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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Inner tube :oops:
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    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.
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    itboffin wrote:
    Inner tube :oops:
    Have you taken out shares in any butyl rubber manufacturers?
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,474
    Well I haven't bought it, but I didn't want to start a new thread just to point out this beauty

    http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12639493


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    (nor, I hasten to add, am I in any way connected to the seller)
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  • ratherbeintobago
    ratherbeintobago Posts: 636
    Off eBay:

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  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    A pair of Ksyrium Elites.

    I expect them to make me at least 10% faster! ;)
  • dirk_van_gently
    dirk_van_gently Posts: 826
    shimano-m122-med.jpg

    Pair of these, my old shoes were starting to get a bit weary.

    Oddly since I have been using them, I have had slight pain in my right knee, guess it could just be the newness, and I need to get used to them.
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  • stuaff
    stuaff Posts: 1,736
    Been shopping at Wiggle again: sundries for my new baby (thread here)
    Couple of Cateye light brackets, this,
    ctc-big-bag-med.jpg (Bike not included, sadly :) )
    and a Park Chain Checker.
    And hopefully a bag of sweets this time......
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    StuAff wrote:
    Aidy wrote:

    Yes :) Is approval restricted to just LiT?

    Indeed not by any means. But she is rather fond of hers ;) Seller phoned this morning, will meet him Sunday morning to do the deal.


    Lovely! I've been avoiding this thread to avoid temptation during my unemployment, so missed this...

    Very nice indeed.
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    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    I am getting withdrawal symptoms from not having a box with "Wiggle" on it delivered to my desk for some weeks, so I just ordered an incredibly boring 2 x Nuun, 1 x titanium bottle cage (for the fixie) and 1 x Koolstop salmon pads. Carry on.
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Also, completely off topic - Smile, who I bank with, keep sending me emails offering me a case of wine if I refer someone for a current account. That person also gets a case of wine. Anyone looking to change accounts? PM me if so! (I've been very happy with Smile's interface and service in the 6 years I've been with them, fwiw)
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  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    Aidy wrote:
    A pair of Ksyrium Elites.

    I expect them to make me at least 10% faster! ;)

    Hmm, but there's some rattle from the cassette.
    Quick tour of bike shops this lunchtime to hunt for a thin spacer for the freehub.
  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    Aidy wrote:
    Aidy wrote:
    A pair of Ksyrium Elites.

    I expect them to make me at least 10% faster! ;)

    Hmm, but there's some rattle from the cassette.
    Quick tour of bike shops this lunchtime to hunt for a thin spacer for the freehub.

    What size cassette you running?

    My Elites I got last week from Merlin Cycles came with the 10 speed spacer.
  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    Gazzaputt wrote:

    What size cassette you running?

    My Elites I got last week from Merlin Cycles came with the 10 speed spacer.

    It's a 9 speed cassette, which is what's weird with it.
  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    Aidy wrote:
    Gazzaputt wrote:

    What size cassette you running?

    My Elites I got last week from Merlin Cycles came with the 10 speed spacer.

    It's a 9 speed cassette, which is what's weird with it.

    That is 9 speed shouldn't require a spacer. Shifiting all ok?
  • symo
    symo Posts: 1,743
    StuAff wrote:
    Been shopping at Wiggle again: sundries for my new baby (thread here)
    Couple of Cateye light brackets, this,
    ctc-big-bag-med.jpg (Bike not included, sadly :) )
    and a Park Chain Checker.
    And hopefully a bag of sweets this time......

    Good job the bike isn't included as I would kill for another 52cm one they are the shiznit.
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  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    Gazzaputt wrote:
    That is 9 speed shouldn't require a spacer. Shifiting all ok?

    Yeah, although I fiddled it last night.

    Reading this leads me to believe I need one of these.
  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    Aidy wrote:
    Gazzaputt wrote:
    That is 9 speed shouldn't require a spacer. Shifiting all ok?

    Yeah, although I fiddled it last night.

    Reading this leads me to believe I need one of these.

    I'm running the 10 speed cassette with just the mavic spacer not both the mavic and shimano with no problems.

    Will look look into this.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Aidy wrote:
    Gazzaputt wrote:
    That is 9 speed shouldn't require a spacer. Shifiting all ok?

    Yeah, although I fiddled it last night.

    Reading this leads me to believe I need one of these.

    That's the one I have between the inside of the hub and the 25/biggest sprocket.
    FCN 2-4.

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    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    Spacer acquired.

    Have to say, I wasn't that impressed by the customer service in Condor - I'll be sticking to CycleSurgery in future.
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    If I ran a retail establishment I'd have a zero tolerance policy for any staff who were surly, rude or lazy. I know customers can be complete ****s but most aren't, and there's nothing worse for customer loyalty than treating them badly.
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  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    biondino wrote:
    If I ran a retail establishment I'd have a zero tolerance policy for any staff who were surly, rude or lazy. I know customers can be complete ****s but most aren't, and there's nothing worse for customer loyalty than treating them badly.

    I wouldn't say I was treated badly as such, I mean, I did get the part I was after with a fairly vague description.
    But they do seem to have a general policy of avoiding eye contact at all costs, other bike shops seem friendlier and more willing to help.
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Well, maybe they get one warning rather than zero tolerance :)
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  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    ... and installed!

    Cassette seems much happier, at least in my kitchen. :)
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    biondino wrote:
    Well, maybe they get one warning rather than zero tolerance :)

    Ahhhhhh nuts. Have I missed another opportunity to b*tch about Condor?
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Ahhhhhh nuts. Have I missed another opportunity to b*tch about Condor?

    Nah, go ahead :)
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Does anyone have these? If so, are they any good (aside from the fact that I have serious doubts over whether I pull off that much white...)?



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    Cheers
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    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    Monday late afternoon, intended to pop into my local, very friendly LBS (hi Steve/Al!) in Balham to ask about changing the stem on my bike. Did that but also came out with metal pedals which I didn't need but got because I wanted to buy bike-related stuff :roll:

    Just as well I'm used to beans on toast, or bikkies and a hot drink. Might have to visit friends/rellys for dinner a few evenings this month :oops:
  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Just bought Cateye Strada wireless for my Tricross that arrived today!!
    Need bottle cages now also, any recomendations?
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"
  • Satans Budgie
    Satans Budgie Posts: 103
    My first ever Wiggle box.

    1 pr of dhb Earnley shorts for my second Audax on Sunday.
  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    Ordered meself a compact chainset for tackling the hills around Brecon.

    Nabbed one of Wiggle's last Ultegra 6650s for £155. Seemed a good deal considering the £200+ price of the new 6750, and the cheapest I could find a 105 compact was ~£130.

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