Whats the advantage and disadvantage on the tire drive trainer?
Advantages are quietness and natural resistance, disadvantage is wearing your tire The advantages on tire drive trainer are; 1) Natural pedal feel 2) Stronger resistance 3) Basically quieter than others Tire drive trainer drives the rear wheel at the outer edge of the tire directly via the roller, so the pedal feel becomes better because you use the wheel size maximumly. And the combination of rubber tire and alloy roller is good for avoiding slippage, so it allows to increase the flywheel weight then it can increase the total resistance power. In addition, tire drive trainer has less number of moving parts and the tire works as a cushion to absorb the vibration, so this system can maximumly reduce the noise. Tire drive trainer must wear down the tire, and it cannot be avoided due to its mechanism. However, if you correctly adjust the compression level of the roller to the tire, it could be expected to keep in the same level you use the bike on the actual road.
