Someone must have one

[Island Jim]

Road wheel for turbo duties - 700c

9 speed shimano please, it doesn't need to be anything fancy but it does need to be in reasonable condition.


Cheers

James

 

[Ian Raleigh]

Re: I need a read wheel to use on my turbo trainer

Why not just fit a cheapo tyre to your original wheel!

 

[Iwasgoodonce]

Re: I need a read wheel to use on my turbo trainer

You are better off getting a special turbo tyre. I killed an ordinary tyre quite quickly. The heat generated basically caused the treaded part of the tyre to come away from the rest of the tyre and got all jammed in the stays.

And that's with my feeble power output!

 

[bikenut2010]

Re: I need a read wheel to use on my turbo trainer

how long a turbo session? 20-30 mins on a tough tyre should be Ok?

 

[matthew71]

Re: I need a read wheel to use on my turbo trainer

get a proper turbo tyre, the heat will just destroy the tyre.also a proper turbo tyre will be quieter

 

[Island Jim]

Re: I need a read wheel to use on my turbo trainer

I'm using some old tyres which the turbo has already flattened off, once I've fully used them I'll get a turbo tyre, tyres aren't the issue.

I use the bike on the road and on the turbo and it's a pain in the arse swapping tyres over, so I want a wheel for the turbo as it's obviously quicker to swap a wheel than it is to swap a tyre.

Anyone got anything suitable ?

 

[andrewh]

Selling some Ultegra/Vuelta wheels here viewtopic.php?f=22&t=285257&p=2132948#p2132948 May be a bit fancy for your needs but at least you'll have some spare wheels for general use too.

 

[Island Jim]

Hi Andrew

Yeah a bit fancy for my needs.

I enjoyed reading your blog.

Cheers

James

 

[tonyf39]

£54 gets you a new pair delivered http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shimano-8-9-1 ... 1c3b6dcd8b
certainly not the worst wheels in the world

 

[Loxy]

I've got a ritchey ds pro rear wheel with 9 speed shimano cassette available, both the wheel and cassette have had very little use having been removed off a boardman bike when it was almost new. It has had the stickers removed from the rim,cassette is HG50 12-26.
would like £45 posted for it, can provide pics if interested.