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I've been staying away from the classifieds and ebay recently, I was just torturing myself with stuff I can't afford

I think he dropped it to like 150 or so. Free postage.. ;) Always liked the USSR frames though, i think they look great!

Weird headset sizes on them though - almost impossible to find too - so you're a bit screwed if the guy hasn't taken care of it, which is likely, as most of them are ratty.

I lusted after them for ages though, so feel your pain!

Ok, I have the grand total of £0 to spend on anything bike related at the moment, and that's stretching my budget. Stop teasing me, @bengreen!

Just ordered an awesome snapback...completely unrelated, but this is the off topic thread, no!?

That's true, they do look lovely though! Just to add to it though, i'd love some of these on that bike above, not for hipster points though..

Zero drive chain... What a useless wanky picture?!

Crazy saddle to drops too! It was just for the for sale picture i believe, but just look at those wheels!!

Much scoblebrick

Not sure i agree with the nipple

Changed my mind on that saddle to drop angle, check this one out.. the top bike..

http://www.lfgss.com/conversations/250380/?offset=200#comment11923320

I got a 3rd on Strava...I might end up getting addicted now

You missed the arms out ^^^

Haha!! Next time!

Shower at work has been withdrawn from service for a few days. Was going to go for a ride before work tomorrow but its not going to happen. Need to find which box my good lights are in and get night riding!

Can anyone recommend a price friendly trainer?

Was looking at this but not sure if it's any good

Yes...it's called "outside"

;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bmBxQHbZQQ

:)

Not sure about price friendly ones - just remember that any money you do save you'll have to spend on getting a turbo tyre/possibly a spare back wheel so it doesn't take ages to swap everything over.

Haha, sorry mate I couldn't resist!

In all fairness I've only commuted by bike twice in this shitty weather and I'm already fed up of it.

I've always fancied having a go on rollers - got visions of spinning away in the garage watching TV and getting in ridiculous shape

The picture seems to suggest that i would put my bike into it, lock the nuts in place then go at it, perhaps i was wrong though, will need more research!

@hudsoncjnr I expected it! ;) Yeah, i commute on the bike every day, but it's not hard nor is it far, just fancied being able to do more of a workout in the comfort of my house!

Yeah, that's exactly what you do, but turbo trainers rely on the back tyre being under a very large amount of force in order to provide the friction to turn the cylinder. The rubber compound of a normal road tyre isn't hard enough for this kind of usage - any long period of will heat the tyre up to the point of destruction, rubber pellets will roll themselves off your tyre, firing themselves off the back of the trainer, coating the wall/floor in rubber residue, and completely ruining the tyre in the process. Hence why turbo specific tyres exist. Of course, it's much easier to find a spare rear road wheel to swap out, and the wonder of qr makes it a 30 second job. There's a bit more faff involved swapping a rear track wheel out each time you want to ride, which is why I've never bought one.

Ah that does sound like quite a bit of extra hassle and money, might give it a miss for now, the weather isn't that bad.

There are always turbos and rollers for sale on the Norwich cycle swap facebook

Didn't know there was such a thing! Looking now!

^ They also come up on Gumtree regularly. Elites for about £40 ish is common.