Alembicbassman
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Last winter I went out in all weathers, but despite my best efforts to clean my mountain bike after every ride the salt spray got into places that I didn't want it to.
This year I decided to take things indoors, but as cheap as I could get it.
£10 for the turbo trainer, not the finest piece of engineering but it does the job - just.
I bought the Muddyfox Glide as an almost complete bike for £20. It had a set of nearly new Conti Gatorskins on, these went on my other bike. Took off the 8 speed wheels, cassette, drop bars, brakes and shifters. I added some wheels, tyres and 7 speed freewheel salvaged from a scrapped bike I got free off a neighbour. The shifter is an old 1990s 100GS rapid fire. I only need to run it in the 52T big ring to give enough resistance. I already had the multibar handlebars , stem, saddle and seatpost in the parts bin to complete it.
This year I decided to take things indoors, but as cheap as I could get it.
£10 for the turbo trainer, not the finest piece of engineering but it does the job - just.
I bought the Muddyfox Glide as an almost complete bike for £20. It had a set of nearly new Conti Gatorskins on, these went on my other bike. Took off the 8 speed wheels, cassette, drop bars, brakes and shifters. I added some wheels, tyres and 7 speed freewheel salvaged from a scrapped bike I got free off a neighbour. The shifter is an old 1990s 100GS rapid fire. I only need to run it in the 52T big ring to give enough resistance. I already had the multibar handlebars , stem, saddle and seatpost in the parts bin to complete it.
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