Kreitler Alloy Rollers with Killer Headwind Fan Drums and Alloy End Caps, 4.5-Inch

So smooth. Makes riding indoors fun. Way less boring than a trainer or stationary. Almost as good as riding outside.I love my rollers. I hate riding a trainer. It gets so boring so fast. I never seem able to keep my heart rate up on a trainer because I get so bored that I just end up watching the movie I am watching while barely spinning my legs.With the Kreitler rollers it is just like riding, because I am riding. It makes me want to go all out, just like I do outside. They are great for interval training as well. I ride them every day when I can't get outside due to the weather.With the Killer Headwind Fan you can vary the resistance from none so you can get a great super high cadence spin without exploding your heart up to a real leg work out as hard or harder than anything you will encounter outside.As well I noticed that someone wrote a review that said something to the affect that the rollers weren't balanced. If that is true I would say that they were defective and should be returned. Mine are perfect. I have several friends with the same rollers. They are perfect too. In reality I would say that it is much more likely that the guy with 'Unbalanced rollers' really has a wheel with a flat spot, cheap tires that aren't balanced, or an unsmooth pedal stroke causing his belief that the rollers aren't balanced.They are so smooth, quiet, and perfectly balanced. I love them.

When shopping for rollers, especially for the first time, you’ll soon realized there’s no middle ground between quality and cost.I’m happy with the roller, knowing it will last for many winters, but still feel it is somewhat over priced.

for the price I paid I expected more from the highly rated Kreitlers. First the drums are not perfectly balanced and if your on a wood floor in a house with a basement or on a second floor they create a lot of noise. So I moved them to the basement on the concrete floor and that helped mute the constant chug chug chug from the unbalanced drums. I haven't used the fan yet because I don't need the extra resistance yet. Everything else works as should. If I had to do it all over again I would get the Nashbar rollers at 1/4 of the price.

Bought this for my co worker. He says it works great with his bikes!

Oh yeah...this is it. Just what I was looking for. My friends poke fun of me on how I like to buy the good stuff just once.

Bought my Kreitler rollers in 93, added the Head Wind a few years back (cannot recall - 10-15?). They work as well now as they did then. I have a Wahoo but find myself going back to Kreitlers from time to time. Great product, long lasting.