Still have and use my Krietler Headwind Trainer. Clamps to the rear quick release and the seat post. You adjust tension by a little trap door on the side of the fan. The more you open the door the more wind you create and the harder to peddle...
Ed Busch
Vonore Tennessee- USA
<bulldogsrule@graffiti.net> Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Vintage wind trainers?
>I hope I still have my original RacerMate someplace... mine had a black
>rubber strap to provide the tension.
>
> I used it in our basement on a set of steel-drummed rollers. For some
> reason that set-up would often create a big static charge which would
> suddenly discharge in a blue-white arc between the front roller and the
> basement floor. The loud "CRACK" would send the dog and cats scurrying in
> all directions. It reminded me of one of those sparking machines from the
> laboratory scene in the original "Frankenstein" movie.
>
> Aldo Ross
> Middletown, Ohio
> USA
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Swan" <jswan@optonline.net>
> To: "Bill Talbot" <bulldogsrule@graffiti.net>
> Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 9:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Vintage wind trainers?
>
>
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> Yes, I remember those. I never owned one but they seemed pretty cool. I
>> think that they came after the original RacerMate . Anybody remember
>> those?
>>
>> They had a squirrel cage devise mounted on a swinging arm that that
>> clamped onto the seat post. The roller was brought to bear on the top of
>> the rear wheel with a length of surgical tube acting as a tension spring
>> to keep it in contact . It had a tubular steel stand to hold the bike
>> off the floor. The cool thing was that you could ride the bike on your
>> rollers with the squirrel cage in place. You could even ride it on the
>> road like that if you were really masochistic.
>>
>>
>> Jamie Swan
>> Centerport Cycles Inc.
>> Northport, N.Y., U.S.A.
>> http://www.centerportcycles.com (mapped)
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