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 17, 2011 at 12:17pm

Dibs

Permalink Reply by Elwood Gruschow on December 19, 2011 at 6:14pm

This roller set is not on the market anymore. There was a pleasant and successful sale to "Cezar"

Permalink Reply by Adam "Cezar" Jenkins on December 19, 2011 at 6:15pm

Used them tonight. Work great. Now my balance is another matter. :)

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on December 20, 2011 at 4:07am

If Cezar suddenly stops posting to The Chainlink we'll know who to blame for that ignoble fate ;)

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on December 20, 2011 at 4:22am

ha ha

Adam "Cezar" Jenkins said:

Used them tonight. Work great. Now my balance is another matter. :)

Permalink Reply by Adam "Cezar" Jenkins on December 20, 2011 at 4:34am

I'm exceptionally tempted to drop off the map for six months.

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on December 20, 2011 at 4:50am

It's good for the soul.  Sometimes it is best to step away from some stuff in life. 

Just don't do it because you are in a coma from coming off the rollers and crashing through the window ;)

I'm still putting off learning to use the unicycle I bought this summer.  That's my winter/new-year's resolution.  Pain hurts!


Adam "Cezar" Jenkins said:

I'm exceptionally tempted to drop off the map for six months.

Permalink Reply by Mike Bullis 5.5-6.5 miles on December 20, 2011 at 7:48am
Within a few weeks Cezar should be doing centuries on those rollers.
Permalink Reply by Adam "Cezar" Jenkins on December 20, 2011 at 7:49am

That's kinda the plan. :) I need to practice for the frozen snot.

Mike Bullis said:

Within a few weeks Cezar should be doing centuries on those rollers.
Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on December 20, 2011 at 8:44am

Depending on how his bike is geared he'll be doing them in just a couple of hours too!

Permalink Reply by Mike Bullis 5.5-6.5 miles on December 20, 2011 at 1:21pm

That's half of it. The other half is the thickness of the ass callouses. Lots of momentum is lost when you stand up to coast and get blood flowing back into the cheeks.

James BlackHeron said:

Depending on how his bike is geared he'll be doing them in just a couple of hours too!

Permalink Reply by Louie Louie on December 20, 2011 at 2:27pm

Cezar, 

What kind of bike will you use with the rollers?  If it is steel make sure you keep it clean, all that sweat will eat it up.

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