Anyone know tricks to get your bike onto a fluid trainer?

[slinkedog]

My husband isn't home and I can't get my frickin' bike onto the trainer and it's driving me nuts!! HELP!!!! The thingies that you put the opposite sides of the hub into don't seem to line up with my hub. I know it works because my DH has gotten it in there before. I'm just challenged, I guess.

[Adventure Girl]

If your husband has put THIS bike into THIS trainer before, then I assume that you have the right quick release skewer. Right? Some skewers won't fit into some trainers.

Some random suggestions:

• Make sure the bike is perpendicular to the trainer and straight up and down. If it is tilted to the right or left, it might not line up.
• Turn the resistance knob to "low". The tire should not touch the roller while you are loading the bike.
• Be sure you have the "jaw" open wide enough.

Good luck!

[Veronica]

It cracks me up to see my picture with your posts AG!

V.

[jobob]

It took me a while to realize it was AG who was using that avatar, at first I just assumed it was V ... very observant of me, eh?

[Veronica]

Your tag line is true Jo! I rode today to work in a serious down pour. between my fenders, rain pants and jacket, I stayed dry.

V.

[yellow]

In addition to having everything striaght, you may have to adjust the skewer (loosen and retighten) to get the little knobby thing to slide into the notch.

And pull hard on that lever!

[MightyMitre]

Did 30 mins on the home trainer yesterday. It took me nearly a long to set the thing up! Wish we had a garage or spare room so I could just set it all up and leave it.

V - glad to hear you didn't have to spend the day at work with a wet bottie! Or should I say fanny.

Have great trouble using that word. In the UK fanny means.... well, lets just say 'front bottom' and while it's probably only as rude as the word 'willy' it carries a certain childish giggle factor with it.

So you see, going to work with a wet fanny in the UK means something TOTALLY different.

Apologies for the thread hi jack. I'll shut up now.

[slinkedog]

Thanks gals. I will admit to all of you that I was having a major brain fart moment and was trying to fit my derailleur hanger into the right thingie. I figured it out about 10 minutes after I posted this note, to my utter humiliation.

[SadieKate]

At least, you've found the motivation to set it up. I had to take it down during the Xmas holidays as we were the family activity nexus. The durn thing is still in the attic and refuses to set itself up. How do you train a trainer?

[Adventure Girl]

Originally posted by MightyMitre
Did 30 mins on the home trainer yesterday. It took me nearly a long to set the thing up!

I just ordered a 1upUSA trainer (finally replacing my old, noisy wind trainer!). I'm waiting for delivery. They say that it takes 3 seconds to load with this little foot pedal device, but we'll see. I have read lots of glowing reviews for it, but I've never seen one in person. It's fully guaranteed and they offer a complete refund (and even pay return shipping) if I don't like it, so I figured it was worth a try. I'll let you all know how I like it when I get it.

The loading/unloading sure looks easy and fast!

[jobob]

I will admit to all of you that I was having a major brain fart moment and was trying to fit my derailleur hanger into the right thingie.

Been there, done that

[annie]

Originally posted by MightyMitre


Have great trouble using that word. In the UK fanny means.... well, lets just say 'front bottom' and while it's probably only as rude as the word 'willy' it carries a certain childish giggle factor with it.

So you see, going to work with a wet fanny in the UK means something TOTALLY different.

Apologies for the thread hi jack. I'll shut up now.

MM --- NO, don't shut up, please? I LOVE hearing the different meanings of words between here and there. Or words that you use and we don't. It's great. Keep it up.

annie