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Advice on setting up Turbo trainer please

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  • October 24, 2014 at 8:41 am #22630
    Puncheur-David

    After previous disastrous session on the turbo trainer resulting in a burnt out/ ruined tyre, I’ve now set the roller to just touching the tyre and it’s simply not hard enough to give a proper workout. Last night 30mins on big ring at front and 12t at rear at roughly 90rpm and heartrate is still only about 100bpm.

    Am I just being a wuss, and need to dial in a bit more resistance?

    For background info the trainer is cheap… CLarke magnetic turbo trainer (/content/review/51272-clarke-ccti-bike-trainer). This is supposed to have 7 levels of resistance/difficulty but not much difference in feeling.

    I have also now fitted a proper trainer tyre (cheapo Planet X version), which I understand should be a harder compound.

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  • November 7, 2014 at 8:19 pm #818903
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    Puncheur-David

    Cheers all for the advice,
    Cheers all for the advice, got it sorted now, but annoyingly not using it much for as soon as I put much effort in it gets quite noisy (for living in a terraced house :S ) guessed that might happen, might have to see about rollers?

    October 29, 2014 at 7:17 pm #818901
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    Scrufftie

    I have a Tacx Bushido turbo
    I have a Tacx Bushido turbo trainer and always use fairly soft, high end road tyres, including tubs, without any problems. That said, I rarely exceed 300 Watts for anything over a couple of minutes but I am on it for about 4 hours a week.

    When I ran a cheaper Tacx it did damage my tyres quite quickly but I’ve no idea why.

    I would run your tyre at quite a high pressure and you’ll often find that it needs to be wound very hard against the roller to remove the possibility of slipping.

    October 29, 2014 at 3:13 pm #818899
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    bigmel

    In a turbo you are constantly
    In a turbo you are constantly transferring your power (e.g. 200 watts) via the rear tyre to the same small bit of metal on the turbo. Hence it all gets hot and you need a proper turbo tyre.

    On the road your tyre is always running on a fresh bit of tarmac.

    October 25, 2014 at 7:06 am #818897
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    katywu

    I’ve done mine as
    I’ve done mine as follows:

    Adjust so tyre just touches roller (i.e. tyre doesn’t free spin anymore) then apply 3 full turns of the knob to increase resistance – works well for me. I think the instructions said not more than 5 full turns.

    October 24, 2014 at 8:31 pm #818895
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    Puncheur-David

    Thanks mtbtomo, – guess I’ll
    Thanks mtbtomo, – guess I’ll wind it up a bit and see what happens!

    October 24, 2014 at 5:27 pm #818893
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    mtbtomo

    There clearly needs to be
    There clearly needs to be some deformation of the tyre but don’t keep winding it on. Just think, when you sit on the bike normally there will be some deformation – try and aim for a similar deformation?

    I think I’ve managed to melt/deform the tyre I’ve got on the turbo bike at the moment but its currently still fine, if a little wobbly. I’ve never used a dedicated turbo tyre.

    I used to use an Elite Volare trainer and even on highest resistance it needed a high cadence to make my legs hurt.

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