Trainer tires...

[Cataboo]

I keep an old tire on an old beat up wheel and use it on my trainer - the rim isn't perfectly smooth so breaking is entirely too annoying to use it on my bike out on the road.

If I keep my tire inflated and crank the trainer down hard on the wheel, I don't have problems with slippage or burning rubber on the wheel. The times I have had issues were when the pressure was too low and that became my trainer tire.

Does your bf or his parents not have a spare old tire? I never actually seem to throw out my old tires, they just end up in a pile hanging in my shed.

[chicagogal]

I have thousands of miles on last season's tires, and will want to replace at the least the rear one at the start of the next racing season anyway, so I am just "using" up my current rear tire on the trainer through the winter.

[roadie gal]

I have thousands of miles on last season's tires, and will want to replace at the least the rear one at the start of the next racing season anyway, so I am just "using" up my current rear tire on the trainer through the winter.

Same here.

[nscrbug]

I may be in the minority here, but...my DH (I don't use a trainer...would rather take a spin class) uses a dedicated trainer tire for one reason only...because they don't shred and end up on the wall behind the trainer, nearly as fast as a road tire does. The first time my DH used the trainer I bought him for Xmas 2 years ago, he used a regular old worn-out tire...and the wall behind the trainer was covered in black rubber bits that tore and shredded off the tire with just 1 use. After cleaning up that mess on the wall, we decided to buy a trainer tire...much better and cleaner.

[PinkBike]

nscrbug: ditto. exactly.

[LivetoRide]

I may be in the minority here, but...my DH (I don't use a trainer...would rather take a spin class) uses a dedicated trainer tire for one reason only...because they don't shred and end up on the wall behind the trainer, nearly as fast as a road tire does. The first time my DH used the trainer I bought him for Xmas 2 years ago, he used a regular old worn-out tire...and the wall behind the trainer was covered in black rubber bits that tore and shredded off the tire with just 1 use. After cleaning up that mess on the wall, we decided to buy a trainer tire...much better and cleaner.

Interesting. I've never had that problem with my Kurt Kinetic trainer.

[nscrbug]

Interesting. I've never had that problem with my Kurt Kinetic trainer.

Hmmm...KK trainer here, too. I've heard of the shredding problem happening with many others, as well. It could very well be some kind of flywheel adjustment issue, but we weren't willing to take the chance of dirtying up the wall again.

[skinimini]

Hi all, haven't been here in a while. Still iced in here in Atlanta and I'm just desperate for some time on the bike. Pulled out the trainer, got it all set up, but for the life of me I can't get the trainer tire on. I've never tried to change a tire this stiff. Any wisdom about how to make this a little easier?

Thanks for any help you can give!