollers but the front wheel sits a bit higher tha
the rear wheel does. Is this a problem? I thought the wheelbase migh
be a bit long for them.

http://www.yossman.net/~nath/rollers/

If the wheelbase is too long I could try drilling some more holes i
the rails to move the front roller a little further along.

As a side note: I'm having a lot of fun with these. Much mor
interesting than a mag trainer. To begin with I was moving erraticall
from side to side, grabbing onto the handrail next to me and no
peddeling very fast at all. I'm slowly getting the hang of it, stil
can't do it without concentrating though. Any tips?
you need one of them big lap 'clocks' and 'uncle' to give you som
Patra orange juice afterwards :-)

ooops. just gave way my age..

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flyingdutc

xisle wrote:
I finally got some rollers but the front wheel sits a bit higher than
the rear wheel does. Is this a problem? I thought the wheelbase
might be a bit long for them.

http://www.yossman.net/~nath/rollers/

If the wheelbase is too long I could try drilling some more holes in
the rails to move the front roller a little further along.

As a side note: I'm having a lot of fun with these. Much more
interesting than a mag trainer. To begin with I was moving
erratically from side to side, grabbing onto the handrail next to me
and not peddeling very fast at all. I'm slowly getting the hang of
it, still can't do it without concentrating though. Any tips?

Having had a look at the pics rather than moving the front roller forward
you might actually need to move it one hole backwards so that the front axle
is over the roller. What you'll find is the steering will be a whole lot
lighter and you won't be fighting the bars to stay in the centre of the
roller. It also make it easier to ride no hands on the bars. If there is a
slight difference in the height between the front and rear wheels I don't
think you'll notice it while riding. I never have.

Geoff

"xisle" wrote in message

I finally got some rollers but the front wheel sits a bit higher than
the rear wheel does. Is this a problem? I thought the wheelbase
might be a bit long for them.

http://www.yossman.net/~nath/rollers/

If the wheelbase is too long I could try drilling some more holes in
the rails to move the front roller a little further along.

As a side note: I'm having a lot of fun with these. Much more
interesting than a mag trainer. To begin with I was moving
erratically from side to side, grabbing onto the handrail next to me
and not peddeling very fast at all. I'm slowly getting the hang of
it, still can't do it without concentrating though. Any tips?

What sort of bike is that? I've never seen a frame like it.

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