Thanks to everyone who helped me decide to buy some Elite Quick Motions. They arrived this week, and I quickly got riding with them with my PM no problem. First time on rollers, but they actually seem really straightfoward. The EQMs are so smooth and the float feels great. It’s so much more engaging than the trainers. The skill required just makes it so much fun. I recommend them highly - they are really quiet too.
Need a couple of weeks unstructured practice then I will be trying some workouts!
I recently bought elite direto xr, but I have to return it as soon as I find out ERG doesn’t work properly. I have to doubt myself about “Are smart things really durable/reliable? What am I focusing, VR ride? training?” etc… Bit of frustration and disappointment, I saw this post and remembered other threads about elite quick motion on this forum.
Now I’m filling my carts with QM(used), Garmin Vector 3(used), new shoes(using MTB shoes and cleats now), new cleat(look?). I previously trained with elite volano, and I will let my wife to use it with new bike. What a happy end of the year!(happy end + end of the year… oh my)
Just bought Elite Quick motion - did a couple of session - Z2 and threshold. No issues with Z2, as for Threshold - found it pretty hard to keep power at the target level, guess it takes some time to adjust. I have trained on dumb trainer with PM pedals and had to adjust power then as well but it felt easier, guess not so many things to worry about when you are stationary. Anyway, totally agree - much more engaging than smart trainer, I have kickr and love it, but this rollers feel like another game.
Thanks to everyone who shared their experience, two thumbs up for rollers!
It took me a few months to get comfortable on them and I still occasionally lose control and bumb my front wheel to the side (don’t use ultra thin cotton tubeless tires) but I would never go back to a direct drive anymore