What's been your best bike related purchase this year?

El Capitano
El Capitano Posts: 6,400
edited December 2009 in The Crudcatcher
As 2009 draws to a close, lets see what you've bought that you've been really pleased with.

For me, it has to be the Rockshox Rebas. Awesome forks.
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  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,716
    Assos shorts.
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,184
    Singlespeed was good fun
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    bought bugger all this year.

    Will see what this seat post is like soon.

    did not get round to seeing what the road bike was like! maybe next year.

    Edit I would forget my head if it was not fitted.

    The SS build i did at the start of the year.with the 2009 K24 Oros on.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • dunnnooo
    dunnnooo Posts: 900
    Fox F32 TALAS's. Truely outstanding.
    I'd give my right hand to be ambi-dextrous
  • Sir HC
    Sir HC Posts: 20,148
    Giant Reign X, very impressed that it can do everything very well.

    Avid Elixirs, amazing brakes. Smaller rotors than my 7's, but way more power and modulation.

    Kona Wah Wah's, best flat pedal ever. Really grippy, seen of plenty of rock/stump strikes.
    Intense Socom
    Inbred
  • JamesBrckmn
    JamesBrckmn Posts: 1,360
    My bike: Rockrider 5xc
    Partly because it is so good for the price but also because my old bike ws so bad (Raliegh flair)
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    lyriks and roval wheels, both supremely excellent.
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,650
    I would have to say my Marin Team Issue frame, super-lightweight goodness 8)
  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,610
    Dunno, tough call. So many bits picked up for such good prices. So many bits still to come. Practical terms, probably altura attacks 3/4s and a light, comfy as fook, WTB saddle for 20 quid atm.
  • rapid_uphill
    rapid_uphill Posts: 841
    my shimano mw80 shoes keep my feet nice and cosy.
  • stevet1992
    stevet1992 Posts: 1,502
    My On-One 456 frame !
    On-One 456 Sainsburys Season

    Calling All SouthEastern Riders
  • compo
    compo Posts: 1,370
    Practical - soem undershorts (ah the comfort)
    Quality - DMR V8s in red :)
    GREAT SUCCESS!

    Canyon Nerve XC7

    Stolen Carrera Vulcan
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    Sir HC wrote:
    Avid Elixirs, amazing brakes.

    Indeed. I'd considered posting those, but they were just pipped by the Rebas.
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  • jonnyc2420
    jonnyc2420 Posts: 557
    my Orange Evo8 - done wonders for my health (lost just over 4 stone and given up smoking) - although this means the downhill bike has been gathering dust i've been having to much fun going up hills instead!! :mrgreen:
    Falcon Sierra - 80's
    Muddy Fox Courier - 80's
    GT Palomar 90's
    GT Zaskar LE - 90's
    Cannondale k v 900 90's
    Santa Cruz Bullit - now
    Orange Evo 8 STOLEN 26/09/10
    Orange P7 Pro
    Lots of kites.
  • Lapierre t 400
    Lapierre t 400 Posts: 654
    my shimano XT groupset
    I assume this is French petrol - be careful in reverse - the car will retreat rapidly at the least provocation.
  • GHill
    GHill Posts: 2,402
    Fuel Ex 8.
  • BenChaffer
    BenChaffer Posts: 82
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  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    Maxis Minion F single ply Super Tacky and Minion R Maxpro 60a. Improved my confidence on the trail like nothing else!
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,980
    Magicshine Light from DX

    Best . spent . £50 . EvAr !!!!!!!
    "Avan-TT"
    F*cking Fast 29er
    Rapid Rose Roady
    Bionicon Beast
    Rockhopper Communter
  • trip
    trip Posts: 64
    Assos Chamois Cream - Best £10 I've ever spent!
  • jay12
    jay12 Posts: 6,126
    hmmm...
    this year i bough a bell varinat helmet
    WTB weirwolf grips
    Continental explorer tyre
    torch light set

    i think thelights are the best buy. bright enough to see in the and get spotted in te city. durable and for £12 it was a bargain because they were £30 rrp. not far behind is the hrlmet which i got half price from CRC
    KINESIS PHA5E WIP

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  • Whytepeak
    Whytepeak Posts: 2,616
    Charge blender frame.

    Now thats value :D
    Now that we are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves. ROMANS 15:1
  • stubs
    stubs Posts: 5,001
    Shimano SLX twin and bash crankset for £80 from Merlin no more smacking the big ring on roots and steps
    Fig rolls: proof that god loves cyclists and that she wants us to do another lap
  • themanfromdelmonte
    themanfromdelmonte Posts: 46
    My best purchase this year has been my bike, after 5 years out of the saddle :oops: , I elected to get myself a new rig (just a cheapy, incase I slipped back into indolence). £371 for a 2007 Giant xtc 4.5 from Paul's Cycles and I haven't looked back, done 1,000 miles of mainly road riding to build up my fitness and endurance. But regularly getting down the woods now. Jesus how much more comfy are modern Alu frames? I was one of the Luddites sticking with Steel when it went out of favour, now people are raving about Steel bikes, but there's far less difference than there used to be.

    2010 will be a great year for treating my bike to some new bits, to thank it for reigniting my joy of riding.
    2007 Giant XTC 4.5

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  • drummondjhn
    drummondjhn Posts: 175
    Aldi bib trousers, top and jacket

    and reggi sauce
    Life is not a spectator sport
  • a.palmer
    a.palmer Posts: 504
    RockShox Revs 100-130mm, fantastic upgrade from the old suntour forks
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    Loads of nice stuff this year. Got to be either the Soul frame, the Gravity Dropper or the Traversee wheels though. It's been a good, expensive year for me ;) I think probablly the Soul, out of the 3...
    Uncompromising extremist
  • chubby666
    chubby666 Posts: 116
    Hope Tech M4 Brakes for me
  • MacAndCheese
    MacAndCheese Posts: 1,944
    My marin wolf ridge 6.8, a superb bike.
    Santa Cruz Chameleon
    Orange Alpine 160
  • ramemtbers
    ramemtbers Posts: 1,562
    does my actual bike count. if so my norco. :P

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