? for those who have a bike trainer

[bullygirl979]

I finally broke down and ordered one. But now I need a trainer tire because I don't want to ruin mine. Any suggestions? 

[Susie]

I use an old tire that has a slit in it from a piece of glass, and many miles on it. It's not fit for use outside anymore, but on a trainer there's almost no risk of puncturing the tube through the tire slit.

[bullygirl979]

Oct 20, 2014 10:06:24 GMT -5 Susie said:

I use an old tire that has a slit in it from a piece of glass, and many miles on it. It's not fit for use outside anymore, but on a trainer there's almost no risk of puncturing the tube through the tire slit.

I just bought my bike a few months ago so I don't have any "bad" tires, unfortunately. 

[libbygrl109]

I bought a trainer this weekend. I asked the salesman about a tire for it, and he ended up selling me a really low level tire and tube.

[awick14]

Oct 20, 2014 12:04:52 GMT -5 libbygrl109 said:

I bought a trainer this weekend. I asked the salesman about a tire for it, and he ended up selling me a really low level tire and tube.

This would be my suggestion to.

When a friend of mine started biking she went with the cheapest options for her trainer.

[sadlebred]

Buy something super cheap, even online with free shipping (Amazon Prime maybe?). Cheap. Did we mention cheap? Or see if anyone you ride with has an old road tire you could have free. Free is even better than cheap.

[bullygirl979]

Oct 20, 2014 13:12:33 GMT -5 sadlebred said:

Buy something super cheap, even online with free shipping (Amazon Prime maybe?). Cheap. Did we mention cheap? Or see if anyone you ride with has an old road tire you could have free. Free is even better than cheap.

Yes, I like cheap

BF suggested just running my road tire on there as it is 5 months old and I did a lot of riding this year already. Then, buying a new tire in the spring. Thoughts? 

[sadlebred]

If you are going to ride outside at all, I wouldn't run your current tire. The trainer will make it shaped flat. You don't want to ride that on the road. Trust me. Use that tire and buy another new nice tire now. Swap them out when you ride on the road or trainer...or find a super cheap used wheel for when you use the trainer. Swap the wheel when you ride outside.

[katinthehat]

try craigslist? and I'm assuming you need a new wheel too as well as a tire? Or just the tire itself?

[bullygirl979]

Oct 20, 2014 15:04:21 GMT -5 katinthehat said:

try craigslist? and I'm assuming you need a new wheel too as well as a tire? Or just the tire itself?

No, I just need a tire. For right now. New wheels are on my wish list

[katinthehat]

That's gonna be a PITA changing the tire out each time. I bet you can get a deal on an old wheel on ebay or craigslist

[shineon]

In your area are there are any bicycle coops or community programs? In my area we have a community program that recycles bicycles wherein members earn bikes by rebuilding them, or you can buy bikes and/or parts on the extreme cheap. That's what I've been doing to gain some hands-on maintenance skills (only I donated the bike I rebuilt back to the program.) If it were my area, you could probably get an entire wheel for <$10, which would certainly be fine for on the trainer.

[trigal]

Something cheap