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

DualFrontDiscs

blorg wrote: »

He has one of these in which he carries a guitar.

How did I miss that? Great idea.

blorg wrote: »

Damn hippie.

Probably wears sandals!

blorg wrote: »

I don't think he'd do very well in a chariot race.

I wouldn't fancy standing on that trailer. Cornering would be tough too. I assume all races will include cornering, rather than just a straight line 'sprint'.

blorg wrote: »

I have seen another Y-Frame around Sandyford incidentally.

Is it anyone on here? Anyone?

DFD*

*DeuxForDeux

Captain Havoc

I just ordered these

EDIT: Had to cut that out as I was looking at the wrong photo

ednwireland

Captain Havoc wrote: »

I just ordered these

EDIT: Had to cut that out as I was looking at the wrong photo

Price: €69.95 :eek:

dont pay that for my car tyres !

phew - twin pack thats sightly less than my car tyres

blorg

ednwireland wrote: »

Price: €69.95 :eek:

dont pay that for my car tyres !

phew - twin pack thats sightly less than my car tyres

That's not a bad price for them either. Pair of GP4000S tends towards €82 locally and that's before we get on to tubulars...

mloc123

blorg wrote: »

That's not a bad price for them either. Pair of GP4000S tends towards €82 locally and that's before we get on to tubulars...

Tell me about it.. I never thought I would spend more on bike tyres than car tyres, untill I bought tubs. :eek:

abcdggs

I need your help, a friend of mine thinks i have an addiction to purchasing bike parts,

Now i need your help to re-affirm my faith in bike related purchases

Captain Havoc

I paid €62.90, CSS have a loyalty thing now also, that's twice they've come up trumps over CRC. If anyone has already ordered off them, they probably have a loyalty discount, all you need to do is log in and you'll see the loyalty price.

ednwireland

blorg wrote: »

That's not a bad price for them either. Pair of GP4000S tends towards €82 locally and that's before we get on to tubulars...

ouch theres me thinking i spent a lot on schwalbe lugano's (a princley £12 each red though) would a fat boy like me notice the difference ?

blorg

ednwireland wrote: »

ouch theres me thinking i spent a lot on schwalbe lugano's (a princley £12 each red though) would a fat boy like me notice the difference ?

Probably would; good tyres are one of the few actually noticeable upgrades you can make to a bike. Probably the best bang for buck to be honest.

Home:Ballyhoura

+1 on what blorg said. I had cheapo £10 wire bead Vittorias on over the winter and I only just put back on my 320TPI Vittoria Open Corsa Evo CX's which cost €25 (usually cost much more) and the difference is night and day. Fantastic road feel. They just feel so good, it's hard to believe you would notice such a difference (even the noise they make just rolling along is lovely :P)

Borneo Fnctn

I've been looking at tyres lately and i'd really appreciate if somebody could recommend me a 23mm road tyre for less than 20 euro on CRC. I'm not looking for a puncture resistant tyre. Something in suitable for dublin/wicklow roads around this time of the year. Whatever you'd use yourself on that budget. Thanks to anyone who takes the time to reply.

ednwireland

Borneo Fnctn wrote: »

I've been looking at tyres lately and i'd really appreciate if somebody could recommend me a 23mm road tyre for less than 20 euro on CRC. I'm not looking for a puncture resistant tyre. Something in suitable for dublin/wicklow roads around this time of the year. Whatever you'd use yourself on that budget. Thanks to anyone who takes the time to reply.

+1 but they have to be available in red !
Was looking at continental ultra

Captain Havoc

After cycling 10,000km + on my current conti GPs with one puncture, I doubt I'll by ordereing anything but contis again.

Bought the girlfriend this today, not at CSS, got it at my local bike shop. First bike she's had since she was 12. Plus a few days ago she signed up for the Wicklow 100.

