What is happening to NapD?

Anonymous
Anonymous Posts: 79,665
edited January 2010 in Road buying advice
Was literally just about to press the 'Buy' button on a DA 7900 Groupset for the Litespeed and I changed my mind.

I just couldn't be ar5ed!

What is up with me?

Please advise.

I can't even be bothered to get 2010 Force!
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  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    You're just insane.

    Follow my mantra: if it won't make you a better rider, don't buy it.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Pokerface wrote:
    You're just insane.

    Follow my mantra: if it won't make you a better rider, don't buy it.

    Jeez mate!

    You don't follow that mantra! ;D

    How are wou feeling mate? Any better?
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    edited January 2010
    Sneaking in new kit past MrsNapD no longer provides sufficient challenge, so you have lost the 'it's wrong, but it feels so right' element. :wink:
    Cycling weakly
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    skyd0g wrote:
    Sneaking new in kit past MrsNapD no longer provides sufficient challenge, so you have lost the 'it's wrong, but it feels so right' element. :wink:

    You may be right...

    My next challenge may involve a new HiFi rack or going from a 32" to a 46"telly...
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Pokerface wrote:
    You're just insane.

    Follow my mantra: if it won't make you a better rider, don't buy it.

    Jeez mate!

    You don't follow that mantra! ;D

    How are wou feeling mate? Any better?


    Hey - I'm only buying things that are useful these days! Wheels, wheels and more wheels. :)

    I'm still a mess. Still can't walk. Going back to doc tomoro for check up. Hopefully the antibiotics start working soon!
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    How about, every new piece of bling you buy, you have to sneak in to the house/garage dressed as Santa (without being spotted). :D
    Cycling weakly
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Pokerface wrote:
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Pokerface wrote:
    You're just insane.

    Follow my mantra: if it won't make you a better rider, don't buy it.

    Jeez mate!

    You don't follow that mantra! ;D

    How are wou feeling mate? Any better?


    Hey - I'm only buying things that are useful these days! Wheels, wheels and more wheels. :)

    I'm still a mess. Still can't walk. Going back to doc tomoro for check up. Hopefully the antibiotics start working soon!

    My word. I need to stop exposing people to QuadPowertm ;D

    Hope you're feeling better soon mate, you need to kill it in them trials!
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    @Pokerface - I hope the antibiotics kick-in soon mate. :D
    Cycling weakly
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    skyd0g wrote:
    How about, every new piece of bling you buy, you have to sneak in to the house/garage dressed as Santa (without being spotted). :D

    I virtually do!

    God knows how she believed me about the TT Bike last year but she did! :shock:
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    I think MrsNapD knows really, but turns a blind eye, coz she luuuurves you. 8)
    Cycling weakly
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    skyd0g wrote:
    I think MrsNapD knows really, but turns a blind eye, coz she luuuurves you. 8)

    Or because she has her own delicious secrets...

    I'm dead if she googles the HiFi!
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    NapoleonD wrote:

    Hope you're feeling better soon mate, you need to kill it in them trials!


    Thanks. Can't wait to get back to training. A break will help me re-focus.

    Now - back to you. Isn't there something inherently wrong with making you 'winter' bike better than most people's race bike?


    Maybe get a PowerTap hub for that 808 wheel? A disc? Subscription to WeightWatchers? ;)
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    NapoleonD wrote:
    skyd0g wrote:
    I think MrsNapD knows really, but turns a blind eye, coz she luuuurves you. 8)

    Or because she has her own delicious secrets...

    I'm dead if she googles the HiFi!

    I know what you mean - some of those 'black boxes' don't come cheap. If she does, just tell her the prices have gone up stupidly since the pound went down the drain. :wink:
    Cycling weakly
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    NapoleonD wrote:

    I'm dead if she googles the HiFi!

    do tell.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    ..in return, just don't google her shoes or handbags. :shock:
    Cycling weakly
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Pokerface wrote:
    NapoleonD wrote:

    Hope you're feeling better soon mate, you need to kill it in them trials!


    Thanks. Can't wait to get back to training. A break will help me re-focus.

    Now - back to you. Isn't there something inherently wrong with making you 'winter' bike better than most people's race bike?


    Maybe get a PowerTap hub for that 808 wheel? A disc? Subscription to WeightWatchers? ;)

    Project NapLoss1 is going very well ;)
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    skyd0g wrote:
    ..in return, just don't google her shoes or handbags. :shock:

    Unfortunately, MrsNapD gets bought all her decent stuff by me...

    I must be very very lucky...

    I'd have suspicion that she was having an affair if she wasn't looking after NapKid1 and 2 all the time!
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Pokerface wrote:
    NapoleonD wrote:

    Hope you're feeling better soon mate, you need to kill it in them trials!


    Thanks. Can't wait to get back to training. A break will help me re-focus.

    Now - back to you. Isn't there something inherently wrong with making you 'winter' bike better than most people's race bike?


    Maybe get a PowerTap hub for that 808 wheel? A disc? Subscription to WeightWatchers? ;)

    Project NapLoss1 is going very well ;)

    And I bet you end up losing 12 more pounds than I do. 8)
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    nicklouse wrote:
    NapoleonD wrote:

    I'm dead if she googles the HiFi!

    do tell.

    You don't want to know...

    MrsNapD perceived cost - £3k

    Insurance replacement cost - £22k
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    NapoleonD wrote:
    nicklouse wrote:
    NapoleonD wrote:

    I'm dead if she googles the HiFi!

    do tell.

    You don't want to know...

    MrsNapD perceived cost - £3k

    Insurance replacement cost - £22k

    now that i would like to listen to.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    skyd0g wrote:
    @Pokerface - I hope the antibiotics kick-in soon mate. :D

    Many thanks. Leg infections and forced rest off the bike are no fun. :oops:
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    NapoleonD wrote:
    nicklouse wrote:
    NapoleonD wrote:

    I'm dead if she googles the HiFi!

    do tell.

    You don't want to know...

    MrsNapD perceived cost - £3k

    Insurance replacement cost - £22k

    You should hear NapDs Boney M collection on his system! :wink:
    Cycling weakly
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    You'd better get sorted for the training camp!!!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    SystemandSpeaker.jpg

    :o
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    Nice. 8)
    Cycling weakly
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    Are they transmission-line speakers?
    Cycling weakly
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    skyd0g wrote:
    Are they transmission-line speakers?

    No.

    Two big bass drivers at the bottom of each cabinet.

    http://www.focaldirect.co.uk/UtopiaBe/divautopiabe.html
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    remind me of Daleks

    looks like some interesting cables there.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Actually I've replaced the cables since this pic, interconnects and speaker cables are now MIT. All mains stuff is still MusicWorks though...
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    The new ones are Daleks!!

    focal_utopia-3.jpg

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