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This weather made me go and pick up my turbo trainer from the bro in laws who borrowed it years ago.
Will a normal road tyre explode from the heat? Do I need to splash out on a proper trainer tyre?
MM
Normal road tyres are fine.
Used normal tyres on mine for years without problem.
Cheers 🙂
you can use normal tyres but in my experience the heat generated tends to cause them to deteriorate more rapidly. Use a v.cheap one or invest in a proper one.
I use an old tyre I wouldn't trust on the road, it's lasted for hundreds of miles - Bonty race x lite. Others I know have shredded their tyres so I wouldn't use one I cared about.
it does seem to wear them down fast. Old or cheap tyres are the way! Also consider an old front wheel, I've buckled 2 wheels on the turbo since feb..