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  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    At the risk of causing a panic buying rush, I've bought a pair of buffs for my kids, to act as "paper mask" substitutes.
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,064
    schlepcycling said:

    Just bought one of these panniers https://upsobags.co.uk/recycled-bike-bags/panniers in anticipation of having to lug my laptop to work and back everyday in case the office went into lockdown and on the very day it arrived we all got sent home to work from home until further notice.

    Good ortlieb alternative - not liking the orange colours personally, but that's just an aversion I have :-)

    Will you keep it or return it?
    Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
    Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
    Scott CR1 SL 12
    Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
    Scott Foil 18
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    Aren't Upso an offshoot of Carradice?
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,064
    mrfpb said:

    Aren't Upso an offshoot of Carradice?

    If Whois.com is correct, then yes it would appear so.
    Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
    Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
    Scott CR1 SL 12
    Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
    Scott Foil 18
  • schlepcycling
    schlepcycling Posts: 1,614
    daniel_b said:

    schlepcycling said:

    Just bought one of these panniers https://upsobags.co.uk/recycled-bike-bags/panniers in anticipation of having to lug my laptop to work and back everyday in case the office went into lockdown and on the very day it arrived we all got sent home to work from home until further notice.

    Good ortlieb alternative - not liking the orange colours personally, but that's just an aversion I have :-)

    Will you keep it or return it?
    I think I'll keep it as I suspect at some point we'll be allowed back to the office but still needing to take our laptops home in case of another lockdown.
    'Hello to Jason Isaacs'
  • schlepcycling
    schlepcycling Posts: 1,614
    mrfpb said:

    Aren't Upso an offshoot of Carradice?

    Yes and there's a link to UPSO from their website
    'Hello to Jason Isaacs'
  • aberdeen_lune
    aberdeen_lune Posts: 547
    edited March 2020
    Are you guys all waiting 72 hours to unbox any new cycling purchases? I didn’t when my new bike was delivered on Monday. Maybe I should have
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    looks like the kickr is going back as faulty, power all over the place, resistance problems and dropouts, great just what I need right now.
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,064
    edited March 2020
    itboffin said:

    looks like the kickr is going back as faulty, power all over the place, resistance problems and dropouts, great just what I need right now.

    Bollox, what a PITA :/ Hope they get it sorted for you quickly.

    Picked up a couple of those rpm cadence sensors you posted a few pages back, with C2W 20% off plus my gift card 10% they ended up at less thsn £13 a pop which is pretty good - if they are reliable.
    One's a backup for the commuter or turbo bike, and one is going on my girlfriends CR1 to replace a functional but fairly ugly cable heavy Decathlon speed and cadence sensor - she only needs cadence to be honest.
    Oh and the 66% reduced Scott carbon shoes arrived, and they are lush :*<3
    And only 530g the pair.
    Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
    Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
    Scott CR1 SL 12
    Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
    Scott Foil 18
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,070
    daniel_b said:


    Oh and the 66% reduced Scott carbon shoes arrived, and they are lush :*<3
    And only 530g the pair.</p>

    I've just weighed my size 43 https://www.wiggle.co.uk/dhb-dorica-carbon-road-shoe , they always fely very light compared to my old Shimano SH-M121G, ~520g for the pair with laces and the Time XPro 10 cleats fitted! :open_mouth:

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    2020 Voodoo Marasa
    2017 Cube Attain GTC Pro Disc 2016
    2016 Voodoo Wazoo
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,064
    edited March 2020
    N0bodyOfTheGoat said:

    daniel_b said:


    Oh and the 66% reduced Scott carbon shoes arrived, and they are lush :*<3
    And only 530g the pair.</p>

    I've just weighed my size 43 https://www.wiggle.co.uk/dhb-dorica-carbon-road-shoe , they always fely very light compared to my old Shimano SH-M121G, ~520g for the pair with laces and the Time XPro 10 cleats fitted! :open_mouth:

    Phenomenal with cleats!
    Maybe laces are lighter than BOA or ratchet?

