I will just roll on with it. I guess it is from my wheels or tyres and will be disappearing while the wear out. Thx for the support
To answer your question about experiencing vibration, I never noticed any discernable vibrations on my QMs or Neros and have over 6000 miles on them at different speeds and gradiants [did have to change out my Neros for weird thumping noise in back unit sometimes] .
Could be bearings, not sure why more so in the middle or left if you are not running up against the housing. Hope you can sort out.
I have the Neros and donāt have any vibration from the rollers. I run XC MTB tires so there is noise, but not because of vibration from the rollers. Mine are smooth.
You dont have any vibrations at all? Nothing? Cant believe that: riding on non slicks must feel like on a bumpy road.
As I said: there is no weird sound from the rollers, just a different feel:
Right side of center: smooth like on fine tarmac
Left side of center and center: bumpier, not smooth.
I cant believe any of you does not have vibrations at all?!
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@airteluser ā I wonder if your drums are loose on that side or something. I know it sounds crazy but mine are smooth even with the XC tires. Definitely, when I go really slow, I feel resistance from the tires. But I donāt feel any vibration. I pump my tires up to like 30 psi. And I do feel the rollers changing resistance sometimes because I use ERG mode. I use the rollers almost everyday and do all the workouts on them. I just got on them to test and they run smooth. I emailed Elite to get extra bands because I used to have a bad habit of catching the band in the drums when I folded the rollers up, and not noticing and trying to pedal. Elite was super nice and responsive. I wonder if they could be of assistance to you, too. They responded in English. I got my extra bands from Italy to the US in like one week. I was impressed with the customer service.
Hi,
I am in contact with them and Yes, they are super nice and helpful!
No vibration at all? Not even same youād habe from driving on tarmac with those tyres?
I will check the drums.
How difficult is that?
Thx!
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Ok, I disassembled the QM, checked all the screws and tightened the drums. They did not seem too loose but I tightened them anyway.
Then again while disassembling I found out that the plastic on both sides of the front drum already broke. It did not withhold the strain from the wheels touching the edges of the drum once in a while.
I think it is quite normal that the front wheel hits the sides of the drums, especially when a beginner is getting used to the rollers
How in earth this can already break after four rides and one week at my home?
See pictures attached.
I have asked the dealer and Elite for support.
I hit the sides all.the.time with my chunky rough XC tires and mine are not cracked. Iām so sorry you are having these problems @airteluser. I would send the pictures to Elite and ask if they can help. Did you buy the rollers new? There should be some sort of warranty.
Hi, yes. On Monday, new.
I am also wonderingā¦ 
both my QMs and Neroās sides looked like that after a few rides - particularly if I am not paying attention too well. Mine is mostly on the right side as that is the side of the rollers is the side I hit the most with my wheels.
Scraping the sides with your rims is nearly unavoidable and I would rather have the housing damaged than my rims.
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Maybe mine arenāt scraped because I hit the sides with tire, not rim.
I understand that there is more strain on the sides. Still: i dont know how the sides will look after couple of months or even years if these breaks appeared already after 3-4 rides.
I am not sure I can accept this kind of quality. I would have expected some protection of the sidewalls.
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I have sent the rollers back and claimed warranty exchange. Elite confirmed that these vibrations are out of norm. We will see. I hope it does not take too long to get a new QM.
Still i am still not sure if I should go rather retro and get robust Kreitlers or Kibernetik-Z Rollers.
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Didnāt you have QM rollers a few months ago and sell them because of the excessive noise?
Are you riding on a different bike now or just swapped to slick tires?
True - but i still was intrigued by rollers, sold my Kickr and got another set of Quick Motion. Unfortunately it turned out a bad one.
But yes, I followed all of your advices, changed to slicks and had lots of fun on the QM. Absolutely quiet, easy to ride, easy to get out of the saddle and with the three resistances even able to simulate a slow cadence hill climb!
Still: the plastic feel and questionable sturdiness makes me wonder if classic, alloy, sturdy rollers would suit me better.
Then again the Motion-system of the Elites makes it a joy to use.
Still not sure which way to go.
Glad you persevered with the rollers. It will be worth getting your issues resolvedš
I would certainly consider changing your wheels.
Iām lucky enough to have carbon wheels, but have had tires with minor imperfections, and when you consider the 100ās of revolutions per minute, how much anything minor is exaggerated.
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True - i also am considering this and am aware of the impact of slight imperfections of wheels and tires. But I tried these rollers with different tyres, pressures, even bikes and the vibrations were too much.
The left side felt like a super bumpy road where I would normally go out of the saddle would it be outside - just to save precious body parts.
This was too much of vibration and Elite acknowledged the problem by checking some videos etc
Still: you think these QM are a better choice than classic alloys?
I got started training on alloy rollers. Just this week, I picked up a set of QM rollers and I have done two workouts on them. All I can say, is I have no desire to ever use those alloy rollers again. The QM rollers are so much easier and safer to use. I was able to stand on them my first time using them (after not even using rollers at all for over a year and a half). I think that if you go back to alloy rollers, you are going to regret it.
For what itās worth, the first workout was just doing some 3 minute repeats at 284 watts. I was able to do this no problem in resistance mode 1 in my highest gear spinning about 100 RPM. The second workout was just Dans as Iām tapering for a time trial on Sunday. Iām using Favero PM pedals and a Wahoo speed sensor. Loving it, and glad I sold my Kickr.
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For the sake of clarity, the real difference being discussed here has nothing to do with the material of the roller drums. It is has everything to do with the fore-aft motion allowed in the design of the Quick Motion rollers vs a fixed roller frame.
As mentioned above, you can make a DIY motion base for any fixed rollers. You can also buy any of the motion rollers on the market. These include:
- The original Inside Ride E-Motion rollers (who holds the patent on the whole motion roller concept)
- Elite Quick Motion or Nero rollers
- The older Elite motion rollers (not sure the name, they were nearly identical to the Inside Ride design, but made by Elite).
So donāt let drum material be the flag or deciding factor here if the features and function of the motion base are the real concern. There are pros and cons to drum materials, but they have nothing to do with the motion aspect.
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Hi,
Does it make sense to put the rollers on a mat? To reduce vibrations? How soft can the mat be so that the motion function is not worse.
Thx