Riding Tacx Antares rollers for the first time

First time riding rollers, these are the Tacx Antares. Not as easy as I thought it would be! I was squirming all over the place before I started the video, after a bit of getting use to them though its not to hard.

The bike is a Tommaso Imola w/ carbon fork.

The dog is a black lab named Huwaka, which means shadow in Hawaiian

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Cycling
• training
• rollers
• tacx
• antares
• tommaso

[TheBoliCatt]

I just bought this bike! Now all I need is a black lab with a Hawaiian name!

[cebax]

@TheBoliCatt Awesome, you will love it. Great bike for the price. After some miles you might look into putting the SRAM Apex, or Shimano 105 on it. I found the components that it came with kept going out of tune with how many miles I was putting on mine.

Over the summer I upgraded to Shimano 5700 105's and then shortly after that changed over to a Felt F1 frame set.

I recently stripped the tommaso to bare metal. It will be getting a modern-retro paint scheme soon.

[TheBoliCatt]

@cebax Hey thanks for all that info! Once I get the bike in the mail (2-5 business days), set it up, and start riding (this will be my first road bike)...I will probably be asking people a lot of questions and coming back to this comment to compare notes. Thanks friend!

[cebax]

@TheBoliCatt That is exactly how I got started! One word of advice, get fitted to your bike ASAP. Most local bike shops can do this for you. It will help making riding more comfortable, and prevent injuries that result from a improperly fitted bike.

[TheBoliCatt]

@cebax That's what I keep reading. I'm kinda anxious about that. Will they be kinda rude because I'm bringing in a bike I bought online? I don't want them to be like, "har har har why didn't you buy from us?" lol I'll definitely go because I'll need them to help me make sure the bike is put together right and tuned correctly. Thanks for the advice. I'm going to do it. Thanks. I'll let you know when it arrives.

[YeYeaYea]

You still got your rollers? If so how you getting on with them?