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

Borderfox

Bontranger paridym saddle, chamois cream, compact chainset and new rear derailleur. Next time it will be BTW scheme

Daroxtar

iwillhtfu wrote: »

This isn't the place for a strip tease, full frontal please

Fair enough so.
Mix and match of components to keep the price down and give me excuses to upgrade in future. Full Ultegra 6800 groupset.
Shimano RS11 wheels.
No apologies for dressing an Italian in Japanese clothes, it saved me a fortune

g0g

Ok granted this one isn't technically a bike or accessories that would go out with me, but it's still invaluable! In the days of Google Maps and GPS I still think there's still nothing quite like a big map on the wall! Have been determined to get a North Wicklow one for the last year and finally organised it a few weeks ago. They're dirt cheap from OSI (without any folds) and the only real cost is getting one properly framed! Perfect way to discover new routes - highly recommend it!
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mossym

bought last week, but delivery next week hopefully. credit card felt this one




edit, pic says 110, mine is a 130 BCD for standard chainrings

ZiabR

@Daroxtar where did you buy that from? Lovely bike, is it a 54?

stecleary

went for new shoes and end up spending a fortune on myself and herself. that 6 weeks in a row we have bought bike stuff or bikes!

Daroxtar

logik wrote: »

@Daroxtar where did you buy that from? Lovely bike, is it a 54?

Thanks, it's my pride and joy Huge step up from the high nelly but I'm loving it.
Got it from Www.salden.nl They were great to deal with. I must have wrecked their heads with the amount of questions I asked over a period of about 6 weeks between first enquiring about a different bike and finally buying that one. It's a size M so afaik it's 54. Fits me grand, I'm about 5'9 on a tall day

ZiabR

Daroxtar wrote: »

Thanks, it's my pride and joy Huge step up from the high nelly but I'm loving it.
Got it from Www.salden.nl They were great to deal with. I must have wrecked their heads with the amount of questions I asked over a period of about 6 weeks between first enquiring about a different bike and finally buying that one. It's a size M so afaik it's 54. Fits me grand, I'm about 5'9 on a tall day

Do you speak Dutch or is there an english version of the site? Going to be very cheeking, tell me to piss off if you like what did the bike set you back? How long did it take to arrive from order?

Daroxtar

logik wrote: »

Do you speak Dutch or is there an english version of the site? Going to be very cheeking, tell me to piss off if you like what did the bike set you back? How long did it take to arrive from order?

PM sent

furiousox

Just picked this up on the Canyon factory outlet webpage.
2013 ultimate CF with 105 & mavic ksyrium equipe s wts wheels.

Raam

Lusk_Doyle

^ What did the wife say?!?!

buffalo

mossym wrote: »

bought last week, but delivery next week hopefully. credit card felt this one

Ordered an on-sale power2max last week as well, right after I'd paid for new wheels. Throw in a rainjacket, few nutrition bits and some new bottles, and this month is going to be tight!

mossym

buffalo wrote: »

Ordered an on-sale power2max last week as well, right after I'd paid for new wheels. Throw in a rainjacket, few nutrition bits and some new bottles, and this month is going to be tight!

just got the shipping notice from p2m for mine. should hopefully be there when i get back from japan

buffalo

mossym wrote: »

just got the shipping notice from p2m for mine. should hopefully be there when i get back from japan

Mine won't be shipped 'til next Monday at the earliest. I can wait!

Bambaata

Needed a new lid for both road and tri so grabbed a bit of each in 1



My TT position has me looking for a few metres in front of front wheel so suits me better than the Giro Advantage is been rocking for years!

Raam

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

^ What did the wife say?!?!

"Nice frame".

cdaly_

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

^ What did the wife say?!?!

"Mine!!"

godtabh

Raam wrote: »

"Nice frame".

Followed by the divorce papers

Lusk_Doyle

Raam wrote: »

"Nice frame".

Mine said "What's that?" when I appeared back with a bike frame sized box. "Oh, that's just Raam's." I said. "The new bike?" she asked. "Yes, but not the one you are thinking of." "Another one?" Nodded reply. Roll of the eyes...

brownian

brownian wrote: »

Bad me - just pulled the trigger on a pair of shamal ultras from bike-palast.com. OK, so my other wheels are teeny bit off-true, and a pain to work with (campys, have to take off the rim tape and mess about with nipples from that side), but 40 quid to the LBS would probably have them spot on.

They just look so nice, and if they make me 3kmph faster they'll be worth it!.

Got them, fitted them (25mm Conti GP400s), rode them. Lovely.

Are they actually faster/smoother than Neutron Ultras? Hard to say...maybe a little bit on the flats, but no different, I think, on the uphills. Descend cheerfully enough, not too harsh (maybe thanks to the 25s).

That's my visa card maxed out till Christmas

rollingscone

No more using my phone for gps tracking.

furiousox

Just ordered from www.swimcyclerun.com

(Very good Irish site with free & fast delivery)

You have successfully placed a new order with us for the following items:

1 "Swissstop Flash Pro Green GHP II(High Performance) Blocks (2 PAIRS)"
Price: €23.49
2 "Vittoria Latex Tube"
Size: 700x19/23 51mm Valve
Price: €8.99
1 "Shimano Ultegra 6700 10 Speed Cassettes"
Size: 11-28
Price: €49.99
1 "Fizik MicroTex Handlebar Tape with Gel Pads"
Price: €23.89

jinkypolly

furiousox wrote: »

Just ordered from www.swimcyclerun.com

(Very good Irish site with free & fast delivery)

You have successfully placed a new order with us for the following items:

1 "Swissstop Flash Pro Green GHP II(High Performance) Blocks (2 PAIRS)"
Price: €23.49
2 "Vittoria Latex Tube"
Size: 700x19/23 51mm Valve
Price: €8.99
1 "Shimano Ultegra 6700 10 Speed Cassettes"
Size: 11-28
Price: €49.99
1 "Fizik MicroTex Handlebar Tape with Gel Pads"
Price: €23.89

That cassette is a bit pricey, normally they're around the €38 mark.

furiousox

Yeah could've got it cheaper elsewhere but wanted to give them some business as they're Irish and it was handier to place one order for all the bits I wanted.

rollingscone

But the Swissstop green pads are amazing.

MB Lacey

I got my green swisstops and cassette/ chain from SCR aswell, great service.

I have just ordered these Ron Kitching and MKM decals to stick onto a bike that's not even steel or has thin enough tubes.
I'm not sure what happened, but all of a sudden I was emailing a company and paying by paypal.



and

furiousox

Got an email from swimcyclerun apologising as butyl tubes were sent in the order instead of latex ones.
The latex tubes arrived today so I mailed them offering to send back the butyl tubes but they said "no need, hang on to them"

furiousox

furiousox wrote: »

Just picked this up on the Canyon factory outlet webpage.
2013 ultimate CF with 105 & mavic ksyrium equipe s wts wheels.

Your UPS package is "out for delivery by end of day"

Alek

Your UPS package is "out for delivery by end of day"

A sweet, sweet feeling ;-)