DIY Bicycle Roller Trainer

[krebs303]

Anyone looking for a project. I ran across this

Bicycle Roller Trainer
I recently got back into biking, but need an outlet during the Chicago winters. I don't like stand trainers, but then found out about roller trainers. They are several hundred dollars to buy, and so I thought I'd look into building one. There is another instructable that covers this, and I used some of those ideas, but had a different approach for making the rollers. I built this to be functional rather than pretty, and the whole thing cost about $50. Here's the other instructable: http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Bike-Rollers/

 

[usedtobefast]

i wonder how long it will hold up? sweat,and force are not things that wood likes
usually.

 

[ElChingon]

I suspect this will involve a future Darwin award

 

[dsut4392]

I suspect that given it's a Storck sitting on those home-made rollers, cost-saving wasn't the driving factor.

As for Darwin awards, given there is no flywheel (other than your own wheels, plus a minimal contribution from the PVC rollers themselves) the amount of energy involved is pretty small, like crashing your bike at 5km/h. Even allowing for potential shoddy workmanship, it's gotta be safer than riding on the road.

Sometimes making it yourself is just more fun.

 

[ElChingon]

I suspect that given it's a Storck sitting on those home-made rollers, cost-saving wasn't the driving factor.

Take a closer look, it maybe a Stork frame but the rest, I'm thinking cost saving was pretty high on his list.

As for Darwin awards, given there is no flywheel (other than your own wheels, plus a minimal contribution from the PVC rollers themselves) the amount of energy involved is pretty small, like crashing your bike at 5km/h. Even allowing for potential shoddy workmanship, it's gotta be safer than riding on the road.

Have you ridden rollers?

 

[usedtobefast]

And yet you can buy Big Yankee rollers that are close to 80 years old and still running as true as they day they were built.

Go figure.

go figure indeed. those are much more robust.

 

[chasbo]

I think it's a really cool project. I have ridden rollers for years and can't recommend them enough.