Cycling Christmas presents

Clever Pun
Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
edited January 2009 in Commuting chat
Did anyone get anything? does it help on the commute? (there you go spen66)

I got £100 in condor vouchers and the same in rapha ones... bring on the tart frenzy :lol:
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  • gb155
    gb155 Posts: 2,048
    I got a Mars 3.0 , Sure helps on the commute and a sram shifter, enabling me to install from front hydraulic brake again helping with the commute.

    Now im just watching the sales incase of something interesting. :D
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  • dirk_van_gently
    dirk_van_gently Posts: 826
    one of these:
    paragon400.jpg
    Not for commuting of course :D
    If you see the candle as flame, the meal is already cooked.
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  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    I got a dvd of cycling's best crashes. Shouldn't laugh at other's misfortune but i will :lol:
  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    I got a Wiggle voucher which I'm buying some SPD pedals for the MTB with.
    Went out the other day on it and it felt really weird not clipping in (and like cycling a tractor, but can't do a lot about that!)
    Emerging from under a big black cloud. All help welcome
  • alfablue
    alfablue Posts: 8,497
    I got an Altura Attack Extreme jacket
    Attack-Exteme-WP---Orange.jpg

    from my gf - yes, its Orange, she tells me this is the new black!

    It seems like an excellent jacket, light, breathable, and should be fully waterproof.
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    Dirk Van Gently wrote:
    one of these:
    paragon400.jpg
    Not for commuting of course :D

    but still in baby blue?
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    Very Hairy Roadie - FCN 4
    Fixed Pista- FCN 5
    Beared Bromptonite - FCN 14
  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
    I got a wheel truing stand (cheap one), spoke tension meter (nice Park one) and wheel dishing gauge (the cheaper of the two Park ones).

    Those were pretty much the last few things I needed to be self-sufficient in the world of bike maintenance so hopefully that will make for lots of trouble-free commuting in 2009.
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    I got:

    FULCRUM RACING 7's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Now I just need tyres and tubes to be fitted.

    On Christmas day I was just sitting there spinning the freewheel - such a beautiful sound!

    I also got:
    Gears of War2
    Fallout 3
    Hancock - twice
    Battle of Wits (DVD of the Kung Fu variety)
    A slow/steamer cooker
    Spice rack
    Aftershave - twice
    Chocolates - :shock:
    Bottle of wine. - :shock:
    Money towards a new amplifier to go with my acquired TDL RTL3 speakers (such low smooth 'round' bass - They say Reggae was invented to be played on those speakers).

    Apart from the chocolates none of that isn't really bike specific (I can eat the chocolate on the commute home).

    I didn't, however, get the messenger bag from my parents. I gave them too many options and asked for it too late in the day....
    Food Chain number = 4

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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    racing 7's they make quite a racket don't they! never going to creep up on some one, have them on old red seem very nice.
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    I love the sound. A women who pulled up beside me once was on a Willier Mortirolo (Beautiful Bike) and she went freewheel on me with Fulcrum Racing 7's from that moment my love affair for Willier bikes and the sound the Fulcrum's make began.
    Food Chain number = 4

    A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
  • dirk_van_gently
    dirk_van_gently Posts: 826
    Clever Pun wrote:
    but still in baby blue?

    When I bought it, I didn't like the colour much, but a) that's the only colour they come in, b) I got a hell of a deal on the bike.
    I am warming to the colour, although it is a bit too much "Look at me" whereas all the other bikes I have owned or still own, are very much "Understated" in their looks. If I get to really dislike it, I can always go for a recoating,
    If you see the candle as flame, the meal is already cooked.
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    Erm, I got a bike maintenance book. This will help on my commute as it will allow my bike to run for longer!

