The BEST Trainer/Roller Debate Ends Here - Triathlon Week

RandyBarnes · 10-30-2006, 11:13 AM

IF YOU WANT THE BEST TRAINER THIS WINTER - KEEP READING!!! For too long, we have struggled with bolted down trainers or rollers where it takes a lot of practice to stay on. Last winter, I found these amazing rollers that offer the best of both worlds and now that I'm getting back on them again, I feel sorry for those of you that are going to go another winter without them.

I live in Northeast Ohio where we can easily get 10' of snow each year. In order to be a competitive racer I have to train 6 months indoors to be ready for the first April race. Last fall, I decided to replace my cheap (louder than a jet engine) trainer. The first fluid trainer I ordered literally exploded as the resistance unit broke into pieces internally after a couple weeks of use. I then burned out another different fluid trainer within a week. These were both $250+ trainers.

Granted, I may not be your average recreational cyclist as I was training 2-3 hours a day about 5 days a week. But still, I wasn't expecting these trainers to die so easily. I was hesisitant to go to rollers because I didn't want to fall off ... until I stumbled upon the e-motion rollers from insideride.com. At first I was hesitant because of the price, but I considered the amount of money and time I just wasted on these worthless fluid trainers.

So, I called and talked to Larry, the owner and developer of these revolutionary rollers. He answered all my questions and after viewing his website and watching these rollers in action, I was hooked. I immediately ordered my own set and couldn't wait for them to show up. The rollers came quickly, with very little setup and within 30 minutes on them I was riding rollers like a pro. :)

Now, the differences with these rollers are many. Here are a few:
#1) These rollers actually move on another track and they float and/or move beneath you - this gives you the feeling like you are on an actual road. I will NEVER go back to the old bolted down feeling of a trainer ever again!
#2) They have bumpers behind, in front, and on the sides to prevent you from going off the rollers.
#3) You can stand and sprint on these rollers!!! Try this on any other set of rollers and you'll be on the ground. In fact, I can do all my workouts my coach has prescribed - whether they be, tempo, fast cadence spin, muscle tension, independent leg, big gear strength workouts, time trialing, all out sprint efforts - all this while standing or rocking side to side.
#4) These rollers smooth out your spin dramatically. After using these rollers for a month, my efficiency on the Spin Scan function of my Coach's Computrainer went from 65% to 80% efficiency! That was a dramatic improvement and HUGE help in beating the competition. These rollers help smooth out your spin even more than conventional rollers because every little movement you make you notice. So you can really see if your smoothing out your spin.
#5) Your competition will be sorry!
This is simply the best training device there is! My best advice is: Go to: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] and buy the BEST rollers you will ever find. If you write in the comment line while ordering that “Randy from Ohio” sent you and choose the no shipping option ($0), you will get free shipping (a $38 savings). woohoo

Who am I? - I'm just like you, trying to be the best roadie/triathlete I can be. After using these rollers last winter, I came out and won my first race and others. I also competed against the Toyota United Pro Team in Burlington Iowa this year where we averaged 27mph for the 81 mile race, and I also set an Unofficial record of riding across Ohio for 236 miles in 12 hours 28 seconds.

QUESTIONS - Feel free to e-mail me at [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
I will respond promptly to your e-mail.

ballyard7 · 11-09-2006, 06:17 AM

You're nuts, that trainer cost more than my bike!!!

livingston.kc · 01-06-2007, 05:01 AM

Larry, are you serious? $800 for a pair of rollers?