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

lafors

CheGuedara wrote: »

+1 - if you're gonna go, go all the way!

LINK

then you'll need a 10spd cassette LINK

Maybe there's something in this 'the boards made me buy it' thing....

Hmmm, that would add about €200 to the total price.
I'd be getting into the selling my bike and just buy a new one territory there, don't really want to do that.
IF I did it, I'd need to replace my front & rear dérailleur plus my chain aswell!

Nah I think I'll stick with converting as a 9spd, then sell it on when I do want to upgrade and buy a full carbon

So should I go for Ultegra or the 105 shifters I had linked to earlier?

Oh and I've been trying to order some Schwalbe Ultremo R Evolution in blue, but can't find them in stock anywhere. Any ideas where I could get them?

Lumen

lafors wrote: »

So should I go for Ultegra or the 105 shifters I had linked to earlier?

If you're going 9sp, what's wrong with Tiagra?

Chips Lovell

I'd say 105 or Tiagra would do the trick.

CheGuedara

Fair enough +1 on 105/tiagra if sticking with 9spd so - no sense in going to greater expense if there's a new machine in sight not so far down the road

ROK ON

Just to throw a spanner in the works.
If you can see yourself moving to a roadbike from a hybrid, then if it was me I wouldnt change anything with your bike, but put the cash aside to get a nice roadbike.

Any money spent now, is money that you wont really get back on a resale - better to bide your time and wait for a new bike.

Also, having seen the bike on the ROK, why bother change the bars - its a fine bike.

Chips Lovell

ROK ON wrote: »

Just to throw a spanner in the works.
If you can see yourself moving to a roadbike from a hybrid, then if it was me I wouldnt change anything with your bike, but put the cash aside to get a nice roadbike.

Any money spent now, is money that you wont really get back on a resale - better to bide your time and wait for a new bike.

Also, having seen the bike on the ROK, why bother change the bars - its a fine bike.

Good point. It all depends on budget. If you see yourself buying a road bike in the next year, then save your pennies and at them to the new bike fund. If you want something to do you for a while, then upgrade it.

Nietzschean

hrmm 4 Boxes Caffeinated Forest Fruits gels @ 111euro.....probably should have erased the cc number from my brain.....

Chips Lovell

Four boxes? Jesus. Are you planning to live on them or something?

DirkVoodoo

el tonto wrote: »

Four boxes? Jesus. Are you planning to live on them or something?

Have you not met the guy? He is part fly or something, he only eats sugar. It's also why he talks a mile a minute, I think he is permanently on a sugar high.

lukester

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Have you not met the guy? He is part fly or something, he only eats sugar. It's also why he talks a mile a minute, I think he is permanently on a sugar high.

On the epic boards spin when we stopped for lunch after 90k, after coming over Slieve Maan and Shay Elliott, everyone else was ravenous and tucking into food, even though we had only taken a cake stop 10k before, and Neetch ate nowt.

Actually, after greasing up his hands trying to fix a chain niggle, I think I did see him lick his fingers.

DirkVoodoo

lukester wrote: »

On the epic boards spin when we stopped for lunch after 90k, after coming over Slieve Maan and Shay Elliott, everyone else was ravenous and tucking into food, even though we had only taken a cake stop 10k before, and Neetch ate nowt.

Actually, after greasing up his hands trying to fix a chain niggle, I think I did see him lick his fingers.

I tried his sugar diet on the ROK, made me feel crap by the end. Waffles are the best on the bike food, easy to digest (no thank you mr.sandwich) and coated in syrup.

lukester

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

I tried his sugar diet on the ROK, made me feel crap by the end. Waffles are the best on the bike food, easy to digest (no thank you mr.sandwich) and coated in syrup.

I love a good waffle, me, but find my pro no-hands riding technique isn't quite up to pouring syrup on the move.

DirkVoodoo

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Have you not met the guy? He is part fly or something, he only eats sugar. It's also why he talks a mile a minute, I think he is permanently on a sugar high.

Hrm, that makes sense. I seem to recall him living on coke (the drink) during college too.

DirkVoodoo

Dónal wrote: »

Hrm, that makes sense. I seem to recall him living on coke (the drink) during college too.

And you never thought to stage an intervention? Tut tut, the man has a sugar problem!

Jay Miyabhai

which Jersy ur talking abt...?:eek:

lafors

ROK ON wrote: »

Just to throw a spanner in the works.
If you can see yourself moving to a roadbike from a hybrid, then if it was me I wouldnt change anything with your bike, but put the cash aside to get a nice roadbike.

