Tire squeaking and slipping on trainer

Mine did this for a while until I had worn them in a bit. I had new tires as well. I also found that making sure they were aired up helped.

Do you have your old tires? If so I'd put them on instead of ruining your new tires.

No, I didn't keep my old tires. I had planned to put a lot of miles on the new ones over the summer but that didn't happen. So these tires are new and the only ones I have

Have you ever heard the phrase "wear the new off them"?

The shiny stuff is a release agent. You need to ride them on rough surface (the road, for instance) until there's no shiny left on them before they'll stop.

You can take it out on 'em on the trainer but it'll take longer.

Why waste new tires on the trainer? Put some cheap training tires on.

My bike shop doesn't even carry a trainer tire. They just sell me their cheapest--think $20--road tire and I use it on the trainer until it falls apart. Some of these tires last a long time so it is a pretty nominal investment. With nice tires costing $50-100 I never use them on the trainer.

It only takes a couple minutes to change a tire and it is good practice in case you get a flat on race day.

I have a very old wheel relegated to trainer status with a used tire. The LBS might give you a throw away

If your LBS is where your new tires (or bike) are from them, go smile
nicely at them and ask them for a used take off to use on your trainer.
Even if they aren't they should be able to furnish you with one, if they have nothing used and they can't sell you a tire for under $15 then you are probably in sports authority not a bike shop...

This is exactly the reason why you should order a trainer tire... if you LBS can't get you one, go online and place the order.

Not only is the slipping annoying, but you are losing some of the quality of your training as well. You should really be able to do a full out sprint on the trainer without any slip at all.

Also, you probably don't need to inflate the tire to 120psi... just because that's the max doesn't mean that you should. I would say 100psi would be sufficient, especially on the trainer where the slightly lower pressure will create a contact patch that is larger.

Edited by audiojan 2012-01-19 8:58 AM

I got a dedicated trainer wheel with trainer tire on it this winter and am enjoying the complete non-slippage and zero squeeks.  The old tire I used last year was a Michelin 4000 and it squeaked no matter what I tried.