I do the same thing as Raven on the tires. Your back tire wears faster than the front, so when I put new on last spring, I took a good tire off the front. It's now on the back, on the trainer, but good enough to go out on the road should the weather allow.
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01-08-2008, 04:48 AM #1
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01-08-2008, 11:16 AM #2
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I actually saved an old wheel as well as tires for use with my trainer. But I have only one road bike so that's what I use on my trainer, I just swap out the rear wheel once we hit indoor season.
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01-08-2008, 04:38 PM #3
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Hey Salsa,
How about Plan B? Instead of buying a used bike for the trainer, why don't you put your present bike on the trainer and buy a new, extra-spiffy bike to use outside?
Just doing my part to help the economy and justify buying new bike stuff...
-- Melissa
PS I use my old Bianchi on the trainer. It's the bike I bought during my second year in college, so it goes against RoadRaven's advice of not putting a sentimentally precious bike on the trainer. OTOH, if something were to happen to the Bianchi on the trainer, I'd consider it ample payback for the time it broke my leg.
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01-08-2008, 07:28 PM #4
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Ha! Don't think I didn't consider that, melissam. But I'm not done with the Bianchi yet...
You made me laugh loudly. Then I showed my spouse your post and HE laughed loudly."My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks
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01-09-2008, 03:11 PM #5
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So here's what we've found so far that we think will work---an '07 8-speed Raleigh on sale for $315 (Sora shifters). Best we seem to be able to do without spending a couple of months haunting Craig's List.
"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks
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01-09-2008, 05:09 PM #6
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Tension on wheel
How do you know how much tension to put on the rear wheel?
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01-10-2008, 09:52 AM #7
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I've always used just enough that the tire doesn't slip if I put my thumb on the trainer wheel and try to turn the bike wheel.
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