Anyway, once you have undone the nuts, you then find that the screw on the sprocket side is partially held in place by the chain and sprockets. I was not expecting any response, and I was kinda expecting negativity for being overweight when most of you are super fit.

Cycleops supply an adapter, which is essentially a bracket that raises the roller of the trainer closer to the wheel. I know of some people who use the two-sided pedals as they stick out less and are generally less obtrusive, but the trouble here is you always have to wear your cycling shoes, whereas with the one-sided SPDs, at least you have the option of wearing normal trainers if you wish. Yes, that’s a bit of a lame excuse, but there’s nothing clever about arriving at a meeting drenched in rain and sweat, looking like something akin to the Ancient Mariner, just to prove a point. Dealing with the simplest problem first, the Cycleops trainer is supplied with a special skewer that is meant to replace the existing one.

A couple of posts ago, I mentioned that I’d bought a turbo trainer so as not to lose my cycling-legs during the extended periods of poor weather we’d been having here in the UK. Within only a matter of minutes, I found myself hurtling round the city, dodging in and out of traffic, and racing buses and taxis out of the traffic lights so as not to get hemmed in. Fuelled by coffee, cake and conversations, this unlikely adventure takes Paul to the top of the world and the edge of despair.

The business part of the handle, the…er…handle bit, is made of thermo-moulded rubber and is attached to the main body of the unit by a length of webbing strap, which is firmly double-stitched at each end. It comprises two main sections or pads; a smaller one which wraps around the part of the main frame tube near to the seat post, and a larger one that wraps around the larger part of the frame tube. Whilst the Specialized is fine for day rides, It's not the most suitable bike for doing LEJOG, due to its lack of luggage carrying capacity, unless you're doing it accomapnied. I have been advised by those in the medical profession that for me, with arthritis of the hips, cycling is the way forward.Once fitted to the trainer, a Brompton ends up being a lot higher off the ground than a regular bike would be. My second strategy had been to take it easy, to just cycle at a steady pace, taking in the scenery, and to not be dragged along in the mad panic. The reason, as before: pressure of work and continued bad weather resulting in a serious lack of inspiration. It is advertised as the ‘ 20/24″ Wheel Adapter‘, so you would be forgiven for thinking that it would be too short to enable the roller to meet a 16″ wheel. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.