It's all falling into place.

blorg

Borneo Fnctn wrote: »

I've been looking at tyres lately and i'd really appreciate if somebody could recommend me a 23mm road tyre for less than 20 euro on CRC. I'm not looking for a puncture resistant tyre. Something in suitable for dublin/wicklow roads around this time of the year. Whatever you'd use yourself on that budget. Thanks to anyone who takes the time to reply.

I have Maxxis Columbiere in 25, they are also available in 23. Nice tyres I think for the money.

amused2death

ROK ON wrote: »

Ordered this kit months ago. Arrived today.
Cant wait to wear it.




Model in the pic is not me. I am a little better proportioned with better thighs.

One of the cooler kits around mind I ask what it set you back and from what bike emporium you did business with?

Coronal

I was feeling like a little spending today so I finished off this months budget on these I really hope they're comfy!

I also found out that I've memorised my cc number, probably through overuse. This cannot be a good thing.

Hungrycol

Conti GP4000S x 2: €73
Conti Tubes 5 Pack: €25
Park Tool Chain Checker: €11
Total €109 :eek:

Feeling: Priceless :cool:

anoble66

just bought a set of 2010 mavic carbone sl's with the white decals for 699e - seemed to good a price to miss!

Home:Ballyhoura

anoble66 wrote: »

just bought a set of 2010 mavic carbone sl's with the white decals for 699e - seemed to good a price to miss!

Sounds like a good price alright seeing as they are €867 on CRC - do you mind me asking where you got them? Enjoy

anoble66

Excellent price, best I can find. They are available from www.jedi-sports.de

I called and had a chat with them first, all my queries were handled with perfect german efficiency They were busy packaging up over 50 Carbone wheel sets to send out to customers so its safe to say they are a big operation.

Home:Ballyhoura wrote: »

Sounds like a good price alright seeing as they are €867 on CRC - do you mind me asking where you got them? Enjoy

Home:Ballyhoura

And €28 extra for shipping was it? Can't believe I never heard of or came across that site until now, cheers

anoble66

yup, extra 28e for shipping. Think they also do a package for 759e which includes the wheelset, plus 2 michelin pro3 race tyres, tubes and bartape

Home:Ballyhoura wrote: »

And €28 extra for shipping was it? Can't believe I never heard of or came across that site until now, cheers

abcdggs

mmmh €1 shoes

ednwireland

descente velom vest
craft pro zero base
craft pro cool base
2 scwalbe durano tyres

Gavin

+

uberwolf

ultegra chainset 175mm, octalink 53.39 for €45 on CRC.

Pedals * 2 sets (keo presumed) and saddle (completely unsure) complete the wishlist for now.
Wheel set on medium finger.

72hundred

Just copied and pasted my account page from CRC into excel and autosummed all the purchases... :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/MyAccount/OrderList.aspx


Right off to CUT UP the credit card!

Vélo

Seeing as we're not going wool with the new Boards Jersey, I felt I had to!

jag con

Caroline_ie wrote: »

I called them this afternoon. They were expecting a delivery but they'll be there on the 14th instead
If you have ordered them already, you will be allocated a set when they come in next week. *(that's exactly what they said to me )

Hi Caroline did you get your Pro Lites yet and if so what do you think of them

My Giant FCR will be getting an upgrade from flat bars over the week or so: Shimano STI shifters (Sora), Easton Drop Bars, Blue bar tape, Mavic Open Sport rim, and, eh, a spoke key.

Caroline_ie

jag con wrote: »

Hi Caroline did you get your Pro Lites yet and if so what do you think of them

Yes! received them today and used it to race in brittas tonight. They are very light and they look really nice. They feel really good and the free wheel isn't very loud at all. I only used them once so I can't really say much more about them except that they feel nice.
Did you get them as well?

