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

angry_fox

These were all bought over the last week after a crash that resulted in a trip to hospital.

gaffmaster

I took the plunge - I am about to own two bikes. I Opted for Olive.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/charge-plug-grinder-2010/

lafors

Nothing fancy just changing my michelin pros for these ultremo zx



And 5 new tubes

seamus

Good price. So I bought two.

Coming from an MTB background, I'd never really considered the impact of a tyre on speed. All I knew was
knobblies == slow
slicks == fast

My average speed dropped noticeably close to the end of last Autumn. Commute time increased by about 1 minute (2 minutes on the way home) and I just couldn't bring it back down. Lost about 1-1.5km/h over the hills. I had to absolutely murder myself over the last 20km of the Paddy Martin to pull off 25km/h over the full 100km.
I thought I was getting tired, or perhaps it was the weather, or the fact that I was wearing bib tights rather than bib shorts.

I never considered that switching tyres could have such a drastic effect on speed. Not on a road bike anyway. But lo, even Schwalbe themselves admit that their budget road tyre is slow as ****e. Decent enough tyre though. One puncture (I think) over about 3000km.
Looking forward to these new tyres now. Though I'm probably expecting a little too much from them

lennymc

new shoes



very comfy

thebouldwhacker

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This should probibly be in a 'I should have left myself at home and not gone to Dubin' thread, all in less than 24hours, mix of new and second hand for touring, gonna keep the Shimano shoes for the mtb, the Scott shoes are unbelievably comfy, they really feel like walking shoes...


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thebouldwhacker

Oh, and this too....

angry_fox

Just ordered it, the girlfriend going to go bananas when she sees this months credit card bill

Captain Havoc

angry_fox wrote: »

Just ordered it, the girlfriend going to go bananas if she sees this months credit card bill

Fixed that for you

angry_fox

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Fixed that for you

Cheers,

all I need now is pedals, shoes, jerseys......

Zorba

angry_fox wrote: »

Cheers,

all I need now is pedals, shoes, jerseys.......and a new credit card !!

.

Karagesh

angry_fox wrote: »

Just ordered it, the girlfriend going to go bananas when she sees this months credit card bill

I have last years version of that bike. Great buy.

Explain that the purchase is cheaper than the gym ;P

Bunnyhopper

Lemag wrote: »

could I have done better for price elsewhere?

Merlin VIP prices also look decent, but not cheaper by enough to worry about.

Levers £292.46
Front Mech £58.46
Rear Mech £67.46
= £418.38

Free delivery over £100

lennymc

Karagesh wrote: »

Explain that the purchase is cheaper than the gym ;P

i am soooo going to use this one.

Lemag

Bunnyhopper wrote: »

Merlin VIP prices also look decent, but not cheaper by enough to worry about.

Levers £292.46
Front Mech £58.46
Rear Mech £67.46
= £418.38

Free delivery over £100

Yeah. Cheers. Only occured to me afterwards though. I wouldn't really mind but Ribble had the front mech in stock when I ordered it only for a note to accompany the rest of the stuff when they arrived stating that it had been out of stock and would follow. I should get it before the w/e but I've missed out on a week

Lemag

angry_fox wrote: »

Just ordered it, the girlfriend going to go bananas when she sees this months credit card bill

Just tell her that she's looking beautiful. Even if it's a lie. The Gf, not the bike, btw.;)

ednwireland

new oakleys

Hail 2 Da Thief

^^^ They look nicer than they did in the pic on the website. Wish I'd pulled the trigger now!

Lemag

ednwireland wrote: »

new oakleys

I got those exact ones last week. An absolute steal.

el tel

New square taper bottom bracket to get my classic Carlton racing bike serviceable once more.£15 nothing too serious. CRC naturellement.

ednwireland

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

^^^ They look nicer than they did in the pic on the website. Wish I'd pulled the trigger now!

yeh they are nice my last pair were from 1999 g30 iridium lense isnt that dark but here thats prob not a bad thing

edit : new sunglasses sun goes in for first time in a week - typical

el tel wrote: »

New square taper bottom bracket to get my classic Carlton racing bike serviceable once more.£15 nothing too serious. CRC naturellement.

CRC you crazy man

olmo

Just found out these fit my old resurrected Mavic 646 pedals!

olmo

Thought I'd treat my back side also!

dquirke1

Had to replace my crappy lidl glasses so headed into vision express and ended up with these

Now all i need is some sun to justify the (rather high) pricetag :cool:

Idleater

dquirke1 wrote: »

Had to replace my crappy lidl glasses so headed into vision express and ended up with these

so it's your fault the rain has arrived!


Just arrived in the post:


so, team kit... check
team bike... check... no wait, needs one further upgrade:

Dubba

Assos T FI Uno Black Bib Shorts from ribble - 20% off €129 delivered:

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-track-bike/Assos-T-FI-Uno-Bib-Shorts/ASSOZBBS260

What is their delivery service like, did I see posts here with people having issues?

murph226

Garmin Edge 500 bundle, hope its here for the weekend!

kennyb3

Castelli presto bib shorts
Northwave Blaster Short Sleeve Jersey

Present of a voucher, so CC largely intact

ednwireland

more a*se cream

AstraMonti

Lots and
lots and
lots ...
repeat n
lots of stuff!

The new bike is better come up looking like a fecking piece of art!