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

Lusk_Doyle

mossym wrote: »

probably best not to


it was in the tone of the rest of the messages, firmly tongue in cheek. however it wasn't meant to offend, so i've deleted it.

i did show it to my wife before i deleted it though and the response was ah FFS what's the big deal.

You pussy!

mossym

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

You pussy!

guilty as charged. Just can't be ar$sed with an argument over that so if it offends then better to delete it

AstraMonti

The offend word should be banned as offending to humanity, it's getting ridiculous at this point.

Dipsomaniac

Cough, cough. Back on topic

I felt left out with so many people recommending them. (Zondas)

P.S. Wife is on holidays

rollingscone

AstraMonti wrote: »

The offend word should be banned as offending to humanity, it's getting ridiculous at this point.

Who said recently about the erosion of the distinction between offended and harassed?

The key difference being that you have the right to not be harassed.

mathie

Dipsomaniac wrote: »

Cough, cough. Back on topic

I felt left out with so many people recommending them. (Zondas)

P.S. Wife is on holidays

Nice!
Where did you get them?

AstraMonti

rollingscone wrote: »

Who said recently about the erosion of the distinction between offended and harassed?

The key difference being that you have the right to not be harassed.

Harassment is on a whole different level than someone being offended. Anyway, we 're way off topic of this kinda of talk in here so I 'll just leave this article here and go.

eeeee

Lazy and outmoded gender stereotypes help no one. It's tiresome, old fashioned and unnecessary. It's also extremely annoying to read crap like that in this day and age. It's perfectly reasonable not to be delighted with it.

rollingscone

gadetra wrote: »

Lazy and outmoded gender stereotypes help no one. It's tiresome, old fashioned and unnecessary. It's also extremely annoying to read crap like that in this day and age. It's perfectly reasonable not to be delighted with it.

No arguments there

Dipsomaniac

mathie wrote: »

Nice!
Where did you get them?

I got them from evans.

Cheapest place I could find that they were in stock. They were floating around for less earlier in the year but I couldn't find cheaper last week.

cython

So I'd been keeping an eye out for a replacement set of shoes for a while, as my Bontragers (RL Road) have been glued a couple of times at this stage, and are getting pretty tatty from commuting, etc. not to mention smelly from just being several years old! Then Canyon popped up with their shoe sale yesterday, and it seemed rude to turn down a 55% off pair of Northwave Torpedo Plus in (hopefully!) my size:


Slightly concerned that the sole may be a step down from the full carbon on the bontragers, but I'd imagine once there's enough carbon in the centre of the sole they should be more than adequate for my purposes, and considering I had been looking at the Fizik R5Bs which are similarly reinforced rather than full carbon, it seemed worth going for. Still kicking myself for not nabbing those R3s on Planet X a couple of years ago mind!

oakley2097

If you sell the defy you could get a propel !!!

and a huge bill

Oh btw My new bike

Lusk_Doyle

^black bar tape for the true ninja look.

oakley2097

I do have a roll of black bar tape, other option would be to throw some dirt at it, how long can it stay white ?

Lusk_Doyle

oakley2097 wrote: »

I do have a roll of black bar tape, other option would be to throw some dirt at it, how long can it stay white ?

Not long! Head wrecking to watch it get grubby.

oakley2097

I'd like to know why bike companies keep putting white bar tape

Will it be as neat if i wrap it with black tape?

I have seen a really cool handlebar that would suit it, Enve ses aero.... maybe I should get it then retape

Lusk_Doyle

Similar to what I have but mine don't stick out like Chris Froome's elbows like the ones above. Flat wide tops are lovely to ride with.

bp_me

oakley2097 wrote: »

If you sell the defy you could get a propel !!!

and a huge bill

Oh btw My new bike

Nice. Have been looking at these with interest. Would be interested to hear your impression of it.

oakley2097

Last bike was a cube agree, even after only a few km the propel is much faster (I did add the C50 wheels and Gp 4000 now vs GP4S before) 10 weeks off the bike and already cruising faster than before the accident

Can wait for the weekend and my first long spin

oakley2097

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

Similar to what I have but mine don't stick out like Chris Froome's elbows like the ones above. Flat wide tops are lovely to ride with.

What kind of bars do you have ?

The sticky out elbow would look kinda silly but the narrow top and wider drops make sense to me

Cee-Jay-Cee

oakley2097 wrote: »

What kind of bars do you have ?

The sticky out elbow would look kinda silly but the narrow top and wider drops make sense to me

I had very similar bars, Ritchey Streem II WCS bars, they have flat tops, 4 degree sweep back and are flared in the drops so they stick out slightly. I loved them at first but recently took them off as I no longer found them comfortable.

Lusk_Doyle

oakley2097 wrote: »

What kind of bars do you have ?

The sticky out elbow would look kinda silly but the narrow top and wider drops make sense to me

I have a carbon set of bars with the stem fully integrated into it with flat tops. By BBB. Complimented by the Campag shifters! Love it.

rollingscone

Well then I might have to reevaluate my self image somewhat since this all fits.

Cee-Jay-Cee

rollingscone wrote: »

Well then I might have to reevaluate my self image somewhat since this all fits.

Red white black green and yellow. Please tell us they're not going to be worn together!!

rollingscone

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Red white black green and yellow. Please tell us they're not going to be worn together!!