    Did you go white or Camo?
    Aside from the orange I quite like the camo.
    Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
    Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
    Scott CR1 SL 12
    Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
    Scott Foil 18
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,070
    edited March 2020
    daniel_b said:

    N0bodyOfTheGoat said:

    daniel_b said:


    Oh and the 66% reduced Scott carbon shoes arrived, and they are lush :*<3
    And only 530g the pair.</p>

    I've just weighed my size 43 https://www.wiggle.co.uk/dhb-dorica-carbon-road-shoe , they always fely very light compared to my old Shimano SH-M121G, ~520g for the pair with laces and the Time XPro 10 cleats fitted! :open_mouth:

    Phenomenal with cleats!
    Maybe laces are lighter than BOA or ratchet?

    Did you go white or Camo?
    Aside from the orange I quite like the camo.
    Camo, it's not that bad at all in the flesh and as much as I'm using the orange laces for the "moving bright colour" extra visibility, I think there is a pair of black or blue laces in the box.

    Just re-checked the weighing scales, I messed up earlier, they're actually ~540g... But stilll!
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    2020 Voodoo Marasa
    2017 Cube Attain GTC Pro Disc 2016
    2016 Voodoo Wazoo
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    Bought a Sportful Long sleeved jersey plus some more tights on the assumption that I’d get some mileage out of them this year, though judging by folks lack of restraint I suspect that I’ll be commuting only as we will be locked down as folks can’t ride solo etc.

    "https://www.sigmasports.com/item/Sportful/Monocrom-Thermal-Long-Sleeve-Jersey/NROM" in council orange which I like oddly!
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Just bought a refurbished power meter so I can play on zwift without forking out for a smart turbo. £210 for a 4iiiiiiiiiiiiiii one on PBK, the last ones were the same series colour and size as my cranks so I thought it would be rude not to.
    Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
    Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
    Vitus Sentier VRS - 2017
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    I really want another 4iiii power metre for the winter bike but bought a 2007 mac mini for £61 instead

    Gonna upgrade the cpu hdd and memory then use it in the mancave
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    itboffin said:

    I really want another 4iiii power metre for the winter bike but bought a 2007 mac mini for £61 instead

    Gonna upgrade the cpu hdd and memory then use it in the mancave

    My mancave laptop has been pressed into duty in home school today.
    Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
    Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
    Sun - Cervelo R3
    Winter / Commute - Dolan ADX
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    asprilla said:

    itboffin said:

    I really want another 4iiii power metre for the winter bike but bought a 2007 mac mini for £61 instead

    Gonna upgrade the cpu hdd and memory then use it in the mancave

    My mancave laptop has been pressed into duty in home school today.
    My go to daily machine is a hugely upgraded 2012 Mac mini i5 with SSD and 16Gb ram it’s great but now my wife’s desktop, my Lenovo i7 monster laptop is the little uns desktop so I’m down to my work MacBook Pro i7 top spec all round so this 2007 mini has its work cutout, I’m confident it’ll be up to the job as it’s one of the models you can replace cpu memory etc
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    I’ve turned an old netbook into a Apple share music server, print server and NAS to support the new family WFH needs
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • wolfsbane2k
    wolfsbane2k Posts: 3,056
    Frog 62 in Union Jack scheme.
    Carerra Saruna 20" in "pink" scheme.
    20" and 24" mudguards and racks from Decathlon

    And I was looking at a Carrera E hybrid from Halfrauds hoping to pick it up from a local store before the shutdown occurs; that's not happening now.
    Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
    Bike 1 (Broken) - Bike 2(Borked) - Bike 3(broken spokes) - Bike 4( Needs Work) - Bike 5 (in bits) - Bike 6* ...
  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    itboffin said:

    I’ve turned an old netbook into a Apple share music server, print server and NAS to support the new family WFH needs

    My kids are mainly tablet users. Unfortunately the eldest's tablet tops out at Android 4.4.4 and the home school apps she needs want 7 and upwards, so that's why she's using my 2012 i5 Samsung (still an excellent machine and lighter than an Air).

    Am currently looking for an alternative to Plex for my NAS content for the kids. Trialling Kodi, but I haven't figured out how to get it to stream over the internet so it's restricted to the home network at the moment.

