First time on rollers!!! How was your first time!!

[Tuckervill]

What happens if you lose control on the rollers? Does your front wheel turn and get stuck between the rollers? Do you just end up with the bike skidding out between your legs? Can you go over the bars?

I would love to have some rollers, but I'm skeered.

Karen

[jessica47201]

Well, I'm pretty new to the rollers. When I lose control, most of the time my front wheel will go off the side of the rollers and as long as I'm not clipped in or I can get clipped out fast enough I usually catch myself with my feet. But I do have th roller set up next to a wall and on the other side is a chair or bench because I need a boost to get up on my bike, the rollers sit my bike up like 3 inches. So I can catch myself with the wall or the chair also. I've never went over, except only when I was sitting at a stand still and I leaned forward and put to much weight on my handle bars, but once I get going, I've never had that problem. If you go onto Youtube and look up "bicycle roller" there are some pretty good videos to watch and I don't mean educational, hilarious!!!

[parity]

What happens if you lose control on the rollers? Does your front wheel turn and get stuck between the rollers? Do you just end up with the bike skidding out between your legs? Can you go over the bars?

I would love to have some rollers, but I'm skeered.

Karen

Some rollers have bumpers on the front so if your front wheel moves too far to the right or left it will stop. Without the bumpers you will potentially fall over. The ones I have have the bumpers and its good because sometimes I am zoning out and lose concentration and they just stop the front wheel from sliding off. I did 45 mins last night on my rollers because it was raining in the morning and didn't have anytime after work to ride outdoors. And its impossible to go over the bars.