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

Plastik

Just pulled the trigger Planet X SL Pro with SRAM Rival

Lemag

Don't kill me but...

el tel

Hermy wrote: »

Not a favourite of mine but very, very nice.
Where did you order it from?

It's Primal Wear and I got it from love2pedal.com with a free pair of De Feet socks. Can be bought on ebay though too.

TinyExplosions

-rear wheel built with a Tiagra hub and those rims, and a front rim only as hub is TBC, though possible a dynamo.

Also a lot more to be ordered!

Kav0777

my new helmet courtesy of planet x's summer sale

furiousox

Yes, I did drink "some" wine
Yes, I did then go "online"
Yes, I did then buy this "Giant TCR T-Mobile Carbon Frame"
Yaay me! ......(hic!)......

Hermy

Very nice!

dermur

Just wanted to get two bottle cages but...



In my defence, the lot only cost about 60 Euro. God bless the man who invented China.

Will have to scrape any LA reference from my lovely black "jawbones".

SomeFool

Home:Ballyhoura

dermur wrote: »

Just wanted to get two bottle cages but...



In my defence, the lot only cost about 60 Euro. God bless the man who invented China.

Will have to scrape any LA reference from my lovely black "jawbones".

what website is that? order from them before? any good?

levitronix

looks like chinese ebay, but you can use an agent for a small fee if you dont speak chinese like the rest of us

dermur

Yeah, it's a Chinese version of ebay called www.taobao.com

(apologies in advance if posting links like this is against policy...)

And like Levitronix says, it has spawned some agent sites who help non-Chinese speakers make purchases.

I'm still in China at the moment so I've not used the agents and I don't know if taobao deals internationally directly. If they don't, I'm sure some of those agents sites probably do. Often you can search in English anyway just to see what's available.

In response to Home:Ballyhoura, yes, used them a lot. A lot of regular retailers have a presence on taobao so it's not all just private sellers. I've bought Pro seat post, 3T arx team stem, cycling clothes and lots of non-cycling related stuff with no problems. But like I say, I can't vouch for the agent sites.

Lemag

furiousox wrote: »

Yes, I did drink "some" wine
Yes, I did then go "online"
Yes, I did then buy this "Giant TCR T-Mobile Carbon Frame"
Yaay me! ......(hic!)......

Ebay? What was the damage? You're building up a nice collection;)

smcclaw

furiousox wrote: »

Yes, I did drink "some" wine
Yes, I did then go "online"
Yes, I did then buy this "Giant TCR T-Mobile Carbon Frame"
Yaay me! ......(hic!)......

mmm... thinking about ordering myself a nice new TCR this week too.

always liked the T-Mobile colours

f1000

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walked out of Cycleways with one of these a few days ago. took a lot of adjustemt to get me into the right setup but is way better than the Fizik Pave CX i had used and they also fitted me for the correct width. I still cant get over the fact that I easily dropped a tonne on a saddle!

lafors

Well ordered my 2nd bike today to be used as a beater/town/short commuter bike. Ordered it from my LBS....GO LBS's

Giant Bowery Mashup 2011


and a few bits and pieces...

ednwireland

ahem b'day pressie

Home:Ballyhoura

lafors wrote: »

Well ordered my 2nd bike today to be used as a beater/town/short commuter bike. Ordered it from my LBS....GO LBS's

Giant Bowery Mashup 2011

Mind me asking how much the Bowery's are going for these days?

wanderer 22

got these off ebay, €35 including postage..now to see how long they last!

Zorba

f1000 wrote: »

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I still cant get over the fact that I easily dropped a tonne on a saddle!

Bit steep on the price there, only paid 65 quid for mine delivered to the door from Websters in the UK. granted i had to take a chance on the size but it's worked out very comfy.

f1000

I thought a trip to a LBS would be beneficial as I could get to see exactly what I was buying and get to sit on the spongy saddle fitting yoke. have to say that my rear LOVES the new SL130 addition even though there was a wee bit of mark-up on the RRP.

+



(1993 Toyota Corolla & Hollywood F3 rack).

Captain Havoc

Taking the bike to different parts of the country in your own time rocks.

lafors

Home:Ballyhoura wrote: »

Mind me asking how much the Bowery's are going for these days?

Well if I had actually got it it would have been €675 RRP but about €600. BUT I never got it cause I got a call the next day off my LBS to say Giant don't have any Large left and won't have any left so no bike :mad:

gman2k

Dónal wrote: »

(1993 Toyota Corolla & Hollywood F3 rack).

Where did you buy the Corolla on a credit card?

uberwolf

lafors

Well I got something else



Going to swap the bars for these from my old giant. Cutting them down...but my 1 year old son isn't liking the noise so i'll do it later

Captain Havoc

I wouldn't I think it looks cool as it is, Bowerys always look cool.

Ordered the Contador pedals from CSS.

seamus

Edge 500 arrived this morning.

OK, so it's not just a speedo. 24 pieces of information (including temperature!) across 3 screens? Nerdgasm.

Inquitus

seamus wrote: »

Edge 500 arrived this morning.

OK, so it's not just a speedo. 24 pieces of information (including temperature!) across 3 screens? Nerdgasm.

Aye I am loving mine, the Cadence info sorted out any bad habits I had of grinding away I too high a gear, and the HR info really gives you a good idea of how much effort you are putting in, and how sustainable it is.