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

blorg · 12-05-2010 12:19PM

I think the site was compromised all right.

abcdggs · 14-05-2010 02:00PM

New Carbon centaur RD and adidas adistar shoes, from bcmf and Home:Ballyhoura respectively. Very much looking forward to trying them both out.

bcmf · 14-05-2010 02:19PM

@ abcggs: did ya get the rear plate carbon plate you were looking for on that 'other'site

abcdggs · 14-05-2010 02:31PM

bcmf wrote: »

@ abcggs: did ya get the rear plate carbon plate you were looking for on that 'other'site

lol, stalk much? I'm probably going to get a fibrelyte one if i complete the ww200. I'm trying to set my self some goals so i will actually achieve something. Couldn't really find any other ww websites, fibrelyte were the only ones.

bcmf · 14-05-2010 02:40PM

abcdggs wrote: »

lol, stalk much?.

Ha No. I was thinking of the very same thing. Great minds etc etc... Did you get a price for it?

briano · 14-05-2010 03:19PM

Fizik Arione (Kium, not Ti, for shame) and Look Keo Classic pedals

Both in red.

Now I have to get some shoes as well. I forsee a definate return to beans on toast before the end of the month.

Raam · 14-05-2010 04:21PM

briano wrote: »

Now I have to get some shoes as well. I forsee a definate return to beans on toast before the end of the month.

They gotta be in white. I'm not happy about the red saddle, but I'll let it slide.

ROK ON · 14-05-2010 04:29PM

Raam wrote: »

They gotta be in white. I'm not happy about the red saddle, but I'll let it slide.

However if he was to get a pair of NW Aerator (sic) shoes he would have a very nice and comfy white shoe that has some red trim to match the saddle.

Raam · 14-05-2010 04:39PM

ROK ON wrote: »

However if he was to get a pair of NW Aerator (sic) shoes he would have a very nice and comfy white shoe that has some red trim to match the saddle.

Incorrect usage of sic. Loose 2 marks.

abcdggs · 14-05-2010 04:40PM

briano wrote: »

Fizik Arione (Kium, not Ti, for shame) and Look Keo Classic pedals

Both in red.

Now I have to get some shoes as well. I forsee a definate return to beans on toast before the end of the month.

I have a pair of spesh shoes i'll be looking to get rid of in the next while in black and red with carbon sole...

@bcmf: £15 from here. I've been looking for anywhere else like that. surely they're not the only ones...

abcdggs · 14-05-2010 04:45PM

Raam wrote: »

Incorrect usage of sic. Loose 2 marks.

Can someone explain the use of (sic).
I've googled it but anything i come across makes no sense....

Raam · 14-05-2010 04:46PM

abcdggs wrote: »

Can someone explain the use of (sic).
I've googled (sic) it but anything i come across makes no sense....

.

Bluefoam · 14-05-2010 04:48PM

Sic is a Latin word meaning "thus", "so", "as such", or "in such a manner". It is used when writing quoted material to indicate that an incorrect or unusual spelling, phrase, punctuation or meaning in the quote has been reproduced verbatim from the original and is not a transcription error. It is normally placed within the quoted material, in square brackets and often italicized – [sic]. Alternatively it can appear after the quote in parentheses (round brackets) – (sic).

ROK ON · 14-05-2010 04:48PM

Sic is cited after words where the spelling is incorrect/suspect.

@RAAM. What do you understand by sic?

Raam · 14-05-2010 04:49PM

ROK ON wrote: »

Sic is cited after words where the spelling is incorrect/suspect.

@RAAM. What do you understand by sic?

I didn't see you quoting anything.

I'm sorry, it's Friday and I'm a little giddy.

abcdggs · 14-05-2010 04:50PM

ROK ON wrote: »

Sic is cited after words where the spelling is incorrect/suspect.

@RAAM. What do you understand by sic?

According to the wiki this is a "backronym" ie it's not right

Chips Lovell · 14-05-2010 04:53PM

It's more to indicate that something is being quoted verbatim, but in practise this usually means that it's acknowledging a misspelling.

ROK ON · 14-05-2010 05:00PM

Raam wrote: »

I didn't see you quoting anything.

I'm sorry, it's Friday and I'm a little giddy.

I was quoting myselfm. I should have provided a citation ;-)

bcmf · 14-05-2010 05:00PM

@abcdggs: what size are the spesh shoes you are looking at getting rid of?

abcdggs · 14-05-2010 05:04PM

bcmf wrote: »

@abcdggs: what size are the spesh shoes you are looking at getting rid of?

42

bcmf · 14-05-2010 05:07PM

I am a 46. ah well!!!

mloc123 · 14-05-2010 05:13PM

Raam wrote: »

Incorrect usage of sic. Loose [sic] 2 marks.

see what I did there :pac:

Raam · 14-05-2010 05:17PM

mloc123 wrote: »

see what I did there :pac:

(-2)

Lumen · 26-05-2010 07:19PM

Easton EA90 SLX forks, for the imminent travel bike build.

Claimed 300g. Actually 350g. Lying b'stards.

Still, they are pretty.

The tax man · 26-05-2010 07:30PM

50g worth of decals on them.:D

stevie_b · 26-05-2010 08:07PM

S-Works road shoes - these fit like a glove. huge improvement from these over the shimano ones i had. the tightening system is great too - the velcro straps on my shimano's come loose after a while, but these don't and they are dead easy to adjust while on the move.

Antares Carbon saddle - very light - appears to suit me much more than the specialized i was using.

Ti cages - very light. didn't need them, but i wanted them.

next week - new wheels (and a great possibility of selling a kidney so i can eat!)

Lumen · 26-05-2010 08:24PM

@steve_b: nice work. I have those cages too, they're great. Been meaning to get some carbon cages for my race bike but not convinced they'd be better.

What Spesh saddle were you using? I'll probably be buying a Toupe soon.

DirkVoodoo · 26-05-2010 08:26PM

Lumen wrote: »

@steve_b: nice work. I have those cages too, they're great. Been meaning to get some carbon cages for my race bike but not convinced they'd be better.

I had a small sidways fall, the only thing that I damaged was a planet x bottle cage. Not worth it. I think those cheapo Elite plastic cages look like the best buy for us mere mortals (I know you would not put one near your bike).

Lumen · 26-05-2010 08:30PM

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

I think those cheapo Elite plastic cages look like the best buy for us mere mortals (I know you would not put one near your bike).

These ones? Not sure I care, plastic is plastic.

...although I have got some Arundel Mandible cages lined up, very tenacious grip apparently, but they're £35 a pop and I can't quite bring myself to press the button yet.

DirkVoodoo · 26-05-2010 08:36PM

Lumen wrote: »

These ones? Not sure I care, plastic is plastic.

Yah those ones, specifically this one: Awesome!

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