Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1+some 2/3/84; site dual.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!ulysses!burl!we13!ihnp4!dual!mats From: mats@dual.UUCP (Mats Wichmann) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: rollers Message-ID: <269@dual.UUCP> Date: Sun, 12-Feb-84 15:52:54 EST Article-I.D.: dual.269 Posted: Sun Feb 12 15:52:54 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Feb-84 05:24:35 EST References: <314@auvax.UUCP> Organization: Dual Systems, Berkeley, CA Lines: 19 : : I have to admit that I, too, find the turbo trainers distasteful. I mostly use my rollers for riding style - after a couple of days of roller work, you will find your balance and feel for your bike drastically improved. The secondary benefit is work on your cadence. The excercise benefit is not too high - you are not riding with enough resistance to really get a workout. Think about it - don't you spend most of your time in the highest possible gear, pedalling away at a high cadence? Sure you will work up a sweat; when you are out riding your bike, the air flow keeps you cool and dry for much longer. A workout with half an hour or so on the rollers, followed by a similar period on the excercise bike is really the only way to get reasonable work in if you can't get out. Mats Wichmann Dual Systems {ucbvax,amd70,ihnp4,cbosgd,decwrl,fortune}!dual!mats