[Domfm]

I can only apologise if this is a been there seen it type of question that may have been asked so many times!

I’ve got a raid bike, which I use to commute on most days, I’ve got a decent set of road tyres, which were quite pricey (for me anyway) and don’t want to risk putting it on my turbo trainer and wearing the rear tyre down in between riding it to work.

Can anyone recommend what I can do, without having to buy another wheel and set to keep on the trainer? Can the turbo trainer tyres be placed over the top easily to save the wear on the rear tyre, which I use for commuting….

Cheers

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[Scrufftie]

I’ve written this a few times
I’ve written this a few times but it may depend on the trainer you use. I have a Tacx Bushido and I use my normal/best wheels and tyres without any wear problems. I train on the turbo four times a week but I imagine some trainers generate more heat, which is the real problem, at the tyre than others. I run either Vittoria CX tubulars or Conti TT clinchers with no problems.

I would give it a go and you should see pretty quickly whether you are getting excessive wear. My old trainer created quite a bit of rubber ‘dust’, which was noticeable.

[Fringe]

Buy some rollers. Bike on
Buy some rollers. Bike on bike off, easy. (And helps maintain core strength//balance)

[Matt eaton]

An alternative option is just
An alternative option is just to run a cheaper tyre on the back full-time and just drop your bike on an off of the turbo as and when you need to. Keep a nice tyre up front where you will feel some benefit.

Most turbo trainers don’t shread tyres that fast and £10-£15 will get you a tyre that will perform well for commuting and fare OK on the turbo too.

If you are racing and want the fastest (most expensive) tyres going then a dedicated wheel makes a lot of sense but it seems a bit overkill otherwise.

[brian_the_snail]

I just use my old tyres on
I just use my old tyres on the turbo and get as much wear out of them as I can. Don’t bother with the expense of trainer tyres!

[Domfm]

Brilliant, thanks for all the
Brilliant, thanks for all the advice, will ask Santa for a cheap wheel and use my cassette (due for a change) and get on it. Cheers.

[fukawitribe]

Colin Peyresourde wrote:Buy a

Colin Peyresourde wrote:

Buy a wheel and tyre. It makes it so much easier.

Whole-heartedly agree with this. If your LBS can’t help, you should be able to pick up a cheap rear wheel from eBay, bikeradar, gumtree etc quite easily especially as it doesn’t need to have much left on the brake track (beyond structural integrity).

[ianrobo]

I brought a Schwabe trainer
I brought a Schwabe trainer tyre for £40 and still going great after about 1.5K on the TT. No need to buy a separate wheel is there, as well as the cost it gets you practising inner tube changes, I can now do the exchange in under 10 mins 🙂

[Colin Peyresourde]

Buy a wheel and tyre. It
Buy a wheel and tyre. It makes it so much easier.

[Gennysis]

I bought a cheap rear wheel
I bought a cheap rear wheel from decathalon, put my old cassette on it and mounted the turbo tyre on this.

The good news: I can swap the wheel in about 10 seconds and be ready to go.

The bad news: I now have NO plausible excuse to justify why I am not using my turbo trainer.

[ChuckB]

Your 2 choices are: buy a
Your 2 choices are: buy a back wheel with a trainer tire on it, or buy just a trainer tire and remount your road wheel and mount the training wheel before each session. A road wheel will destroy itself pretty quickly on a turbo trainer. No way to place trainer tires over the top of a road tire. It is not wear on the road tire, it is the flexing and heat buildup in the tire that destroys it.

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