So I was riding the rollers....

[Dr Luxurious]

... on my track bike in the garage and the power went out.

It got very dark very fast. Luckily I remembered where the wall was but man, that scared the crap outta me!

[ultraman6970]

THats when riding rollers no hands comes very handy.

[regularguy412]

... on my track bike in the garage and the power went out.

It got very dark very fast. Luckily I remembered where the wall was but man, that scared the crap outta me!

I never had that happen to me, but I sure thot about it a lot. To that end, I routinely practiced riding the rollers with my eyes closed for several seconds at a time,, just to get used to maybe someday having to actually DO it.

Mike in AR:beer:

[redir]

LOL! I got a good laugh at this one :D

Don't panic!

[gmcampy]

Yet another reason I use the trainer and not the rollers any more, LOL. Worst crashes I have had have been in my basement

[jmal]

I often find myself riding with my eyes closed on the rollers, but to have the lights go out on a track bike where you can't immediately stop the pedals would be a little unnerving.

[cv1966]

I've been riding rollers some this winter but I'm still pretty shaky. If that happened to me I'm sure I'd be on the floor. Glad you're ok.

[chiasticon]

this sounds pretty terrifying. especially when you consider that if I'm riding rollers, it's likely bad weather outside, which means increased chances of a power outage.

I have, on occasion, set my rollers up in the middle of the room just to force myself to practice getting on/off without using a wall/chair/etc. that could get ugly if there were an outage. most of the time these days though, I'm in my basement where the ceiling beams are close enough that I can grab them should I need to.

[ANAO]

Frightening.

[Tony T]

I would have never considered this occurring, but now that I do, might keep one of these on the bars:

http://sportresort.ru/images/product_images/popup_images/8640_4.jpg

[DarrinNYC]

Did the same thing years ago! You can't hit the brakes! I did my best to "coast" to a stop but failed. The 12 foot gap from my rollers to the back of the couch seemed much longer when I went off the rollers and rocketed forward!! lololol

[OtayBW]

I would have never considered this occurring, but now that I do, might keep one of these on the bars:

http://sportresort.ru/images/product_images/popup_images/8640_4.jpg
Yes!! And keep it in a fast STROBE mode so that when the lights go out..........WHEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D