Trainer (Elite Direto) bitting off carbon dropouts (Argon18 Gallium pro)

This is not a guaranteed solution, but adding the motion given from a rocker plate may reduce the stress from a rigid trainer on the dropouts and rear section of the frame.

This shows the relative freedom, and I feel that it reduces the side loads that can happen when we connect the frame to a fixed trainer, and still apply side loads via hard riding. The rocker allows the bike and trainer combo to move in unison with what I expect to be less stress on the dropouts and connect frame members.

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