VwFix

My torture setup.

Spin Bike with a hacked together Wahoo Blue SC for seed and cadence.

Darth Steele

my wife doesn't like when I post of her online

perhaps later I can sneak one of her

Yendor72

Here is my set up, large speakers to drown out my sobbing and a TV to keep me occupied. Diamondback Fitness 510ic spin bike torture device.

Wesley36

lol, I guess it is all relative. In my house we have been talking about spending $150-$200 on a new screen for the living room - and for Xmas, we just might take the plunge. Probably after Xmas tho, when the sales start. We are talking in the 24"- 32" range.

But having a spare $1k+ in the budget for a TV? I don't mean to judge, your life, your priorities, but for me, "not rolling in dough" and spending thousands on a home entertainment system just does not compute. I guess we have different points of reference.

cydewaze

Along with this in the other room:

Gege-Bubu

I finally got a proper training tire:

2014-12-03 (337/365)

I watch biathlon in winter:

XK8V3230

2014-12-17 (351/365)

PatrickGSR94

You know, it is possible to SAVE UP for nice things, even though you're not spewing out money all the time.

Wesley36

Yes, it is, but again, it is a question of priorities. Off the top of my head, agriculturally productive land, education savings for my kids, and retirement savings are all higher priorities for my family than spending $1k+ on a TV. I have no interest in making more space in my life for TV. I do not know, nor presume to know, what your priorities are, but for me it is the kind of lol moment that the internet is sometimes good for, when you interact with someone who just has a totally different life situation/ take on things.

Others are equally jarred by my spending money on my bikes and bike clothes, I'm no one to judge.

SLICEOFHEAVEN

Carbonfiberboy 

Now this is more like a proper dungeon. Note the sweat puddle under the rollers, convenient post for shackling, artistically decorated door for confining hobbits, half-stripped carbon frame, spare tandem wheel with drum brake, assorted torture tools, animal trap, and head-saver pad (never used). The foreground bike is my wife's "little bike": a road-converted MTB. We share the pain.

The bike on the rollers is an Ultegra equipped Nashbar Framé, quite a good winter bike frame for $120.

My parents owned TVs which convinced me to never own one of my own. We do have a small flat panel at the foot of our bed for watching Netflix, but it's not hooked up to anything except the DVD player.

beatlebee 

@Carbonfiberboy: like

BarryJo

Just curious @Carbonfiberboy, what do you use for visual/ audible stimulation in there?
And it looks smelly.
I like it!

Carbonfiberboy 

For auditory, our local classic rock station. For visual, my wife.

Most recent fave Netflix, My Perestroika.

rufiedog

This thing is amazing!

frisbie17

I so wish we had a like button on the forum. +1

Omiak

R1lee

since some of you are posting your torture chambers and man cave's, here are mine. Some of these pictures are pretty old, as I've added some new stuff. The one with the bike is current. These rooms are opposite to each other, so the TV is sitting on the same wall as my Projection screen. My theater runs 30x26 and my "play area" for the kids run 25x20.


158" 2.35:1 Widescreen.

killian21

Here's my dungeon in the garage. Finally got the TV and Roku player set up so I can watch Netflix, etc and it makes it a lot more tolerable.

Machka 

One of my favourite "torture chambers" was my living room in an apartment where I used to live. I had the TV to keep me occupied (lots of commercial intervals), but I also had the sliding doors to my balcony right there so that when I rode on cold and snowy weekends, I could open the doors for some fresh air and daylight, and I could watch what was going on outside.

bigdo13

holy ****....

bigdo13

nothing elaborate at all.... but it is my oasis, or as close as I can get to it in these frigid months.

PatrickGSR94

HELL yeah, constant image height with anamorphic lens I presume? What projector and lens?

I was into home theaters LONG before I was into cycling.

Astrozombie

That's a sick stack of Emotiva Amps!!! I think most of us would love the B setup

R1lee

projector is the Panasonic pt-ae8000. No lense, I use the automatic zoom function, works wonderful.


haha yes they were very heavy. Only thing missing in the picture that i added later was a submersive sub for the rear riser. My goal would to put in another pb13-ultra for the front to balance it the look. But the room puts out so much bass that I'm quite happy.

BigC_82

Here is my bike in trainer mode



Here is my custom iPhone mount as I watch YouTube videos.