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

mloc123 wrote: »

after what seems like forever I picked these up today, had the hubs and rims a few months now

Now with added tubs

DualFrontDiscs wrote: »

New light for my tourer.

It's a Busch + Müller Lumotec IQ Cyo R Senso (LED). It works with the Schmidt SON dynamo hub.



DFD.

DFD-DeadlyF**kingDazzler

It's been an expensive couple of weeks! :eek:
Please tell me I don't need anything else!

Boardman Team Carbon
Planet-X LS Jersey
Planet-X SS Jersey
Evo Mini
Kryptoflex
Cadence shorts
Saddle pack
Bottle cages
Blackburn mini pump
Road racer Mudguards
Atom 4.0 computer
Echelon mitts
Diadora lightracer Shoes
Giro stylus helmet
Campagnolo Water Bottles
Weldtite Puncture Repair Kit & Tyre Levers
Shimano R540 Pedals
Smart Polaris 4 Lux Lightset
Bloc Hornet sunglasses
Weldtite Sprocket Cleaning Brush
Finish Line Cross Country Wet Lube
Weldtite Cycle Oil
Weldtite Lithium Grease
Weldtite Chain Degreaser Machine
Weldtite Citrus Degreaser Chain Cleaner
Blackburn Air Tower 1 - Dual Head

Are you sure you want to use this lock
Evo Mini
+ Kryptoflex

for this bike Boardman Team Carbon ?

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Are you sure you want to use this lock
Evo Mini
+ Kryptoflex

for this bike Boardman Team Carbon ?

I'm not using the bike for commuting purposes so it wont be left locked up in public places for long periods & it's being stored indoors overnight.
I only bought the locks above to bring with me if I intend on stopping somewhere for a bite to eat during a long cycle.
I'll still lock it up within viewing distance

Just put this on the credit card -

http://www.canyon.com/_en/roadbikes/bike.html?b=1932

Biggest hit it's taken yet. Can't wait to get it and to build it up (and enter it on the 'Images of Beauty' thread, of course).

Super Freak wrote: »

OOOOOH that's nice. Nice price reduction too !!

Cheers Super Freak.

They've got the reductions going throughout the TDF. 'Twas way over my budget (what budget?) but proved too hard to resist.

For anyone interested the reductions which Canyon are offering are calculated on a daily basis based on the performance of the riders using their bikes during the TDF. I got the above at a 40% reduction. 30% was being offered on friday and 50% someday earlier in the week.

The rules of the competition are as follows -

(from the Canyon website)

On the first day of the Tour we kick-off with a discount of 10% which we're donating so to speak as an advance on a hopefully successful race. After that we'll leave the racing to the riders.

It's very easy to calculate the available daily discounts. If the best Omega Pharma-Lotto rider (or the team as the case may be) is in the top 10 of any of the competitions, you will receive a discount of 10% per competition. If the best rider (or team as the case may be) is in the top 20, you'll receive a 5% discount per competition. .

The following competitions are included in the calculation of discounts:

* Current day's stage
* Overall standings in the green jersey competition (best sprinter)
* Overall standings in the polka dot jersey competition (best climber)
* Overall standings in the yellow jersey competition (overall winner)
* Best team competition

Having a lot of free time on work is not a good thing. Anyway I am looking around the sites the last days mostly about anything, from frames to bolts.. and CRC and wiggle have been the most expensive for mostly everything. Bike24, shinybikes, jedi, parker, merlin are all cheaper than CRC and Wiggle.

Guys take a good look around before you press the submit button, I 've seen differences of even 30-40 euros on 140-150euro products (stem, handlebars to name two).

AstraMonti wrote: »

Having a lot of free time on work is not a good thing. Anyway I am looking around the sites the last days mostly about anything, from frames to bolts.. and CRC and wiggle have been the most expensive for mostly everything. Bike24, shinybikes, jedi, parker, merlin are all cheaper than CRC and Wiggle.

Guys take a good look around before you press the submit button, I 've seen differences of even 30-40 euros on 140-150euro products (stem, handlebars to name two).

i bought a campagnolo groupset from shinybikes only 8 weeks ago

great to deal with, really knowledgeable, and best of all, i rang and left a message and they actually rang me back,

honestly, how often do shops ever ring you back????

delivery was only 2 working days as well

AstraMonti wrote: »

Any opinions?

I don't like tailcap clickies, but in the case it would probably be OK as the battery spring is shielded by the carrier.

OTOH I doubt the runtime would be great at 5W with AAA batteries.

Nice price!

Bought Oakley Gold Iridium spare lenses for my Radars and a new set of Oakley earsocks :cool:

11-25 Chorus 11 cassette off cyclingbargains.com for ~117 yoyos.

Very hard to find good prices on them at the moment, all the usual suspects are more expensive ATM