Although I'm sure Tulip is correct about pressure on your fork, I have to say that I have never seen a failure from a fork because of a trainer. I've taught trainer classes for 11 years now and not seen any issues either in class or with other customers that ride from trainers at home. But, I would be careful as to how everything is mounted and keep an eye on things.

AS for hills, as others have mentioned the front wheel blocks have a climbing alternative, same as several phone books. There are also DVD'S out there by Coach Troy and Chris Carmichael that are focused on climbing, along with some new folks as well.

I have an older Cateye trainer that allows me to climb from a 1-10% grade and in some sense gives me figures for power and calories burned, although I don't put a whole lot of faith in either of those measurements. It also allows me to program the computer to either a certain time or distance and it will shut off when you reach that number...we used to do time trails on them in one of the shops I used to work at many years ago.I've had this trainer for quite some time, and always think that I'm going to get another one... but when I think about features etc... I keep asking myself "why?"

At any rate, there are lots of options out there for training, you'll just have to figure out what works best for you.



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