Wheel support

A bicycle trainer assembly, comprising:

• a bicycle having a wheel;
• a housing resting upon a surface;
• a first substantially trough shaped wheel receiving region, a second substantially trough shaped wheel receiving region, and a third substantially trough shaped wheel receiving region, wherein each substantially trough shaped wheel receiving region is integrally formed with the housing and has respective side walls, wherein the side walls are spaced to support the wheel in a substantially upright position in relation to the surface, the trough shaped wheel receiving regions being superposed and intersecting to produce a generally star-shaped pattern;
• the first wheel receiving region being configured to support the wheel at a first height above the surface when the housing rests upon the surface;
• the second wheel receiving region being configured to support the wheel at a second height above the surface when the housing rests upon the surface;
• and
• the third wheel receiving region being configured to support the wheel at a third height above the surface when the housing rests upon the surface, the first, second, and third heights being different from one another.

Apparatus for supporting wheels of bicycles being used in a bicycle trainer above a surface, comprising:

• a housing adapted to rest upon the surface and a plurality of substantially trough shaped wheel receiving regions integrally formed with the housing, each region having respective side walls wherein the side walls are spaced to support the wheel in a substantially upright position in relation to the surface, the trough shaped wheel receiving regions being superposed and intersecting to produce a generally star-shaped pattern;
• a first wheel receiving region of said plurality of wheel receiving regions integral with the housing and configured to support a first wheel having a first radius at a first height above the surface when the housing rests upon the surface;
• and
• a second wheel receiving region of said plurality of wheel receiving regions integral with the housing and configured to support a second wheel having a second radius at a second height above the surface when the housing rests upon the surface, wherein the second height is different from the first height.

A method for supporting a wheel of a bicycle being used in a bicycle trainer at a plurality of heights above a surface comprising:

• providing in a housing adapted to rest upon the surface a first wheel receiving region configured to support the wheel at a first height above the surface when the housing rests upon the surface;
• providing, in the housing, a second wheel receiving region configured to support the wheel at a second height above the surface when the housing rests upon the surface, the second height being different from the first height;
• and
• providing, in the housing, a third wheel receiving region configured to support the wheel at a third height above the surface when the housing rests upon the surface, the third height being different from either the first or second heights.

A method for supporting a wheel of a bicycle being used in a bicycle trainer at a height above a surface, comprising:

• providing, in a housing adapted to rest upon the surface, a first wheel receiving region configured to support the wheel of a first radius above the surface when the housing rests upon the surface;
• providing, in the housing, a second wheel receiving region configured to support a wheel of a second radius above the surface when the housing rests upon the surface, the second radius being different from the first radius;
• providing, in the housing, a third wheel receiving region configured to support a wheel of a third radius above the surface when the housing rests upon the surface, the third radius being different from either the first or second radius, the first, second, and third radii being different from one another, the first, second, and third wheel receiving regions being substantially trough shaped, and the first, second, and third wheel receiving regions having respective side walls;
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• providing support to a wheel with one of said wheel receiving region respective side walls so as to support the wheel in a substantially upright position with respect to the surface.