The "I should have left the credit card at home" thread

ROK ON

Black LS Lampre jersey. Warm and fleece lined. Lovely.

Now Prendas will be stocking Mapei tights, LS jersey and gilet.
I feel a new wardrobe is on the way.

Caroline_ie

Just got a Black Molteni Jersey and cap ... and belgian socks for my Bday Woohoo!

CarlosK

ROK ON wrote: »

Black LS Lampre jersey. Warm and fleece lined. Lovely.

Now Prendas will be stocking Mapei tights, LS jersey and gilet.
I feel a new wardrobe is on the way.

You'd wanna get urself down to IKEA too then!!!

Jawgap

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Just got a Black Molteni Jersey and cap ... and belgian socks for my Bday Woohoo!

the one on Prendas? Nice.

Caroline_ie

Jawgap wrote: »

the one on Prendas? Nice.

Yes it's great looking isnt it

penexpers

661 SPD shoes (in black)



Skull cap (in black)

Got Bike No. 3 delivered today.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=55562

uberwolf

tacx satori en route, along with some gatorskins. Wanted Vittoria Pave, but they don't seem to be in stock anywhere.

Priced the Satori in a lot of places. 24bike and Ribble were v.compet but out of stock. By the time I factored shipping in Slane cycles were only a little (sub 10) euro out on the price.

But most impressively, and I'm stunned, was that at 10 to five this evening, not 5 minutes after putting the order through I got a phone call from them. One or two minor issues, would I mind waiting for one minor thing and they could ship it tonight for delivery tomorrow!!!! Saturday!!! Wow.

paddymacsporran

Heading over to the London Cycle Show tomorrow.

Worried how much I'll spend on shiny goodies already....

savedbythebell

2 of these.........ummm light.......:)

buffalo

As well as another set of lights, and a smaller saddle bag, because I've been self-conscious about my usual one since Caroline commented on it at the Orwell randonee.

mloc123

My credit card has taken a hammering over the last 3/4 weeks...

Shoes

Powertap

Light

Jacket

And a few trips to decathlon while in France...

youcancallmeal

Got these skewers for a little extra security. Was a bit worried about the quality because of some of the reviews reporting the allen key rounding the hole very easily. I put them on last night and they seem fairly well built to me. Some people must be tightening them very hard!



Also ordered the wrong brake pads :mad:
Got these where I should of got these for my v-brakes. My fault but Sure they look almost identical to an amateur like me!!

joker77

Bought a new pair of shoes - Mavic Avenir to go with my new pedals Look Keo 2 Max (Graphite)

Haven't tried them yet, might take her out for a quick spin later, if not then tomorrow

ROK ON

This is a plug. The cycling blog http://redkiteprayer.com has some custom cycling clothing for sale. I think it looks great and bought a set last year. To be honest the jersey is way too lightweight for cycling in Ireland (but would be excellent in a hot climate).

The shorts however are the best that I have ever had. Way better than my Assos shorts IMHO.
I recd two pairs instead of one last year due to a mistake by RKP.

The shorts are made by Panache and use a Cytec chamois. The are stylish, fit impeccably well and are UBER comfy.

At $95 (circa €69) I would highly recommend these shorts. Great shorts at an insane price IMHO.

I will be ordering more.

ROK ON

Price mistake by me. Actually $105/120 depending on the short.
Still a good price I feel.

joker77

That's a pretty confusing website....

On the Store page - there's 6 items, none of which are shorts?

Hail 2 Da Thief

joker77 wrote: »

That's a pretty confusing website....

On the Store page - there's 6 items, none of which are shorts?

Click on body!

uberwolf

ROK ON wrote: »

This is a plug. The cycling blog http://redkiteprayer.com has some custom cycling clothing for sale. I think it looks great and bought a set last year. To be honest the jersey is way too lightweight for cycling in Ireland (but would be excellent in a hot climate).

The shorts however are the best that I have ever had. Way better than my Assos shorts IMHO.
I recd two pairs instead of one last year due to a mistake by RKP.

The shorts are made by Panache and use a Cytec chamois. The are stylish, fit impeccably well and are UBER comfy.

At $95 (circa €69) I would highly recommend these shorts. Great shorts at an insane price IMHO.

I will be ordering more.

mini group buy worth while?

ROK ON

uberwolf wrote: »

mini group buy worth while?

Might be an idea. However I ordered two sets of kit from the US this year. This kit and some from DZ Nuts.
The RKP kit came thru fine but the other kit (which was a cheaper order) was hit badly for customs charges and admin charges which I am still contesting.
It has made me wary of packages from the US. However it still maybe worth contacting rkp to see if we could get bulk discount.

DirkVoodoo

I think this is close to 8 weeks in the making, finally arrived today:



Along with this (POW! Am I in the club yet?):



I also got some DHB 2011 stuff: Merino base layer and Pace Roubaix Bib Tights, have to say from initial impressions the difference between this new line and previous DHB stuff is like night and day, quality looks amazing. Will know more when I have broken them in.

dare2be

buffalo wrote: »

As well as another set of lights, and a smaller saddle bag, because I've been self-conscious about my usual one since Caroline commented on it at the Orwell randonee.

Any good this Tacx flow??

manwithaplan

One of these:



Decent mid-range pannier - frayed bungee cord thrown in bin.

Got a thin windstopper hat too. Should fit under the helmet on the occasions the helmet is worn.

Oldlegs

Lumen already posted this in another forum, but very relevant to this "Must Have" thread ...

Heads-up cycling computer display

http://www.4iiii.com/

Karagesh

Oldlegs wrote: »

Lumen already posted this in another forum, but very relevant to this "Must Have" thread ...

Heads-up cycling computer display

http://www.4iiii.com/

While watching a time trial, I invented something like this in my head only linked into the Di2 gear system so you don't have to look down to see what gear your in. As always some else beat me to it

Bluefoam

Karagesh wrote: »

While watching a time trial, I invented something like this in my head only linked into the Di2 gear system so you don't have to look down to see what gear your in. As always some else beat me to it

You should sue them. Have you any evidence you thought of it first?

Karagesh

Bluefoam wrote: »

You should sue them. Have you any evidence you thought of it first?

I am too lazy to be a businessman and don't have a clue about patent systems. I think a wireless system Ant+ style that linked into the Di2 system would be awesome but they probably have this all locked up.

Megabucks

redmaxi

This; from Canyon's outlet store. €1349.00 incl. delivery. Oh christ, what have I done !

feck sake lads

redmaxi wrote: »

This; from Canyon's outlet store. €1349.00 incl. delivery. Oh christ, what have I done !

you done good buddy class looking bike enjoy;)

Hail 2 Da Thief

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

I also got some DHB 2011 stuff: Merino base layer and Pace Roubaix Bib Tights, have to say from initial impressions the difference between this new line and previous DHB stuff is like night and day, quality looks amazing. Will know more when I have broken them in.

I'm considering buying a pair of the Pace Roubaix Bib Tights.
Alot of the reviews on the site flag that the ankle zips knock off your shoes as you cycle & also come undone.
Have you experienced this too?
I would like to stick with the DHB brand as my DHB Finchdean bib shorts are a very good fit!