Originally Posted by grolby

I didn't say there's no benefit, but I have to disagree with a couple things, first of all that your core muscles are somehow deeply involved in balance and are strengthened by trainer work (nope), and second that "smoothness" on rollers is cadence training. One trains the ability to maintain a high cadence by practicing spinning at a high cadence. Preventing a bike from popping off the rollers when you stand up isn't really the same thing. Like I said, I like rollers, but the ways in which they are different from riding on the road aren't beneficial.