Almost certainly her wheel. A larger front wheel would not fit in the fork….and I don’t think HED would develop a carbon rimmed “trainer wheel” just for this device.
My guess is it is just the angle / lens that is distorting it.
Almost certainly her wheel. A larger front wheel would not fit in the fork….and I don’t think HED would develop a carbon rimmed “trainer wheel” just for this device.
My guess is it is just the angle / lens that is distorting it.
Agree with you, except for warming up, where feedback sports’ omnium seems like it hits all the high notes. Rollers for warming up are a great idea until you try it. Need a flat surface, no grass, can’t be raining, normally end up doing it next to the car, good luck touching it during warmup!
The feedback rollers work fine on the grass being inside a small frame which makes contact with the grass rather than the rollers. What I did find out this weekend if its gravel and you subsequently move the rollers gravel can get into the gaps in that frame ![]()
Of course it’s a regular wheel. You are seeing the perspective issues present in photos, especially with certain lenses in use. That is common and not a sign of different wheel sizes.
I’m pretty sure your both wrong… the rear wheel is small ![]()
This is a very strange piece of kit - I’m not entirely sure what it’s market is? Is it’s key feature how quickly you can plonk your bike on it?
Cant imagine power measurement is going to be awesome - but I suppose that’s what on-bike power meters are for.
I’d guess this is aimed at the multisport/TT market. Not a huge group, but big enough that at the right price point, this would sell. Anyone in one of those markets wants something light and easy to set up. It’s just got to hold consistent power, it doesn’t need crazy high wattage capabilities. It’s going to be marketed as a “ride YOUR bike with ease” type of product and people will buy that. No need to take wheels off, worry about cassette compatibility, regularly wheel vs disk wheel, etc. Just plop the bike on and do steady state efforts. Again, if at the right price point, I think Wahoo wouldn’t be able to keep these in stock.
This, I want this, Take my money… Chad, get ahold of this company and lets try to do an entrepreneurship with integrated power…
Warmups with power/on zwift.
Also wahoo haven’t had a smart roller before this afaik, they want to offer one.
Yeah, I think the hybrid with the ROLLR at the back and the GT Roller Flex front end would be SO FUN to try. I never took the effort, but should really try to find out what it would take to get one of those for testing.
I agree, it looks like they are selling them for $766.08 before shipping. This is exactly something I kinda sketched out a few years ago for something that I figured would be an ideal trainer. I cant believe one of the big name trainer tech companies has not bought them yet.
Where?
They have it right on the website here;
It also looks like they have a power smart box for it also that you can add to the system.
The entire cost appears to be $1117.29 before shipping
76,780 yen is about $702.54, tax 6,980 yen is about $63.87 per Google this AM
For a total of $766.41
Ah, sorry…I thought you were talking about the new Wahoo ROLLR.
I think a Chad “Go-fund me find out how this work” needs to be started and then a Chad warehouse of USA GT-Roller sales needs to start haha
Yeah, I just discovered their e-controller this morning, I would want to give that a shot too. I emailed them to see about international sales and shipping. I will report back, likely in a separate thread to reduce confusion that I have already caused ![]()
Sounds great, im very interested. If that company did some more integration and dare I say a break/fold to the center of that system (For portability), combined with proper marketing could be one of the players in the world of smart trainers
So they’ll be selling them for £1000 or more in Rip off Britain ![]()
It looks huge.
Does it „grab“ the wheel from the top for lateral stability?
Yeah, sure seems big if “travel” is an idea behind it (well larger than the Omnium shown above).
Yeah, there appears to be a set of adjustable “jaws” at the top of the fork triangle. I am guessing you spin the gray wheel in the middle to tighten the jaws / clamps. It is probably spring loaded and locked, because I think the black side buttons are the “release” to open the clamps.
