After a two year layoff of riding my rollers I have noticed something strange.

My tires are sort of melting onto the drums. Can this be true?
I have small globs of rubber all over (well the center) of my drums.

1)how in the heck do I get the rubber off with out ruining the pvc drums?
2)does the tire have too soft of a compound thus should I get different tires?
they are tiaga (sp) mountain slicks. The are new with the little rubber prickly things still on them.
Could the little rubber things be the part that is melting to the drums and if I cut them off will this stop?
3)is conti the only makers of roller specific tires?

Thanks

After a two year layoff of riding my rollers I have noticed something strange.

My tires are sort of melting onto the drums. Can this be true?
I have small globs of rubber all over (well the center) of my drums.

1)how in the heck do I get the rubber off with out ruining the pvc drums?
2)does the tire have too soft of a compound thus should I get different tires?
they are tiaga (sp) mountain slicks. The are new with the little rubber prickly things still on them.
Could the little rubber things be the part that is melting to the drums and if I cut them off will this stop?
3)is conti the only makers of roller specific tires?

Thanks

I used to have that problem with tires that were underinflated or made of natural rubber. I always had the most success with cheap high mileage tires like a conti 2000 slick. You are really that concerned about cornering on rollers, use a nice quality training tire with a hard tread compound. Your MTB slick is likely a soft compound plus a large contact patch.

So the next question is, how do I get the rubber off of the drums?

Try an edge of an old credit card to scrape it off, it shouldn't be hard enough to damage the PVC.

It's 700c, and I have no personal experience, but Conti makes a roller-specific tyre. They say that regular road tyres can build up lotsa heat with no road to dissipate it, and so can melt / break down. Anyone hear of this? Silly or useful?