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

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    #2612
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,598 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    "Team" Bonts all round - pity none of you lot are in my team:pac:


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    #2613
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    What size are those shoes? They look tiny.


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    #2614
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,598 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    What size are those shoes? They look tiny.
    Get yourself a larger computer screen - they will look bigger then....

    They are only 43/44, but are extra, extra wide - would usually need 46s in "normal" cycling shoes to get them wide enough, but can get into 45s with the Sidi Megas and size 43/44 when made to measure. It's a nice change to have some shoes that are snug all round like them


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    #2615
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    Beasty wrote: »
    Get yourself a larger computer screen - they will look bigger then....

    They are only 43/44, but are extra, extra wide - would usually need 46s in "normal" cycling shoes to get them wide enough, but can get into 45s with the Sidi Megas and size 43/44 when made to measure. It's a nice change to have some shoes that are snug all round like them

    Extra, extra wide eh? Wow, you must have massive ............ socks!


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    #2616
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Bow-chik-a-wow-wow.

    Red? Is this Tour de Fer? looks stunning!


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    #2617
    rollingscone
    Registered Users Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    Alek wrote: »
    Red? Is this Tour de Fer? looks stunning!

    Nope it's the Croix. despite the un-cx'y cable routing.


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    #2618
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Aaah, for some reason I understood you're getting a 2nd hand one, and this is 2015 Croix 10.

    What size is it? I wonder what is the difference with the curvy fork... Straight one (2014) is very flexy front/back, and I like it.
    the un-cx'y cable routing.

    Its not a CX bike after all :) More of an all-rounder, but bottom cable routing does not really affect racing. I guess it was always necessary for canti brakes, with discs does not matter anymore.


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    #2619
    OldBean
    Registered Users Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭OldBean


    Lovely, RollingScone!

    Hope you get out on 'er soon!


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    #2620
    rollingscone
    Registered Users Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    Alek wrote: »
    Aaah, for some reason I understood you're getting a 2nd hand one, and this is 2015 Croix 10.

    What size is it? I wonder what is the difference with the curvy fork... Straight one (2014) is very flexy front/back, and I like it.



    Its not a CX bike after all :) More of an all-rounder, but bottom cable routing does not really affect racing. I guess it was always necessary for canti brakes, with discs does not matter anymore.

    Nah twas OldBean who bought and subsequently "lost" a second hand CdF.

    Tis a 58cm.


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    #2621
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Tis a 58cm.

    Perfect :)

    (This has nothing to do with the fact that I know where you live)


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    #2622
    OldBean
    Registered Users Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭OldBean


    rollingscone wrote: »
    Nah twas OldBean who bought and subsequently "lost" a second hand CdF.

    :(


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    #2623
    rollingscone
    Registered Users Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    Alek wrote: »
    Perfect :)

    (This has nothing to do with the fact that I know where you live)

    Oh yeah. Well I know where you buy your adult toys!


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    #2624
    Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 5,699 ✭✭✭Brian


    Nice bike rollingscone, looks like it would be a good cycle touring bike, am I wrong?


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    #2625
    rollingscone
    Registered Users Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    Brian wrote: »
    Nice bike rollingscone, looks like it would be a good cycle touring bike, am I wrong?

    You mean something like this?http://www.genesisbikes.co.uk/bikes/adventure/expedition/tour-de-fer

    😉

    The Croix de Fer does have bosses for racks & mudguards though so other than geometry I can't see any reason not to tour on it.


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    #2626
    Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 5,699 ✭✭✭Brian


    Where did you buy yours?


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    #2627
    rollingscone
    Registered Users Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    Brian wrote: »
    Where did you buy yours?

    ThinkBike in Rathmines


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    #2628
    lennymc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    havent posted in here in a while. ordered this today - Caad 10 force racing edition

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    Might weight weenie it to annoy carbon bike riders... :)


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    #2629
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    lennymc wrote: »
    havent posted in here in a while. ordered this today - Caad 10 force racing edition

    Might weight weenie it to annoy carbon bike riders... :)

    Nice machine. If you look on the weight-weenies forum you can see that it is a popular bike there.


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    #2630
    lennymc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    saw that alright. Some might light bikes.
    I think i will go wheels/tyres, maybe stem and bars and seatpost. Dont want to sacrifice reliability


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    #2631
    ford2600
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,457 ✭✭✭ford2600


    Tb14 rims with ultegra hubs.

    Went with box profile with comfort in mind, but it looks well also. Black rim, I presume it'll wear off like the archtype rim.

    I'll test the comfort theory tonight on a few choice roads


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    #2632
    Borderfox
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,257 Mod ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    Picked the Edge 25 up today with an out front mount
    DSC_0945-01_zps6ngdzn27.jpeg


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    #2633
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Picked up a Garmin Edge 200 today.

    Just mounted it now.

    6034073

    And lights off;

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    #2634
    3102derek
    Registered Users Posts: 574 ✭✭✭3102derek


    Credit card took a beating this month..

    Red Shifters and lizard skin tape to replace my broken rival shifter

    & new Shoes, can never have enough shoes, Northware Extreme Tech Plus

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    #2635
    Borderfox
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,257 Mod ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    Picked up a Castelli Pocket Liner on special from crc for €285. Out yesterday and just Wow!!


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    #2636
    Hasmunch
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭Hasmunch


    Having bought a bike and started to cycle to work recently, finding this thread is not good.

    It's amazing what i can justify buying if when i convince myself all the money I'm saving on diesel!


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    #2637
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,621 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Borderfox wrote: »
    Picked the Edge 25 up today with an out front mount
    DSC_0945-01_zps6ngdzn27.jpeg

    Really like the compact size of those.


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    #2638
    omri
    Registered Users Posts: 1,679 ✭✭✭omri


    Hasmunch wrote: »
    Having bought a bike and started to cycle to work recently, finding this thread is not good.

    It's amazing what i can justify buying if when i convince myself all the money I'm saving on diesel!

    The key here is to "save on diesel for a year" and then see what that money can buy you :)


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    #2639
    lennymc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    omri wrote: »
    what that money can buy you :)

    more bikes


    This-Guy-Needs-More-Bikes.jpg


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    #2640
    omri
    Registered Users Posts: 1,679 ✭✭✭omri


    lennymc wrote: »
    more bikes

    MERIDA ??


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    #2641
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    Hasmunch wrote: »
    Having bought a bike and started to cycle to work recently, finding this thread is not good.

    It's amazing what i can justify buying if when i convince myself all the money I'm saving on diesel!

    It's actually quite easy to buy stuff for your bike/cycling. What I do is go into a clothes shop, pick out a few pairs of jeans and a couple if shirts and maybe a jacket. Make sure they all fit properly and then leave them back on the rack. €200 saved in one foul swoop. Get online and buy s new saddle/jacket/handlebars/tyres etc etc with the money you saved not buying the clothes earlier.


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