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Originally Posted by krispenhartung
Ahhh, makes sense. So, when I use my road bike on my rollers, it feels more unstable and twitchy. I assume that is just because I have adapted to using my track bike on the rollers.
Actually, my guess would be that the wheelbase of your two bikes is different.

There is only about a 1 inch sweet spot where a bike is nicely mated with rollers.

To see if they are the same or different, simply use a tape measure and measure horizontally from front wheel axle to rear wheel axle.

When setting up rollers for a bike, the sweet spot is to have the axle of the front roller barrel either directly under or 1cm in front of the axle of the bicycle's front wheel. Use a plumb or at least a nut tied to a string as a plumb.

When the rollers are set up properly for the bike, handling is easy
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