Well I'm thinking of having a dedicated bike on the turbo as I have most of what I need going spare but does it matter that it won't be like my road bike? It'll have a road frame with mtb risers so my position will be different. I don't think it matters but my roadie mate says I should use the same road bike I mostly ride on; should I?
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What bike for a turbo?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Don't see why, albeit you can get tyres for turbos that fit road bikes but not mtbs.
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you will use different muscles for different positions
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It's just the bars that won't be road - I don't have spare levers for drops.
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if that helps
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yes but what i mean is you really want to try getting the bikes as similar as possible - get the tape measure out and make the effective TT the same - dont just be tempted to use odd stems you had lying about if they the wrong size !
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trail_rat - sorry, my response was to cynic-al.
I see your point - I have everything I need except shifters for drops so that's why I was thinking the mtb bars/shifters would work out. Maybe I can set the bars up OK though as I don't ride on the drops on the turbo anyway - or should I?!
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It's not going to make a huge, if any, difference - why would all the mtb pros train on road bikes then race on mtbs?
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