Italian made rollers for sale $20

Great set of rollers for sale ( or trade). Roto brand, Italian made. Twenty dollars or will trade for pair of new or very good condition 26 x 2.xx MTB tires with big thick noisy tread. Offered in Loop. Avoid messing up your fine machine with rain, salt, snow, sand and more salt. Get some miles in this winter without spending a half hour bundling up to cycle outside.

These are authentic rollers. When the spacing is adjusted for your bikes wheel base, you simply place your bike on the rollers and spin. There are no clamps to adjust or fiddle with; easy-on and easy-off . The rear wheel turns the belted roller which spins the front wheel up to speed to stabilize. There are no platforms, balance tripods, safety straps, siren blowers or Margarita holders offered. If you have proper chainring and legs, rollers are a good way to see if your cyclometer reads in triple digits.

Sometimes cyclists gather and talk. Those who knew riding on real chamois before some petrochemical fluff, will often offer roller narratives. Usually the easy-off feature of rollers is at the root of the tale, but it is often embellished by bruises in strange locations, big TVs with tire marks or floor to ceiling hi-rise windows. Some suggest novice roller riders start in narrow doorways, others suggest they stay in bed. Anytime you mount your bike, remember gravity and inertia do not care about your election 2012 views.

This is an exclusive sale offered in next few days only on chainlink. It may be offered on Craigs List and others early next week. Pick-up in loop area or I can deliver to any L stop for an extra five dollars. Email me at gruschow at usa dot net.

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Permalink Reply by Adam "Cezar" Jenkins on December 20, 2011 at 2:30pm

Of course it's steel. There is no other material. ಠ_ಠ

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on December 20, 2011 at 2:39pm

There is always old bear cans or some sort of cheesy plastic ;)

Adam "Cezar" Jenkins said:

Of course it's steel. There is no other material. ಠ_ಠ

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Permalink Reply by Mike Bullis 5.5-6.5 miles on December 21, 2011 at 11:20am

Triangle shaped piece o' terry cloth, long enough to reach from the bars to the nose of the saddle and wide enough at the base to fit between the brake levers.

At the base, sew a looped piece of elastic on each corner, long enough to wrap around each brake lever.

At the pointy end, sew one end of a piece of elastic to the terry. Attach a one half of a piece of velcro to the elastic and the other half to the terry. Make the velcro piece that is attached to the terry a couple inches long to allow for adjustment.

Keeps sweat from the top tube and headset. You used to be able to get something like this from Performance and Nashbar for this purpose. Might still be able to, but an old towel, couple bits of elastic and velcro, and you've got the same thing for nearly free. Throw it in the wash when you can lean it against the wall. The one my wife made lasted quite a few years. Long enough for me to tire of spending my winters turning my brain to mush on the rollers.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on December 21, 2011 at 11:23am

Seriously. When I used to ride rollers, I could have sworn I could make clocks go backwards and reverse the earth's rotation on its axis.

Mike Bullis said:

[snip] Long enough for me to tire of spending my winters turning my brain to mush on the rollers.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Bullis 5.5-6.5 miles on December 21, 2011 at 1:58pm

75 mph sprints while riding in one spot does make it feel that way.

Kevin C said:

Seriously. When I used to ride rollers, I could have sworn I could make clocks go backwards and reverse the earth's rotation on its axis.

Mike Bullis said:

[snip] Long enough for me to tire of spending my winters turning my brain to mush on the rollers.