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

tawfeeredux

Lumen wrote: »

I suggest you buy unbelievably expensive bars, e.g. Zipp. Then you'll find them perfectly adequate and practically irreplaceable.

Sounds like a plan! (just added these babies to my wishlist, I get nauseous whenever the mouse gets anywhere near the Buy button though).

Lumen

tawfeeredux wrote: »

Sounds like a plan! (just added these babies to my wishlist, I get nauseous whenever the mouse gets anywhere near the Buy button though).

Perfect for commuting!

Idleater

Lumen wrote: »

Perfect for commuting!

And you get a 10% discount! You'd be mad not to

manwithaplan

tawfeeredux wrote: »

Sounds like a plan! (just added these babies to my wishlist, I get nauseous whenever the mouse gets anywhere near the Buy button though).

I have a 10% off voucher expiring on 15 October that I won't be using. Not sure how transferable it is but you are welcome to it (just says you have to enter my e-mail address which I can give you).

tawfeeredux

manwithaplan wrote: »

I have a 10% off voucher expiring on 15 October that I won't be using. Not sure how transferable it is but you are welcome to it (just says you have to enter my e-mail address which I can give you).

Cheers manwithaplan, I got one too, mine expires on 15th November (which is handier than one that's out of date:)).

It's the first voucher I've received from CRC, thought it might be something to do with the fact that I've currently got €4.5k worth of stuff in my wishlist (actually make that €5.25k with the addition of those Controltech bars!), but seems everyone got one.

manwithaplan

Doh! Meant November. And I thought I was special.

tawfeeredux

manwithaplan wrote: »

Doh! Meant November. And I thought I was special.

we're all special

seamus

I gave in. €86 delivered (with the 10% discount) for a €120 pair of lights. Can't really go wrong.

RedB

Thinking of getting a turbo from Bike24. Anyone have any vouchers or coupons available for there that they won't be using?

tunguska

Went into the cyclesuperstore today to get one of the lads to look at my front wheel, just to see if I may need to order a new one a couple of weeks down the road...............Cut to 20mins later Im walking out of the shop with no bike having left it in to have put on it: 2 x manvic wheels, 2 x Continental GP4000S Tyres, 2 x tubes, 2 x sets of brake blocks. Total estimated cost = 300quid. Feck sake...

feck sake lads

just got delivery of ortlieb front panniers and tubus duo racki now have enough gear to tour the planet not that i ever will:D:D
the family reckon i'm a bloody gannet;)

inkedpt

Saturday I went to wheelworx to get 6€ of oil for my hybrid and stepped out with a.. trek 1.2 (still need to buy the oil:rolleyes:)

manwithaplan

Bought a pair of dhb padless roubaix bib tights for 40 imperial pounds. Other than putting them on in the kitchen to give the kids a laugh, I haven't tested them yet. Pretty good fit though and seem fleecy warm. Not sure if Raam will let me wear them with my assos jacket though.

I expect a pair of pro tarmac neoprene overshoes to be waiting for me at home later.

As a result of these and a number of other purchases, I am ready to kick winter's ass.

https://www.bike24.net/1.php?content=8;navigation=1;menu=1000,2,103,105;product=7245

I'm blaming my gf for this one, she offered her bike (which can take 35mm tyres) for winter and said perhaps I should look into getting proper winter tyres.

Hrm. Come to think of it, it may have been a trap.

ednwireland

Dónal wrote: »

https://www.bike24.net/1.php?content=8;navigation=1;menu=1000,2,103,105;product=7245

I'm blaming my gf for this one, she offered her bike (which can take 35mm tyres) for winter and said perhaps I should look into getting proper winter tyres.

Hrm. Come to think of it, it may have been a trap.

when you gonna use those tyres ? they'll be wrecked after a couple of miles of tarmac (if thats ice studs i see in them )

Lumen

ednwireland wrote: »

when you gonna use those tyres ? they'll be wrecked after a couple of miles of tarmac (if thats ice studs i see in them )

Not true. The studs love you long time. Great tyres. Roll on the snow, much smugness awaits.

ednwireland

Lumen wrote: »

Not true. The studs love you long time. Great tyres. Roll on the snow, much smugness awaits.

really i thought theyd just rip out, be pretty slippy if your in mixed conditions though (but i gues its six of one and half a dozen of the other at that point)

Lumen

ednwireland wrote: »

really i thought theyd just rip out, be pretty slippy if your in mixed conditions though (but i gues its six of one and half a dozen of the other at that point)

No, they're completely fine on tarmac, since the studs hook into the surface irregularities. They're only slippy on ceramic tiles, but I generally dismount for the part of my commute that crosses the kitchen floor. :pac:

mfdc

Lumen wrote: »

Not true. The studs love you long time. Great tyres. Roll on the snow, much smugness awaits.

I got a pair in the snowpocalypse earlier this year, but they arrived after the snow had passed. Since then I've been looking forward to the giant smug grin I'll have when it snows this year, rolling into work like the michelin man

uberwolf

expensive day.
Assos LL.716 Bibtight S5 Insert 2011

Rapha merino base layer

Rapha winter socks

Rapha winter collar

so yes, in summary I'm a sucker for marketing.

Raam

uberwolf wrote: »

expensive day.
Assos LL.716 Bibtight S5 Insert 2011

Rapha merino base layer

Rapha winter socks

Rapha winter collar

so yes, in summary I'm a sucker for marketing.

This post pleases me.

tawfeeredux

Black socks though?

Raam

tawfeeredux wrote: »

Black socks though?

I trust Uberwolf to use them responsibly.

Paul Kiernan

uberwolf wrote: »

expensive day.
Assos LL.716 Bibtight S5 Insert 2011

Rapha merino base layer

Rapha winter socks

Rapha winter collar

so yes, in summary I'm a sucker for marketing.

Where do you buy Rapha? Usual suspects don't stock 'em!

I like that collar, it'd make a perfect Christmas pressie for my missus. She was complaining about her neck being cold coming down the Shay Elliot yesterday.

uberwolf

Paul Kiernan wrote: »

Where do you buy Rapha? Usual suspects don't stock 'em!

I like that collar, it'd make a perfect Christmas pressie for my missus. She was complaining about her neck being cold coming down the Shay Elliot yesterday.

from the site

High Nellie

Can that Marino wool be normally machine-washed

ROK ON

Yes.

levitronix

uberwolf wrote: »

expensive day.
Assos LL.716 Bibtight S5 Insert 2011

Rapha merino base layer

Rapha winter socks

Rapha winter collar

so yes, in summary I'm a sucker for marketing.

You ve got deep pockets for winter gear !!!!

dockc

Any one got discount code for prendas?

lafors

Ordered a Tacx Flow turbo trainer from here

Good price! Pity I can't have it until Christmas, the missus is buying it for me :eek: