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Video: Rochelle Gilmore’s roller-riding tips and tricks

Wiggle-Honda rider-manager shows off roller prowess

Rider-manager of the Wiggle-Honda team Rochelle Gilmore is rather adept on rollers as this video shows.

We’re pretty sure trying this would see most of us on the floor in a tangle of bike, limbs and spare tyre, though many YouTube commenters say it’s absolutely easy and any of them could do it blindfolded with their hands tied behind their backs, if they could be bothered take a break from wrestling tigers and rescuing babies from burning buildings to do something that pointless.

On a more practical note, here's Ms Gilmore again with five top tips on how to ride rollers, covering how to get on and off them, how to stay smooth and steady while riding them, and a good beginner session for riders new to roller training.

John has been writing about bikes and cycling for over 30 years since discovering that people were mug enough to pay him for it rather than expecting him to do an honest day's work.

He was heavily involved in the mountain bike boom of the late 1980s as a racer, team manager and race promoter, and that led to writing for Mountain Biking UK magazine shortly after its inception. He got the gig by phoning up the editor and telling him the magazine was rubbish and he could do better. Rather than telling him to get lost, MBUK editor Tym Manley called John’s bluff and the rest is history.

Since then he has worked on MTB Pro magazine and was editor of Maximum Mountain Bike and Australian Mountain Bike magazines, before switching to the web in 2000 to work for CyclingNews.com. Along with road.cc founder Tony Farrelly, John was on the launch team for BikeRadar.com and subsequently became editor in chief of Future Publishing’s group of cycling magazines and websites, including Cycling Plus, MBUK, What Mountain Bike and Procycling.

John has also written for Cyclist magazine, edited the BikeMagic website and was founding editor of TotalWomensCycling.com before handing over to someone far more representative of the site's main audience.

He joined road.cc in 2013. He lives in Cambridge where the lack of hills is more than made up for by the headwinds.

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themartincox | 10 years ago
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Got to admit I feel a bit let down, I was hoping she was going to bunny hop through the tyre!

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Cooks | 10 years ago
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That's not your rear brake, unless you're a crazy italian  1

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monty dog | 10 years ago
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I'd have been more impressed if she'd swapped the tubulars over on the rear wheel  3

..and the person that tried this first probably ended up in a twisted heap of bike and limbs on the floor, particular if the tub got trapped between the front tyre and the fork crown!

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billyman | 10 years ago
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she makes it look far too easy, trust me it ain't lol, min 4 or 5 hrs to get half as good as that

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Goldfever4 | 10 years ago
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Rollers are brilliant until you get over-excited watching Cav sprint at the end of a Tour stage, and end up tangled on the floor wondering whether he won or not...

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Lifer replied to Goldfever4 | 10 years ago
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Goldfever4 wrote:

Rollers are brilliant until you get over-excited watching Cav sprint at the end of a Tour stage, and end up tangled on the floor wondering whether he won or not...

Or start leaning round corners when watching some fast alpine descents  20

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