Rollers vs turbo

[buc]

Hi guys

I have i question what would you recomend more a turbo or rollers?
Your toughts?
Pros?
Cons?

Thanks guys!

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[helldiver]

Rollers with resistance unit.

[Delorre]

I would go for rollers with resistance. More expensive, take more space, but worth it : you keep concentration, you don't wear down your tyres, no stress on the frame and you will work on your pedalling technique (needed to get a smooth ride on loose rollers).

My elite e-motion is a fine peace of equipment. If I would do it again, I would have bought the real e-motion for adding flexibility in workouts without having to stop and change the resistance (3 positions, but you get a lot of modulation with each simply by riding faster or slower...)

[abrown3mtg]

Personally I vote rollers. I get far too bored on a fixed trainer.

[998nox]

I vote rollers , too

[gtv18]

+1 for Rollers.

They will improve your technique & balance too...

Just remember: Look straight ahead - Don't look down!

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[tomtom]

RRRRRRRRollers! On a fixed trainer I will fall asleep . You need resistance though if you want to train seriously!

[istigatrice]

Depends what you want. I'd get both if money allows. If you're doing any specific training (particularly intervals) you'll want to do them on the turbo trainer (even if it's sunny outside I'll still do my sessions on a trainer). Many find the turbo boring but if you're focused on getting your session 100% right (e.g. making sure you hit the target zone for the target time, recovery etc.) then it's more interesting than you think (if you cycle more as a sport rather than a form of recreation this will be particularly important). If you just want to ride indoors because the weather is bad outside and don't want your legs going stale then rollers.

[Nefarious86]

^^ This, I also use rollers and my track bike on rest days to just flush the legs if I have a spare 30 mins to kill at home.

[beatle]

I do my interval workouts on rollers w/ DIY magnetic resistance.

[mentok]

I have rollers and a smart trainer. Much prefer the time on the rollers because of the dynamic and reactive nature of the ride. I can hit slightly high numbers due to the lower resistance and higher inertia of the system. I have crappy old tacx antares rollers and I can still do sessions like 6x3 @450W so the fear of not having enough resistance on rollers to do real training is not necessarily valid.

The smart trainer is much nicer when i want to ride in the real world but i can't and i don't want to do a structured session. If i want to just cruise around zwift and do a few koms or something then it's much easier to do on the smart without getting bored. It's also easier to convince myself to actually get on the bike and pedal if there's no structure so it has its value. It's also really good for TT training because of the stable platform - i still haven't learnt to ride the rollers in a TT position. give it time though, i'll get it eventually...

[ultyguy]

Rollers.

I picked up some Elite Digital rollers now so can even do some 500 watt intervals on them w/out issues. The resistance doesn't some on in a super smooth way but it all gets the job done and then the rest of the time you have a much more realistic road feel and much more engaging experience IMHO.

You can do structure on rollers and I think it makes you remember to control the bike as well not just wail on it...
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[Delorre]

I have crappy old tacx antares rollers and I can still do sessions like 6x3 @450W so the fear of not having enough resistance on rollers to do real training is not necessarily valid.

450w on an Antares roller Unless you hit 80km/h, it must be a joke. i still have my antares rollers, but don't use them anymore due to lack of resistance. @ 55km/h, I merely had 250w of resistance! Reason I switched to elite e-motion. 500w and more are possible on them in level 2, but also easy 150w cooling downs at 30km/h at level 0. Really like those rollers!

[mentok]

gatorskins at 70psi. I'm doing 55-60 km/h.

[RoadBikeStudio]

Rollers work wonders on improving balance/technique.