I always loved track bikes: to ride but even more as an object. When I joined South Korea, I discovered this was home of Engine 11 at any corner of a street. I needed to get one! At the same time, I started using a home trainer using Zwift Cog. And I immediately thought I could use a conversion kit to use a track bike with it, getting a proper opportunity to justify buying a new bike for this purpose 😊 An extensive search on the internet led me to Velobike. After some good exchanges, I chose to go for Turbo Trainer Single-Speed Adapter and not only Dropout Adapters as I was concerned with proper alignment with the Zwift Cog. Once ordered, this was quickly received in South Korea in a nice package. I was surprised how well the Dropout Adapters fits the bike. I had already planned for a longer chain, so installation was quick and easy. This is perfect, I am so happy this justified to buy a new bike 😅 If I had just one comment, it would have been great to have the thickness indicated on the spacers which would have help me with the alignment of the sprocket.
A last note for Zwift users: it is too bad Zwift Click is not sold separately as it is fully compatible with Velobike’s Turbo Trainer Single-Speed Adapter.
Still needed to make some trainer adjustments on the non-drive side to get the spacing perfect but was very simple. My trainer also made it annoying to tension the chain properly while the bike was mounted because the inside gap between the frame and the trainer wasn't large enough for the hex wrench. All manageable though and everything works great.
Now I can train on a track bike all year round
Perfect adapter which allows me to get in efforts on the track bike when I can’t get to a velodrome. Would recommend 👍🏻