ROK ON

This
Liberty Seguros 2006 Jersey - Short Sleeve


and this
Z Retro Jersey - Short Sleeve

Greg Lemond, Robert Millar, Eric Boyer, Eddy Seigneur, Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle, Alte Kvalsvoll


and this
Reynolds Retro Jersey - Short Sleeve

Pedro Delgado, Miguel Indurain, Julian Gorospe, Angel Arroyo

Raam

Have you been spying on me, Rok On? We have all those jerseys in the Raam/LDB household.

jag con

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Yes! received them today and used it to race in brittas tonight. They are very light and they look really nice. They feel really good and the free wheel isn't very loud at all. I only used them once so I can't really say much more about them except that they feel nice.
Did you get them as well?

Hi Yes just got them tonight but will not get a chance to try thrm until after the weekend

CheGuedara

After last weekends windy cycling and across road excursions something had to be done - something along the lines of ('Girly wheel' haters look away now) Campag Eurus Tubeless wheels and Hutchinson Fusion tyres. Had to be done. A necessity in fact.

ROK ON

CheGuedara wrote: »

After last weekends windy cycling and across road excursions something had to be done - something along the lines of ('Girly wheel' haters look away now) Campag Eurus Tubeless wheels and Hutchinson Fusion tyres. Had to be done. A necessity in fact.

I met murph on Sunday - isn't that what he has on the Argon?

Nice wheels. Will go well with the bike.

CheGuedara

ROK ON wrote: »

I met murph on Sunday - isn't that what he has on the Argon?

Nice wheels. Will go well with the bike.

Cheers lad, he's got the Shamals one step further up the food chain - there's only 110 odd grams in the weight difference and 300 yoyo price difference! :eek: but they've identical rims and spokes so I figure training a little harder and shedding the few grams off myself is by far and away the best idea.

Was VERY windy out on the Dingle Peninsula last weekend and the cosmics were catching a load of air in the cross winds, some very hairy moments over the course of the ride. Any notion of doing that Dingle sportive this weekend coming? Haven't heard much about it but it could be a handy recce of the roads for when the Conor Pass challenge comes along?

ROK ON

CheGuedara wrote: »

Cheers lad, he's got the Shamals one step further up the food chain - there's only 110 odd grams in the weight difference and 300 yoyo price difference! :eek: but they've identical rims and spokes so I figure training a little harder and shedding the few grams off myself is by far and away the best idea.

Was VERY windy out on the Dingle Peninsula last weekend and the cosmics were catching a load of air in the cross winds, some very hairy moments over the course of the ride. Any notion of doing that Dingle sportive this weekend coming? Haven't heard much about it but it could be a handy recce of the roads for when the Conor Pass challenge comes along?

I would do it but will be in south of France this weekend. You.

CheGuedara

South of France - Nice (or as they say here 'noice, bud').

Have to see what way work is but considering giving the Dingle club a twist and doing it - will be handy to know what state the roads are in before we open registration for our ride anyway.

Captain Havoc

I hate Joe Dalys, twice I've been in there and twice I've seen something I want and I've droped a €100 each time. Today it was these and shammy cream.

uberwolf

Captain Havoc wrote: »

I hate Joe Dalys, twice I've been in there and twice I've seen something I want and I've droped a €100 each time. Today it was these and shammy cream.

How much was JD looking for?

Captain Havoc

uberwolf wrote: »

How much was JD looking for?

€89

uberwolf

nice. I'm in the market.

anoble66

nice price, will have to check that out myself.

Captain Havoc wrote: »

€89

CheGuedara

Had to be done...


Only 50 Aussie dollars for the T-shirt

beans

I never saw the point of this thread, until I went and dropped 200€ on a set of high-flange Dura-Ace track hubs for a wheel-building project I'm undertaking :rolleyes:

Lumen

That's some very attractive flange, and no mistake.

beans

tee hee

No sooner had I clicked 'buy' than I regretted not looking around for a set of those sheriff-star shaped beauties I've seen from time to time. Still, excited

mloc123

http://www.bike24.com/1.php?action=basketinsert;content=8;navigation=1;menu=1000,5,69;product=1788

Note to self, get heavy stuff delivered to home from now on.