    Also a bit annoyed that iTunes picked the beginning of the year to overhaul their DRM and so I can't currently strip if off videos for fair use on my NAS. Stuck at home and can't purchase any new content for the kids to play on the TV. Reticent to use Google Play (Android TV) as that is stream only, you can't download.

    I hate, hate, hate content being tied to a platform.
    Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
    Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
    Sun - Cervelo R3
    Winter / Commute - Dolan ADX
  • wolfsbane2k
    wolfsbane2k Posts: 3,056
    asprilla said:


    I hate, hate, hate content being tied to a platform.

    Ditto. And I hate renting services. I'm still buying DVDs/blurays when I can...
    Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
    Bike 1 (Broken) - Bike 2(Borked) - Bike 3(broken spokes) - Bike 4( Needs Work) - Bike 5 (in bits) - Bike 6* ...
  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    Chamois Cream £2 off at Wiggle. I've bought some in cos its gonna be a long hot spring on Zwift. Also topped up my High5 Energy powder for the longer rides !

    Plus side is I'm saving on cake stops.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    asprilla said:

    itboffin said:

    I’ve turned an old netbook into a Apple share music server, print server and NAS to support the new family WFH needs

    My kids are mainly tablet users. Unfortunately the eldest's tablet tops out at Android 4.4.4 and the home school apps she needs want 7 and upwards, so that's why she's using my 2012 i5 Samsung (still an excellent machine and lighter than an Air).

    Am currently looking for an alternative to Plex for my NAS content for the kids. Trialling Kodi, but I haven't figured out how to get it to stream over the internet so it's restricted to the home network at the moment.

    Also a bit annoyed that iTunes picked the beginning of the year to overhaul their DRM and so I can't currently strip if off videos for fair use on my NAS. Stuck at home and can't purchase any new content for the kids to play on the TV. Reticent to use Google Play (Android TV) as that is stream only, you can't download.

    I hate, hate, hate content being tied to a platform.
    Best semi NAS solution i've found for images and files is a webserver running webdav, it doesnt work so great on Mac's but I suspect my non streaming needs are more simple than yours.

    I use openvpn to connect back to home from the outside world
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • denis992
    denis992 Posts: 65
    The FreeNAS server and Plex were on overtime. They are getting a rest now Disney Plus is launched, the XBOX is now in overload.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    running the shairport-sync service on my web/nas server allows me to hook it up to a dump speaker and stream audio from any apple device as well
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,064
    edited March 2020
    I haven't bought this yet, but will be looking for a bargain (£146 is currently the cheapest) in the next 6 months.
    Castelli finally make a perfetto with a colour scheme I want - I could then shift on my Alpha jersey:


    Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
    Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
    Scott CR1 SL 12
    Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
    Scott Foil 18
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Anyone got any idea is Halfords are still delivering online orders? I’ve twittered them and heard nowt.

    I bit the bullet and bought one of the last smart turbos I could find. I want it now!!!!!
    Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
    Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
    Vitus Sentier VRS - 2017
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,070
    prawny said:

    Anyone got any idea is Halfords are still delivering online orders? I’ve twittered them and heard nowt.

    I bit the bullet and bought one of the last smart turbos I could find. I want it now!!!!!

    Do Halfords deliver their own sales, or do they get delivered by the likes of Parcel Force etc.?

    Businesses that are staying open because they are regarded as a key service that cannot work from home are suffering serious absence rates at the mo, so it will likely mean online orders take longer to reach you.
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    2020 Voodoo Marasa
    2017 Cube Attain GTC Pro Disc 2016
    2016 Voodoo Wazoo
  • magoo289
    magoo289 Posts: 223
    prawny said:

    Anyone got any idea is Halfords are still delivering online orders? I’ve twittered them and heard nowt.

    I bit the bullet and bought one of the last smart turbos I could find. I want it now!!!!!

    There was an email about there stores and how stores would operate and how click and collect would work, so I’d assume online orders are being processed.
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    Bianchi Infinito CV
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    It was online only so should come from the warehouse rather than a store so I’ll keep my fingers crossed.

    No movement on the order tracking but it says it will be here today. Who knows 🤷🏼‍♂️
    Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
    Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
    Vitus Sentier VRS - 2017

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