Kreitler Rollers now at Chain Reaction!
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| Above is Chain Reaction's Brian
Krause, demonstrating his roller-riding skills in front of our
store... |
...much to the amusement of Mike G.,
one of our customers, who is trying to figure out why someone
would want to ride a bike and go nowhere! |
Are rollers just for roadies? Heck no, as
Chain Reaction employee Michael demonstrates extreme roller
madness by riding his downhill bike on a dare. He happened
to do quite well...
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And, if Michael's going to ride his downhill
bike, then Todd can certainly ride them on his TREK cyclocross
machine! |
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  But Brian steals the show,
indoors & out. Here he shows off not only his
roller-riding ability, but his track-bike prowess as well.
The guy's so much into the total-bike experience we expect him to
be trying a high-wire act any day now!
But even Brian had his beginnings as a humble
mortal. On the right we go back in time a few months to the
Las Vegas trade show, where he got his
introduction to rollers (and first fall!). With a little bit
of patience & some practice, Brian says anybody can master
them. In Brian's case, his initial experience was a bit
friendlier (and more memorable) than most, since he was helped out
by LuAnne, a national-class track rider from the Midwest (Brian's
from Wisconsin). It was love at first sight. With the
rollers, that is... |
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| OK, so why does anybody
want to ride rollers, infernal contraptions that require extreme
balance in order to keep from falling off? For normal
training purposes, you'll get more of a workout on a conventional
trainer (the type that hold your rear wheel in place). But
nothing beats the sheer panic of drifting towards the end of one
of the drums, and knowing that if you react too quickly, you're
history, but if you're not quick enough, you're toast. The
truth is that riding rollers does wonders for your balance and
handling skills, since they're considerably tougher to stay up on
than riding on the road. How much tougher? Imagine
trying to ride through an endless stretch of deep sand...
The Kreitlers that we sell are as good as they
get, and they're also some of the most expensive, at
$399.99. But they'll last forever, very quiet, and easier to
ride than cheapie models (and you will appreciate
that). We also stock a stabilizer that holds you up while
riding, so you don't have to worry about falling. But, of
course, that takes a lot of the fun out of riding them!
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Last updated 05/06/05
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