squeaky trainer??

[Rumblefish]

Yesterday my boyfriend hooked my bike up to the trainer and all was well....we took it off and I just put it back on today, but it makes a squeaking sound now. It's definitely coming from the back tire and that giant thing it turns against (no idea what it's called). I've adjusted the tension and that doesn't seem to help. Is the squeak something I should worry about or is it alright to get on and start pedaling? I called him at work and he doesn't seem to know what the problem is....some help!! I've already tried taking the bike and putting it back on just to make sure, and it's still squeaking. What can I do?

[violette]

I bought a Kurt Kinetic trainer and had the same problem. It's the air in your tires. Make sure you have a lot of air. And also make sure the resistance isn't too tight. after you fixed this, It should only squeek for a few minutes until the wheel gets warm. Then you're off to the races!!

Keep us posted...

[Rumblefish]

thank you!!!!!

time to pump up that tire....hopefully I can do it!

[Rumblefish]

...and I CAN do it!!! I do need to do push ups or something to get these twiggy arms of mine stronger though...cause boy that was tough! Thanks for the help!!

[Jiffer]

Just a bonus piece of info ... you should fill your tires often. DH does it every time he rides. I'm still a tire pumping moron who can't get the stupid thing to work, so he does it for me for now! (I'm determined to figure it out myself, though!) He says keeping your tires filled helps reduce flats. The less air you have, the more likely something will wiggle in there and cause a leak. He used to get flats a lot more often before he started filling his tires before each ride. Every tire has a different requirement as to how much air it should have. Hopefully you know what yours is.

[Rumblefish]

Thanks again!

My boyfriend usually fills my tires for me because he's much better at it and it takes literally a quarter of the time it takes me. I'll inform him he needs to do it before every ride now! (I'm thinking he's not going to like me being on this forum when it adds up to more work for him )