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Originally Posted by macker
You should be able to get the trainers under $400 now as they have come down quite a bit and you won't need to get a set of tires just a rear trainer tire as that is the only tire that wears on the trainer. Cyclepath has these for $40-$45. I have used both of my road bikes on the trainer and never had a problem with the drive train but I would be pretty upset if that did ever happen.
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I had this dicussion with the guy at Ridleys. And did the spinner on his suggestion. The bike I bought is Altegra across the board, which is pretty expensive to replace. Not dura-ace expensive, but close. He said the drive train stays "fresh" for about 5000 kms, before it starts needing to look at maintenence. At 200 kms a week, that is a lot of wear to put on a bike, that isn't being used for its intended purpose. I figured the cost of the spinner, offset the cost of the wear I would otherwise put on my road bike.