So I picked up some of the Elite Quick Motions based on everyone loving them. Does everyone else get a pretty big vibration with road bikes on them?
It’s not loud, but it’s strong enough my hands buzz after a long ride. Also, if I’m putting out 200+ watts the belt that connects the drums starts visibly vibrating a fair amount.
Is this normal, or is something not quite right with my setup?
Mine do that as well; my resistance is usually set to 2 out of 3
I set mine on resistance level 2 and the pulley cable certainly vibrates but I wouldn’t say bike vibrates any more than when I ride outdoors. I’m riding on treadless tires.
Level 1 is loud. I’m using level 3. Propably source of vibrations are tyres, look hov they are fitted on the rims.
I’d love to get the Elite Quick Motions but they are currently running about $500 in the US. I can’t see paying that much since I would use it just to do easy stuff with the intervals done on my Kickr.
Chain Reaction has them for $300 with free shipping. They ship out of the UK but still ship free. I have a Direto too, but the rollers are a really nice change. A week of practice on them and I can do intervals pretty well on them now too. I still like having the Direto as an option, but the rollers are fun.
You could get a set of non smart rollers for that if you wanted. I have some rollers I use for warming up for crits/road races if there is nowhere to warmup. Been using rollers for about three years and it can be a lil daunting at first but before you know it you’ll be riding with no hands and getting your water bottle w out looking (great practice).
You could probably find some second hand rollers for $50 from someone, seriously. Probably even free.
I’ve been ckecking craigslist for used rollers but not much success in my area this time of year. I need something i can fold up and store as my kickr setup already takes up a lot of space.
I’ve considered buying from Europe as they are significantly cheaper there but i have heard it can be a bit risky (possibly items not in stock, return issues, etc. ). I’m also checking the used market (ebay, craigslist, etc. )
I picked up the QM rollers a couple weeks ago from chain reaction cycles and am super happy with them. They do ship from the UK but arrive in a few days…can’t complain about that. They’ve been a great addition to my training and I find myself using them more than my Kickr Snap. Thanks to all the TR forum users who’ve chimed in on the thread.
I’m close to pulling the trigger on these, so I can bring them in the vehicle and find somewhere to workout pre-work (change of job). It’ll probably be a corner of the car park/ parking lot - I’m sure it’ll be fine, wasn’t there rumours of Sky using CO to up hematocrit? 
They appear to fold small, but a few reviews mention belts getting twisted? My intention would be the quickest, least stress bike to workout. Bike will fit in my vehicle fully set up.
Anyway, my options are…
I feel I’m get blinded by new bling, as I think when the weather is good, I’d more likely head to the hills (which are in an hour or so’s spin distance from work). Head and wallet saying old wheel on, heart is saying “rollers are cool, I want”!
Quick Motion belts may stuck in chasis, but… 3 seconds and no problem…
Where have you seen the quick motion on sale for €260? Best I’ve seen here is halfords at 306 and another 10% through discount scheme of choice.
Halfords - 15% axa discount for March, which I reckon gets them down to 260!?
Anyone any experience of minoura hybrid rollers? Like the Omnium, only cheaper (and not supported for virtual power).
I’m noticing that the feedback sports rollers look almost identical to mine, but are cheaper, only about $200 for the non resistance version. I used this for my first year of indoor training, depending on what you have as your big ring, but got to about 280 watts at high speed. Then if you need more power, the resistance drum is $150 from sportcrafters.
Are there any reasons to get the Quick Motion over the Arion Mag? They both look quite similar in features but the Arion Mag is ~4kg lighter, and a little cheaper.
The Quick Motion have some fore-aft ‘float’ that the Arion rollers don’t have. I had the Arion (the plain version, not the mag version admittedly but apart from the resistance unit they look identical in construction to the plain Arion as far as I can tell), and then upgraded to the Quick Motion. I’ve put in a few hundred hours on both and I would say the Quick Motion ‘float’ does give a nicer feel, especially during burst or sprint-type workouts. It also gives a very slight bounce that I think makes the 2 hour workouts less punishing on the backside… But that’s pretty subjective.
If you want to use them with multiple bikes get the Quick Motion, because you can adjust the wheelbase easily, by hand. To adjust the Arion wheelbase you need to use an allen key.
The other thing is that unfolding the Arion will almost literally cut off your fingertips if you aren’t paying attention. I must have folded and unfolded them a hundred times setting up for workouts and I forgot to pay attention nearly every other time… ouch. Not a problem if you’re going to set them up and leave them though. And maybe newer models have an easier fold, mine were from 2016.
Just noticed that Elite are actually making a set of rollers that have 5kg flywheels on each rear drums – basically a beefed up version of the Q-M and apparently it rides about 1200 times more round than the Q-M. I’m not keen on the smart aspect to it, but the fact that it’s got 10kg combined flywheels can be a huge plus. Elite
These were announced a while ago and I’m hoping someone will get them for use or we will see a review on them from a reliable source.
I love the concept and general design choices. Innovative, even if Trutrainer already has a flywheel solution that is superior to most other rollers. So, Elite isn’t the first. But I want to hear how well they work.