Riding on a trainer is dangerous. Tell me your stories.
04-29-14, 07:57 AM
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Riding on a trainer is dangerous. Tell me your stories.
Like, I was riding once, and the music that I was playing stopped, and I got real bored. That was sad.
04-29-14, 08:00 AM
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One time I didn't tighten the skewer into the trainer correctly and when I stood up to drope the hamer the bike fell off.
04-29-14, 08:01 AM
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My daughter mocked me once when I was on the trainer.
04-29-14, 09:02 AM
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Stand-over on the trainer is not within the necessary margin of safety. I've contacted my lawyer.
04-29-14, 09:03 AM
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04-29-14, 09:33 AM
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OK guys, enough is enough 
I was on my trainer this winter and asked my daughter to take a picture of me so I could post it here. My butt in that picture looked like the size of Canada. I fell into a deep depression and started eating Honey Buns, and now my butt is even bigger.
Trainers can be really dangerous.
I was on my trainer this winter and asked my daughter to take a picture of me so I could post it here. My butt in that picture looked like the size of Canada. I fell into a deep depression and started eating Honey Buns, and now my butt is even bigger.
Trainers can be really dangerous.
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04-29-14, 09:40 AM
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Ever drop something while on the trainer? Like a water bottle or towel or remote? And it just sits there, mocking you?
04-29-14, 10:04 AM
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I know this is a parody, but riding trainers isn't without risk.
I have rollers and a fixed trainer.
Last February I was on my rollers. Silly me, I thought I was talented enough to ride and watch a movie. About 1/2 hour in I got slammed to the ground as if someone shoved me from the side. I never saw it coming and it seemed far too violent a fall from simple gravity. I dusted myself off and admired the pretty egg on my knee. Several weeks later, still limping, went to an ortho guy. Bruised some ligament. I lived, but was off the bike for over a month.
I haven't been back on the rollers since.
I have rollers and a fixed trainer.
Last February I was on my rollers. Silly me, I thought I was talented enough to ride and watch a movie. About 1/2 hour in I got slammed to the ground as if someone shoved me from the side. I never saw it coming and it seemed far too violent a fall from simple gravity. I dusted myself off and admired the pretty egg on my knee. Several weeks later, still limping, went to an ortho guy. Bruised some ligament. I lived, but was off the bike for over a month.
I haven't been back on the rollers since.
04-29-14, 10:16 AM
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Didn't use sweat mat once, slipped as soon as i got off, haven't ridden trainer since...
04-29-14, 10:23 AM
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I know this is a parody, but riding trainers isn't without risk.
I have rollers and a fixed trainer.
Last February I was on my rollers. Silly me, I thought I was talented enough to ride and watch a movie. About 1/2 hour in I got slammed to the ground as if someone shoved me from the side. I never saw it coming and it seemed far too violent a fall from simple gravity. I dusted myself off and admired the pretty egg on my knee. Several weeks later, still limping, went to an ortho guy. Bruised some ligament. I lived, but was off the bike for over a month.
I haven't been back on the rollers since.
I have rollers and a fixed trainer.
Last February I was on my rollers. Silly me, I thought I was talented enough to ride and watch a movie. About 1/2 hour in I got slammed to the ground as if someone shoved me from the side. I never saw it coming and it seemed far too violent a fall from simple gravity. I dusted myself off and admired the pretty egg on my knee. Several weeks later, still limping, went to an ortho guy. Bruised some ligament. I lived, but was off the bike for over a month.
I haven't been back on the rollers since.
04-29-14, 10:26 AM
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I once found a mysterious hole in my brand new sweat mat and took me two weeks to discover it happened from dismounting the bike at the exact same spot and twisting. I was really upset about it.
04-29-14, 10:32 AM
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I know this is a parody, but riding trainers isn't without risk.
I have rollers and a fixed trainer.
Last February I was on my rollers. Silly me, I thought I was talented enough to ride and watch a movie. About 1/2 hour in I got slammed to the ground as if someone shoved me from the side. I never saw it coming and it seemed far too violent a fall from simple gravity. I dusted myself off and admired the pretty egg on my knee. Several weeks later, still limping, went to an ortho guy. Bruised some ligament. I lived, but was off the bike for over a month.
I haven't been back on the rollers since.
I have rollers and a fixed trainer.
Last February I was on my rollers. Silly me, I thought I was talented enough to ride and watch a movie. About 1/2 hour in I got slammed to the ground as if someone shoved me from the side. I never saw it coming and it seemed far too violent a fall from simple gravity. I dusted myself off and admired the pretty egg on my knee. Several weeks later, still limping, went to an ortho guy. Bruised some ligament. I lived, but was off the bike for over a month.
I haven't been back on the rollers since.
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04-29-14, 10:33 AM
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I scratched my quick-release on the trainers screwing them into the stand, and as a result gave up cycling.
04-29-14, 10:34 AM
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What is this "fork stand" you speak of? I was planning on building railings on either side of the rollers until I got more confident.
04-29-14, 10:34 AM
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I was making a spreadsheet for my training routine, and I cut my finger with the paper. If it got infected it could've killed me!
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That's just silly. You need to use Excel for your training routine spreadsheet. Pivot tables, macros....here's the formula I use for the maximum workout:
=vlookup(A2(max(B3)/mid(A2)((IF(B2>A3),(vlookup(max(mid(A2)-B2),(min(left)A2)/B3)
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Sometimes my dog walks behind me when I'm on the trainer, and I have to yell at him so he doesn't walk into the spinning tire.
