pgray007
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I'm trying to figure out how to make my cycling trainer setup "mobile," so it can be rolled around my shop and moved out of the way when I'm converting from fitness mode to woodworking mode (yes, I have a strange and divergent collection of hobbies).
For the unfamiliar, a cycling "trainer" is basically a device that attaches to the back of the bicycle, in my case replacing the rear wheel, that allows you to spend endless hours peddling and going absolutely nowhere. The main benefits are 1) Getting in cycle time during the winter 2) Being able to perform very specific workouts that would be difficult on the road and 3) Avoiding people on the roads that don't share my fondness for cycling or cyclists. My setup looks like this:
The actual trainer weights 46lbs, my bike checks in at around 18lbs, and the lumpy, ungainly glob of flesh atop the contraption is currently clocking in around 209lbs, so a "cart" would need to support around 300 lbs of "stuff" that's actively moving, and in some cases applying some pretty significant (for me, anyway) force in multiple directions.
My initial thoughts, using wood since I can't weld, were 2 3/4" pieces of plywood, glued and screwed, as a "platform" for the whole deal with some type of casters attached. Probably about the size of the black mat in the picture that catches my profuse sweat. I've seen wheels that can be "retracted" up for large tools, so the tool itself rests on the ground rather than the caster, but I have no idea what these are called or if this would be the best idea here.
Ideally I might also want to create some sort of contraption that holds the fan a bit higher, and/or offers a small flat "desk" to stash the TV remote and snacks (some sessions are 4-5 hours so you need to eat).
I've seen unistrut and similar (never used it) so I'm not sure if something like that would be better than my plywood and wheels idea, and a bunch of googling and talking to bicycle people has me coming up empty, so any ideas are welcome.
Here's a closeup of the trainer portion. It's about a 10-15 minute exercise to take the bike off the trainer, remount the rear wheel, and fold/move everything, but if I could make that 10-15 seconds to just wheel the whole deal away that would be awesome.
Thanks!!
For the unfamiliar, a cycling "trainer" is basically a device that attaches to the back of the bicycle, in my case replacing the rear wheel, that allows you to spend endless hours peddling and going absolutely nowhere. The main benefits are 1) Getting in cycle time during the winter 2) Being able to perform very specific workouts that would be difficult on the road and 3) Avoiding people on the roads that don't share my fondness for cycling or cyclists. My setup looks like this:
The actual trainer weights 46lbs, my bike checks in at around 18lbs, and the lumpy, ungainly glob of flesh atop the contraption is currently clocking in around 209lbs, so a "cart" would need to support around 300 lbs of "stuff" that's actively moving, and in some cases applying some pretty significant (for me, anyway) force in multiple directions.
My initial thoughts, using wood since I can't weld, were 2 3/4" pieces of plywood, glued and screwed, as a "platform" for the whole deal with some type of casters attached. Probably about the size of the black mat in the picture that catches my profuse sweat. I've seen wheels that can be "retracted" up for large tools, so the tool itself rests on the ground rather than the caster, but I have no idea what these are called or if this would be the best idea here.
Ideally I might also want to create some sort of contraption that holds the fan a bit higher, and/or offers a small flat "desk" to stash the TV remote and snacks (some sessions are 4-5 hours so you need to eat).
I've seen unistrut and similar (never used it) so I'm not sure if something like that would be better than my plywood and wheels idea, and a bunch of googling and talking to bicycle people has me coming up empty, so any ideas are welcome.
Here's a closeup of the trainer portion. It's about a 10-15 minute exercise to take the bike off the trainer, remount the rear wheel, and fold/move everything, but if I could make that 10-15 seconds to just wheel the whole deal away that would be awesome.
Thanks!!
