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Cheap rear wheel for a turbo
jellybelly
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Hi all,
Just did my first tri last weekend, supersprint at Blenheim! Loved it so much I've entered Eton Women's in July... I have a road bike, a giant scr 1.5w, and would like to do more turbo sessions (a mate lent me his trainer since he swapped triathlons for fatherhood!) I've got a trainer tyre but its a real pain changing tyres each time and I'd love to get a cheap rear wheel (is there such a thing?) so I can just wheel swap.
Also do I need to have the exact same cassette on the replacement wheel (I think its a shimano hg50 12-25) or can I make do... And will the shimano cassette fit on any wheel or does it have to be a special wheel?
(Bike spec is here http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-gb/bik ... tions_id=3 )
Ideas....?
Just did my first tri last weekend, supersprint at Blenheim! Loved it so much I've entered Eton Women's in July... I have a road bike, a giant scr 1.5w, and would like to do more turbo sessions (a mate lent me his trainer since he swapped triathlons for fatherhood!) I've got a trainer tyre but its a real pain changing tyres each time and I'd love to get a cheap rear wheel (is there such a thing?) so I can just wheel swap.
Also do I need to have the exact same cassette on the replacement wheel (I think its a shimano hg50 12-25) or can I make do... And will the shimano cassette fit on any wheel or does it have to be a special wheel?
(Bike spec is here http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-gb/bik ... tions_id=3 )
Ideas....?
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You don't need the same cassette, it just needs to be a 10 speed (assuming u have 10sp at the mo).
it's annoying...wheel + tyre + casette + changing a rear wheel is a batch too.....
I still haven't found a way to do it without getting my hands (and clothes sometimes) covered in oil....
might invest in a stand to hold the bike.....but my apt is already full with bike crap!!
The GAT officer would love a bike stand hanging around!
I just used to put races tyres on my bike before the race and for training including turbo's I use a bontrager all weather. Then come race week, off came the bontragers and on went the vredesteins'.
The bontragers have lasted me ages and show no very little sign of wearing I used it all winter throughout the cold snap on my turbo. In fact it was about 8 weeks of constant use as I was training for abu dhabi at the time.
At the petrol pump next time, nick some of the diesel gloves. They're great for holding the chain when changing rear wheels.
Ade
BTW, anyone had a felt B2 pro with zipp 606's stolen recently? Saw a guy supposedly selling one for £1150 last week and then again for £600 this weekend. He's probably just using a stock photo and trying to get someone to come around with a wad of cash.
didds
I went into my LBS today who quoted £90 for basic shimano wheel and 9-speed cassette. It looks like fairly nice weather from Fri evening onwards so I might just keep persevering with road miles.
As it isn't my turbo I don't want to invest too much money as then I will end up buying my own turbo too - what do people think of turbos re. rollers for winter work? Presumably I could use my normal road tyre on rollers....?
meanwhile... IMO turbos are excellent for several things, but especially winter when aside from the lack of pleasure riding on the dark and pouring rain and the detrimental effects possibly on your bike, you also have to deal with drivers whose peripheral vision (already poor) is further hampered by poor weather conditions and "headlight tunnel vision".
Using this summer's tyres on the turbo during winter sets you up for fresh road tyres in the spring.
didds
tried different pressures etc.....on long rides if I was putting enough watts down the rubber was melting no matter what I did....
I don't want to use such a tyre on 60kph descents in my next tri....