Re: Cool thing I did today

On 3/23/2025 5:18 PM, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/23/2025 3:15 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 3/22/2025 11:40 PM, zen cycle wrote:

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People that don't have good innate balance will have a difficult time riding rollers. I'm one of those people. It took me several months to keep the bike up, and I that was after setting them up in a door frame so I had something to lean on and pull the bike back. I can ride unloaded rollers somewhat effortlessly now (40 years later) but still can't ride no-handed, can't sprint, and have a really hard time trying to ride the TT bike while in the aerobars.

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I don't know, but I wonder if very tiny adjustments to the roller wheelbase might make a difference. I always adjusted ours to put the front roller exactly under the bike's front axle. Does anybody know if having it a few millimeters forward or backward have any benefit?
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 Since we describe geometry, especially trail, using the normal front wheel contact directly under hub axle, that will necessarily change handling (+/- trail and +/- axle height as well).
 No harm in experimenting I suppose.
 

Been there, done that...
The roller axles need to be placed under the wheel axles. A little mis-alignment is ok, but getting the front wheel too far back or forward makes the rollers almost unrideable. Most rollers don't give that kind of adjustment resolution though. MY ancient Minouras only allow in one inch increments.