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This year I have resolved to train during the winter months, so as to be in good condition come the spring.
Whilst the weather is currently unseasonably clement, it can only be a matter of time until everything turns to shit, and when it does I don't really fancy subjecting an expensive bike, with an expensive groupset to the gunk, crap and salt that gets everywhere at this time of year.
As a consequence, I am going to build up a bike specifically for winter training. I don't want to spend too much on it, or get madly absorbed into this 'project', but at the same time it needs to be good enough to make it worth leaving the warmth of the house on the weekend and see what mother nature has to offer on the lanes of rural Kent. Hopefully, most of what I need will be lurking somewhere in the deep recesses of my shed.
To start with, I have had a NOS Gazelle frame in the Classifieds for ages. If the folks on here won't even stump up the asking price, a mere £165.00, I might as well use it myself. Here it is in sunnier times:
Now to find some parts.