    I'll also count my birthday tho as it's only 6 days before and for that I got a set of Mavic Aksiums from my lovely wife and a toolkit off my parents :-)
    Like DDD there will be no creeping up on people before due to the lovely (but slightly less noisy) freewheel! Best bit is that I've just popped down the LBS and got the tyres, brake blocks and new inner tubes to get em fitted!!!! Guess what I'll be doing late into the evening :-D
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  • ris
    ris Posts: 392
    northwave bib-longs. hopefully make my commute a little warmer and cheer up my workmates with all the laughing they can do when the see me in them.
  • 2tired2ride
    2tired2ride Posts: 285
    The coolist cap ever!

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    o and a park tools pizza cutter

    parkpizzacutterindog1.jpg


    :D
    "If we all had hardtails we'd all go down the hill, just slower"
    Nick Larsen


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  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    This christmas was bike free other than Lance Armstrong's book - it's not about the bike.

    My familly have finally rebelled and now refuse to order obscure parts from internet sites they've never heard of :(
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

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  • tardington
    tardington Posts: 1,379
    2tired2ride wrote:
    The coolist cap ever!

    picture012gy2.th.jpg

    :D

    Oh hey nice cap! Where plz?
  • TheHatter
    TheHatter Posts: 122
    I got these mitts
    http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=C0256
    I really like them and they fit great but cant help thinking when I have them on that they are just a bit ....well camp.
  • JackBenson59
    JackBenson59 Posts: 118
    I got a Buff, some 661 Kyle Strait kneepads and a Vaude daypack with spine protector and space for a hydration bladder. :D
  • eyes like marbles
    eyes like marbles Posts: 87
    i got silk undersock sock things, i hope they help my poor cold feet.
    and old lights which are new to me but not new, recycling for my cycling.
  • 2tired2ride
    2tired2ride Posts: 285
    tardie wrote:
    2tired2ride wrote:
    The coolist cap ever!

    picture012gy2.th.jpg

    :D

    Oh hey nice cap! Where plz?

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    Boardman Urban Team 08
    Falcon 3 Speed
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Rich158 wrote:
    This christmas was bike free other than Lance Armstrong's book - it's not about the bike.

    My familly have finally rebelled and now refuse to order obscure parts from internet sites they've never heard of :(

    Time to let go they're holding you back :lol:
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    itboffin wrote:
    Rich158 wrote:
    This christmas was bike free other than Lance Armstrong's book - it's not about the bike.

    My familly have finally rebelled and now refuse to order obscure parts from internet sites they've never heard of :(

    Time to let go they're holding you back :lol:

    Was going to suggest the same thing!
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    2tired2ride wrote:
    The coolist cap ever!

    picture012gy2.th.jpg

    :D
    I like the detachable chin warmer.
  • snakehips
    snakehips Posts: 2,272
    edited January 2009
    I thought I was going to get a big zero this year , but rather belatedly I got a plastic thing to hold my front wheel when I am on the trainer. I didn't know that such things existed or that I needed one but now I have one.
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  • girv73
    girv73 Posts: 842
    I got some Orange F8 rigid forks for the commuter bike. Now I'm waiting for a new star nut so I can actually fit them!

    F8RIGID_200.jpg

    I was given some cash too and have ordered some Conti Ultra Gators and other bits from Wiggle. The tyres are a total bargain at the moment, I got mine for £16ish each in the end. With lighter forks and skinny slicks, I hope to shave some time from the commute!

    I took a trip down to Chain Reaction's showroom as well (it's about 5 miles from my house) to get a look at a BeOne Storm 1.0 road bike - Alu/Carbon+105 for £500. They didn't have one ready, but they're building one up for me in the correct size with no obligation just so I can try it out. I say that's pretty darn good customer service. I hope to persuade the mrs. that it's a bargain purchase not to be missed :)

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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    I got an edge 705, a set of raceblades, a jersey, cycle shop vouchers (LBS)...

    :D
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    Picked this up at the weeknd with my condor vouchers

    http://www.brooksengland.com/shop/shopProductDetail.aspx?id=uid-20070521.114703.828.1250-8-00145E457A63
    9
    in brown with matching bar tape
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    The only cycling gifts I got were Tim Krabbé's "The Rider" and a pair of personally knitted bottle green ear warmers that fit over your helmet straps :)
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