How to connect trainer (BTwin inride 100) to MTB cycle

[Rajiv Panigrahi]

Hi All, 

I would like to connect trainer cycle (BTwin inride 100)  with BTwin 5.0 MTB, is it possible to connect with MTB Tyre or do i need to take any specific tyre for trainer, please let me know. Thanks. Regards.

 

BTwin inride 100                                       BTWin 5.0 Basic 

With Regards,
Rajiv Panigrahi

[Abhijit Kshirsagar]

Hi Rajiv,

I was hoping some of the others who have trainers would chime in, but here are some thoughts.

You need to get a trainer specific tire to get the best performance on the trainer.

A regular knobby MTB tire on the trainer would just wear out too fast (and possibly damage the trainer roller where is makes contact)

Decathlon used to have just one or two models of trainer tires but you're better off asking one of the major bike shops like BOTS or Happy Earth.

~Abhijit

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[Sreepathi Pai]

You can also use old tires that are no longer safe for the road, though they may explode :)

Make sure you set the resistance right no matter what tire you use.

I used trainers in 2020 to do interval workouts [they're hard to choreograph on the road] and one unexpected benefit was how my pedaling improved. I pretty much pedal all the time now, very little freewheeling.

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[Hari Krishna]

I somehow missed this thread. @Rajiv Panigrahi it's very hard/impossible to get trainer tires now with India banning tire imports. You're better off buying something like Ralson tires and using them till they last. If someone is coming from abroad, ask them to bring a trainer tire. The trainer tire lasts longer and is also much quieter. You're bound to get very bored with riding on a non-smart trainer :). I was dead bored on my Wahoo and I eventually sold it. Nothing replaces riding on the road for me.

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[abhij...@gmail.com]

Cycling Boutique Bangalore recently got lots of trainers in stock. Maybe check if they got tires as well.

[Rachit]

Hi,

I haven’t used a trainer but I do use rollers. Knobby MTB tires will probably offer far too bumpy a ride for it to be enjoyable on an already relatively monotonous activity (I use old road tires and I don’t find rollers boring, though not as much fun as riding outdoors). Knobby tires are also more noisy on rollers so perhaps they’ll be similarly noisy on a trainer. Just a couple of things to consider when deciding.

Rachit 

On Fri, 21 Jan 2022 at 13:33, <abhij...@gmail.com> wrote:

Cycling Boutique Bangalore recently got lots of trainers in stock. Maybe check if they got tires as well.

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Won't regular (esp. cheap) tires leave a residue on the roller of the trainer as they wear?

[Phani Bhusan S Mahapatra]

Hi everyone,

@Abhijit. I trained extensively on rollers for a few years before switching to a direct drive smart trainer. Usually the rollers are rated for a wattage number specified by the manufacturers ( e.g TACX ~ 240 Watts) . If your power numbers are around that specified wattage then the tires hardly leave any mark on the rollers ( and I have used some of the fastest road tires in the market from Pirelli, Specialized and Continental). You can definitely push the power numbers beyond that wattage by either spinning fast like a hamster ( this is extensively used by the track riders) or adding extra resistance  (magnets, towel etc.) but keeping the cadence in a sane level. Higher cadence hardly leaves any mark but higher resistance definitely has a toll on the rollers and the tires. You are always better off doing workouts in the sweet spot of the rollers.

~ Phanibhusan

[Sreepathi Pai]

I've had regular tires _and_ roller tires leave residue, perhaps for
the reasons Phani mentions.

Max time on trainer sessions has been 90 minutes and most of them are
intervals so don't get bored. Yet.

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[Rachit]

I haven’t had cheap road tires leave any residue on my rollers - I’m pretty sure I’m not pushing significantly high amounts of power though.

Rachit

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[mvkunte]

Chanced upon this forum after a decade almost and found this thread; 11 months late but posting in case it helps - i had almost exactly the same setup (inRide 100 + RR 5.0 equivalent) in the early covid days. The stock knobby tyres were incredibly buzzy so i got a cheap ralson 26"*1.25" MTB slick and a usable tube as well. Worked like a charm but the regular non-trainer tyres leave a ton of residue on the roller, and, more importantly, on the wall (or any object) behind the setup. The residue spray didn't get much better even after a few 100km or so. The other thing was the cycle never felt firmly locked in on the trainer. Always felt like it had 2 equilibria (marked by a clicking sound when said  equilibrium point was reached) and i could move it from one to the other by leaning this way or that.