DIY Rollers

As in training rollers. Anyone tried it? Rollers are way more expenisve than they should be, and you can get conveyor belt parts for cheap on ebay…

How cheap do you want? I got these Planet X Core rollers. 110 quid now. Identical to the more expensive Sports Crafter ones, and look very similar indeed to the 200 quid cycleops ones too.

Edit… having read your post on the other thread, you can get resistance ones but I didn’t like the feel of it (maybe it’s the lack of flywheel) and got a normal drum to replace the resistance one.

How cheap do you want? I got these Planet X Core rollers. 110 quid now.

They appear to be a rather cheeky copy of the cyclops rollers.

They appear to be a rather cheeky copy of the cyclops rollers.

I think Sports Crafters make them all and sell their own version. Planet X sell them for 110 quid. Cycleops sell them for 200 quid.

How cheap do you want?

£20 🙂

Edit… having read your post on the other thread, you can get resistance ones

Yeah I think I looked at resistance before and decided it was too expensive anyway.

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Photos and video when built please 🙂

I’d like a video of the first ride, too 🙂

Although.. resistance coupled with a big piece of ply that can be inclined.. could be good..

Blobby – did the resistance not go all the way down to zero?

Ah hes after hill training rollers!

I looked at the same thing last winter, it’s not just the rollers you’ll need a base of some sort, a belt and something to keep it from skating across the roller, I came to the conclusion that once I’d acquired all the parts I needed, and put it together I wouldn’t have saved much actual money and it would probably be summer…

But I do still want some rollers, if you come up with a good home-brewed version for under £50 let me have the parts list…

Blobby – did the resistance not go all the way down to zero?

Nope, not adjustable, just a progressive resistance. I replaced that drum with the Sports Crafters branded one that can be run with progressive resistance, or turned around and run with no resistance.

Solo, that looks like something out of the Flintstones!

Those two pictures don’t look at all dangerous 😆

Edit: 3 pictures… Picture number going up, safety doesn’t seem to be getting any better

one for the mtb?

Rubber_Buccaneer – Member
Solo, that looks like something out of the Flintstones!

Umm, they’re Paleo rollers, actually.
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and it would probably be summer…
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I will add, most, if not all OEM rollers now have an almost imperceptable surface contour to help you stay central on the rollers.
Riding on non-profiled cylinders will increase the “wander” across the rollers.

What could possibly go wrong? 🙂

nickc – Member
Those two pictures don’t look at all dangerous

I’m not sure what the contraption underneath the black specialized, is meant to be, but in that orientation, the weight distribution of the rider will be altered to a weight forward, riding position.

nemesis – Member
What could possibly go wrong?

The STW forum hommage to Top Gear. Molgrips STW challenge. Build a set of cycling rollers…

How hard can it be…..