Purchases made on a still available at 50% off in XXL basis!

lennymc

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Red white black green and yellow. Please tell us they're not going to be worn together!!

there is nothing more satisfying that wearing mismatching kit.

Daroxtar

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Red white black green and yellow. Please tell us they're not going to be worn together!!

Just pretend you're from Mozambique, you'll be fine

lennymc

it's new bike time so I just ordered this:



Can't wait to weigh it.

Plastik

Lenny.:pac:

How many bikes have you got now?

lennymc

Plastik wrote: »

Lenny.:pac:

How many bikes have you got now?

I suspect I am getting quite close to n.

rollingscone

lennymc wrote: »

I suspect I am getting quite close to n.

S-1?

lennymc

Sorry. I meant s.

oakley2097

bp_me wrote: »

Nice. Have been looking at these with interest. Would be interested to hear your impression of it.

Its fast, very very fast and comfortable, stable in the wind so all good

braking is positive more to learn but some very good impression

I'm sure the wheels, DA C50 and conti Gp4000i 23c have a lot to do with it

Just starting to build up distances so maybe a 100km this weekend to push a bit more

I'm arriving at the stage where I wish company's would put place holder wheels and saddles and let people pick what they want. Id love to have tried it with the P-SLR1 aero wheels

bp_me

oakley2097 wrote: »

Its fast, very very fast and comfortable, stable in the wind so all good

Thanks for the follow up. Mine should arrive today hopefully

The PSLR wheels are reportedly a bit heavy(I think... I might be getting confused with others).

oakley2097

I think the PLSR wheels were 1800g this year and 1600g in previous years, owing to a change in hubs DT350's instead of DT240's but still great wheels

Which model are you getting ?

bp_me

oakley2097 wrote: »

Which model are you getting ?

An 'advanced 1 ltd'. So the black/white colour scheme but with ultegra rather than 105. Also the PA2 wheels.... Hopefully I'll have some money to change those early next year.

oakley2097

I'd start a Christmas present fund, maybe 'buy me spokes' and see if you can get a few people to help, December/January is usually pretty good for sales, when the temperature dips below 0 and are only a few very hardy cyclist out

My bigger gripe with the 105 version was the r500 chainset, id have paid €25-30 more if they had just included it, oh and the bar tape I don't think im going to get on with it

How tall are you and what size did you go for ??

bp_me

5'9 and went for the small after lots of careful consideration. The only dimension where its actually much smaller than my current bike is the seat tube but that's a largely irrelevant dimension. Everything else is a tiny bit smaller which is good but I think the position is going to be a bit more aggressive anyway which should be 'fun'.

Funnily enough the 36*28 is a lower gear than the 34*25 on my current main bike so I'm thinking about christening it at the Sk160 this weekend.

Brian?

rollingscone wrote: »

Well then I might have to reevaluate my self image somewhat since this all fits.

Have those shorts myself. Brilliant so far. Told you XXL would fit!

Daroxtar

I'm going with the" Easier to get forgiveness than permission" theory....

oakley2097

Daroxtar wrote: »

I'm going with the" Easier to get forgiveness than permission" theory....

I'm a fan of showing something so expensive, anything by comparison seams reasonable

rollingscone

Brian? wrote: »

Have those shorts myself. Brilliant so far. Told you XXL would fit!

Have yet to get out in any of it. Hopefully I'll be left alone long enough to get in a 100km spin this weekend

stecleary

Daroxtar wrote: »

I'm going with the" Easier to get forgiveness than permission" theory....

So you went with it in the end. you wont regret it. love mine the more i use it. as i said before its a little on the warm side but you'll get used to it

Looks awesome in blue. wish i got the darker visor now

Daroxtar

stecleary wrote: »

So you went with it in the end. you wont regret it. love mine the more i use it. as i said before its a little on the warm side but you'll get used to it

Looks awesome in blue. wish i got the darker visor now

Ya, finally. Cheers for the advice
Bike24.de have the visors. I need to stay off that site for a while or I'll be in much worse trouble than I'm already headed for!!

rollingscone

I am weak.

Garmin Virb just ordered on Sportspursuit.

Wishing I could have recorded a bunch of awesome nature moments and wishing I could leave behind a record of my murder by an Aircoach driver put the idea in my head (don't use my roadbike for commutes so no fear of a YouTube channel).

darkvalley

As a cyclist there are whole days go by, indeed sometimes even whole weeks or months, when I don't buy a new bike. And then there are days when I buy two of them. Saturday was one of those days!!

One for me and one for herself.





I'll leave ye to guess which is which!!

Cee-Jay-Cee

darkvalley wrote: »

As a cyclist there are whole days go by, indeed sometimes even whole weeks or months, when I don't buy a new bike. And then there are days when I buy two of them. Saturday was one of those days!!

One for me and one for herself.





I'll leave ye to guess which is which!!

The top one is the Boardman and the bottom one is the Trek. An I right???

OleRodrigo

Well wear darkvalley. What happened with the Genesis ?

darkvalley

OleRodrigo wrote: »

Well wear darkvalley. What happened with the Genesis ?

Still have it, kitted out for bad weather and luggage. But I am going with the theory that it does not matter how good the bike you have is, there is always reason to get another one.

Alek

This time for the missus. It was a deal we couldn't refuse

(... note this has happened within 48h from her first 100k in Wicklow Mnts on her old 12kg bike :P)