Post your Torture Chamber pics!
12-07-08, 08:33 PM
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12-07-08, 08:46 PM
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Well I have to say, the only two that even remotely come close to the description "torture chamber" are aham's "before" pic and rousseau's. Those two pics look like they could have made it in pulp fiction, but the rest? Did anyone ask "please post your multiplex theatres"? Me, I have two bikes and no trainer, but hey, I live in CA....
12-07-08, 08:48 PM
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Well I have to say, the only two that even remotely come close to the description "torture chamber" are aham's "before" pic and rousseau's. Those two pics look like they could have made it in pulp fiction, but the rest? Did anyone ask "please post your multiplex theatres"? Me, I have two bikes and no trainer, but hey, I live in CA....
12-07-08, 08:50 PM
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Torture can take place in any setting....Torture chamber has nothing to do with the chamber itself but everything to do with what happens inside of it.
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12-07-08, 09:30 PM
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12-07-08, 10:14 PM
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Why would anyone want to spend time in a room they feel compelled to label a 'torture chamber'?
You guys are nuts. The world is my torture chamber.
You guys are nuts. The world is my torture chamber.
12-07-08, 10:21 PM
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I imagine that could get very expensive if you insisted on including special apparatus, like say, a tuba.....
12-07-08, 10:27 PM
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Well I have to say, the only two that even remotely come close to the description "torture chamber" are aham's "before" pic and rousseau's. Those two pics look like they could have made it in pulp fiction, but the rest? Did anyone ask "please post your multiplex theatres"? Me, I have two bikes and no trainer, but hey, I live in CA....
its torture for me no matter what my room looks like. honestly, i cant say that this winter my finished room is any less torture. for gosh almighty i rode for 2 hours and didnt move an inch. that is all. later.
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no hatin' here aham - other than the fact that your basement is probably half as big as my entire house.
12-07-08, 11:30 PM
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Some pretty sweet setups in this thread.
garysol1, love the chairs in the theater!
garysol1, love the chairs in the theater!
12-08-08, 06:36 AM
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its the midwest. its 2 degrees outside. i will be inside a lot over the next couple months and need things to distract me. i would trade the basement for a Cali address tomorrow
. later.
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12-08-08, 11:20 AM
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Without getting into the specific mechanics of it, two things: 1) an individual blow like hitting a pothole isn't comparable to a consistent load in one place over long periods of time; 2) the wheel is spinning when you hit the pothole anyway, so the blow glances off of the wheel somewhat. This is why hitting a pothole isn't the same as taking a sledgehammer to a wheel when it's stationary. (not to say that potholes can't ruin wheels, of course).
Yeah, probably not much will happen to the wheel, but on the other hand I don't like the idea of putting so much weight on just one or two spokes for long periods of time.
Yeah, probably not much will happen to the wheel, but on the other hand I don't like the idea of putting so much weight on just one or two spokes for long periods of time.
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12-08-08, 11:24 AM
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Was in the teens Sunday.
Was -12F without wind chill this morning...brrrr.
Here is my trainer area. I share it with my son...his game system and dvd's...my books...
The room is 13'x50'...length of the house and half the width. Soon as son leaves...from my lips to His/Her ears lol...it will become our dedicated fitness/recreation area. Can't wait.
Was -12F without wind chill this morning...brrrr.
Here is my trainer area. I share it with my son...his game system and dvd's...my books...
The room is 13'x50'...length of the house and half the width. Soon as son leaves...from my lips to His/Her ears lol...it will become our dedicated fitness/recreation area. Can't wait.
12-08-08, 12:08 PM
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My Michigan basement! Yes it truly is a dungeon.
I spend almost as much time on the other side.
I spend almost as much time on the other side.
12-08-08, 01:03 PM
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While on my trainer this morning I was thinking about what you said. I then got to thinking what is between my "wheel" and the concrete floor. First I have an inner tube with 70psi. Then I have a plastic dish that the wheel sits in. Then I have a rubber mat, carpet and then the carpet pad. I doubt much real pressure is really even making it to the wheel/bearings at least not any pounding......just some thoughts....
Sure, maybe it won't hurt the wheel at all, though I wouldn't want subject my front wheel to that kind of uneven pressure. How hard is it to take the wheel off and put it on a hitch?
12-08-08, 01:12 PM
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I think I disagree.....I think that the hanging spokes will see the same amount of negative pressure as the spokes below the hub see in positive pressure thus sharing the work load.
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12-08-08, 01:24 PM
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See what happens?
