Physics of rollers/rock n roll trainer

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I’m a big fan of the Inside Ride E-Motion rollers. They’re silky smooth and with the resistance unit set to Level 2, it feels like riding the road and gives me all the range I need for any TR workout by just shifting gears.

Here’s a post where I shared my reasons why I like rollers over fixed trainers:

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I exclusively ride rollers when training indoors. I just can’t stand the way it feels when my bike is fixed in a vertical plane as it is when connected to a trainer (wheel-on or direct drive). I also like that little bit of mental engagement having to balance, brings to my training. It also seems to make the time go by faster. But to the question of whether it helps when getting back outside, I think it does…to a point. While you can’t practice hitting a 90° turn full-gas on rollers, I do think…