Any money spent now, is money that you wont really get back on a resale - better to bide your time and wait for a new bike.

Also, having seen the bike on the ROK, why bother change the bars - its a fine bike.

el tonto wrote: »

Good point. It all depends on budget. If you see yourself buying a road bike in the next year, then save your pennies and at them to the new bike fund. If you want something to do you for a while, then upgrade it.

I want to change the bars for more hand positions, my shoulders/neck was killing me after the ROK. I was thinking of changing the bike soon but if I'm honest I can't see that happening for a couple of years at least seeing as we've a little money pit on the way very soon

el tonto wrote: »

I'd say 105 or Tiagra would do the trick.

CheGuedara wrote: »

Fair enough +1 on 105/tiagra if sticking with 9spd so - no sense in going to greater expense if there's a new machine in sight not so far down the road

I'm thinking 105 myself, no point in having Ultegra shifters when the rest of my gearset is 105.
I hope you're ashamed of yourselves for talking me out of spending more money

uberpixie

since I have discovered chain reaction cycles last week....

x1 cannondale morhpis jacket
x2 continental slick tires
x1 set selaskin gloves for when the weather starts getting cold again

and today... Blackburn quadrant + mars 3.0 rear light combo kit. (for when the weather starts getting dark, replacing the cheap set I picked up when I got the bike just to have something)

Nietzschean

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

And you never thought to stage an intervention? Tut tut, the man has a sugar problem!

if you didn't let your sugar level's dip on the ROK you'd have been super too!...anyway didn't you have a sambo on the ROK and get a cramp after it?

i got 4 boxes, cause i was getting em off manufacturer and cheapest way.... but i do love my gels....

Lumen

This is the guilty admissions thread, right? Forgive me fathers, for I have sinned.

I just got my custom Oakley Flak Jackets through, ordered from the UK website. They are intended to match my latest helmet and jersey combo. Man, I feel vain.

That's "four ten" engraved on the lenses.

FWIW, they worked out cheaper than retail in Ireland.

zzzzzzzz

Lumen wrote: »

This is the guilty admissions thread, right? Forgive me fathers, for I have sinned.

I just got my custom Oakley Radars through, ordered from the UK website. They are intended to match my latest helmet and jersey combo. Man, I feel vain.

That's "four ten" engraved on the lenses.

FWIW, they worked out cheaper than retail in Ireland.

Nice!

Ryaner

Lumen wrote: »

This is the guilty admissions thread, right? Forgive me fathers, for I have sinned.

I just got my custom Oakley Radars through, ordered from the UK website. They are intended to match my latest helmet and jersey combo. Man, I feel vain.

That's "four ten" engraved on the lenses.

FWIW, they worked out cheaper than retail in Ireland.

How much they set you back?

Lumen

Ryaner wrote: »

How much they set you back?

£145.24

Chips Lovell

Hawt

Lumen

Erratum: they're Flak Jackets, not Radars.

Chips Lovell

So, the "ridiculously stylish" eyewar arms race continues.

@Raam, are you going to roll the dice on those outrageous specs you were eyeing up.

AstraMonti

I am wondering, can you get this kind of eyewear with power for short-sightedness? I can't wear contact lenses unfortunately.

Lumen

AstraMonti wrote: »

I am wondering, can you get this kind of eyewear with power for short-sightedness? I can't wear contact lenses unfortunately.

I think, but am not sure, that Rudy Project do glasses like this. However, the only RP lenses worth having are the ImpactX's, the standard ones are not shatterproof (as Tunney discovered recently). It can be quite difficult to find ones with the ImpactX lenses in a decent frame and good colour.

Or maybe something like this.

I am also shortsighted but use daily disposable contact lenses, although this isn't an option for some.

Raam

Lumen wrote: »

This is the guilty admissions thread, right? Forgive me fathers, for I have sinned.

I just got my custom Oakley Flak Jackets through, ordered from the UK website. They are intended to match my latest helmet and jersey combo. Man, I feel vain.

That's "four ten" engraved on the lenses.

FWIW, they worked out cheaper than retail in Ireland.

Jaysus I almost bought those the other week!

Raam

el tonto wrote: »

So, the "ridiculously stylish" eyewar arms race continues.

@Raam, are you going to roll the dice on those outrageous specs you were eyeing up.

Would like to try a similar pair on first for size. But some day... soon

Lumen

Raam wrote: »

Would like to try a similar pair on first for size. But some day... soon

I'm not sure whether you're talking about the Oakleys, but Sunglasses Hut have a decent selection of those, albeit in silly colours (grey FFS!).

My pink costume hasn't arrived yet :cool: