Kreitler 2.25in Complete Roller Set

Kreitler is known as the top-of-the-line for a good reason, no need to harp on the many good points to that end already made. The 2.25s, in my opinion, get somewhat of the short end of the stick - they are great for any serious athelete. I'm certainly not a world-level athelete, and these rollers provide the perfect level or resistance for a huge variety of rides - spinning at 60-80 in a low gear provides the same resistance as cruising on a long ride, granted your wheel is only spinning at 13-15mph, but you're not on a road, so what difference does it make? You still push a couple hundred watts for a couple hours. And for hard workouts and tempo rides? These rollers have a much higher theoretical top-end than the larger diameter versions, I can spin out in my highest gear on the bigger ones, can't on this one. This coupled with the wind-generator gives the broadest possible range of workouts of any of the Kreitler line, in my opinion.

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I just wanted to share an experience I had with the people at realcyclist.com. For those of you who don't know, they are the same people that run bonktown, chainlove, huchnroll and I think Backcountry.com and backcountryoutlet.

I ordered a Kreitler flywheel from them. The box broke open in transit. The UPS driver leaned the box up against the door to protect the broken seal, so clearly had noticed it. The flywheel was a little scuffed (no big deal) but the drive belt was missing. I talked to UPS who sent a driver to examine the packaging. There wasn't anything to see because all it was just an open box - the problem was that the box was open when it came to me - so they "resolved" the complaint - meaning they closed it without doing anything.

I called realcyclist, spoke with Tayler who suggested that I send the flywheel back for replacement. I suggested that it might be easier just to order a new belt - I was fully prepared to pay for it. He said he would check their inventory and get back to me. A few hours later I had a voicemail that they didn't have any extra belts but that they would order one from Kreitler for me. Two days later, it showed up at my house, direct from Kreiter.

I'm impressed. That is pretty good service. Although I buy mostly from my LBS, I will probably order from them again.