Bike Rollers

So last night I had another unfortunate encounter with the pavement, and maybe it could've been prevented with a little bit more work on the rollers which is the topic of today's post.  Now you can use the trainer to help out with riding during the winter and it's really good to get a nice quick hard workout in, but the problem with those is that because your back wheels is essentially hooked onto a very stable platform that allows you to sprint.....HARD. And not absolutely go flying off your bike.

So you might be asking what are rollers? Well they literally are just a set of rollers, that you rest your wheels on , and then you pedal and it'll spin the bike and because you're not hooked up to anything you will have to balance on your bike and pedal so it helps to build up the muscles that stabilize you on the bike. 

So as you can see that these rollers are pretty minimalist, there's nothing much more than a two rods, 3 cylinders, and an elastic.  So I've ridden a few times on rollers, fallen once or twice, almost fell many more times and spent a whole lot less time actually upright on them :).  I am lucky that I had a friend who had a spare pair of rollers they no longer wanted and I was thus able to inherit.  So for all those that bike, I would definitely recommend a set of these because it can do wonders for pedal stroke. 

So lets talk a bit about my experiences.....if I had to sum it up in one word.... HARD.  Wow I couldn't actually even pedal on my bike without having to hold on to a wall.  I highly recommend doing it in the door frame, because that way you have something to hold onto and what not.  If in doubt, pedal faster, because the parabolic motion will help to stabilise you.  But until then I'm back to nursing some awesome road rash, hopefully I'll be able to go back out onto the bike, or at the very least pop onto the rollers soon.

~Cheers