The "I have just ordered..." thread

Oh Marone

Just a quick update on The Kraken rum.

God knows what they put in it but it gets you proper h'd real quick. Had a few over a friends house on Saturday and he said "this is the juice of satan" after only one. Really spicy if you drink it neat and tastes really good with coke but felt half h'd after only a few. Same strength as Captain Morgans but I can drink quite a few and get h'd but feel fine and wake up without a hangover. The Kraken though is proper dark, highly recommended

VWsurfbum

Oh Marone wrote:

Just a quick update on The Kraken rum.

God knows what they put in it but it gets you proper h'd real quick. Had a few over a friends house on Saturday and he said "this is the juice of satan" after only one. Really spicy if you drink it neat and tastes really good with coke but felt half h'd after only a few. Same strength as Captain Morgans but I can drink quite a few and get h'd but feel fine and wake up without a hangover. The Kraken though is proper dark, highly recommended

Now this sounds like propper cruder juice.

buddy_club

New road helmet, couldn't resist for a fiver.

Stevo_666

Oh Marone wrote:

Just a quick update on The Kraken rum.

God knows what they put in it but it gets you proper h'd real quick. Had a few over a friends house on Saturday and he said "this is the juice of satan" after only one. Really spicy if you drink it neat and tastes really good with coke but felt half h'd after only a few. Same strength as Captain Morgans but I can drink quite a few and get h'd but feel fine and wake up without a hangover. The Kraken though is proper dark, highly recommended

Not surprised your mate got h'd if he was drinking it neat

If anyone likes their gin, try a bottle of D1. Not cheap but top notch with a bit of tonic or bitter lemon. Got mine cheap in a charity auction, so win.

Antm81

An slx I spec b rear shifter for a huge £22.39 from wiggle, my drivetrain ocd will now be satisfied hopefully, really bugs me that manufacturers spec a certain level of mechs then fit lower level shifters.

poah

Diamond back Element for me



https://fbcdn-video-g-a.akamaihd.net/hv ... 6148_n.mp4

kinesis strut R750 bars and superstar excel grips





Diamond back remix for lewis

mcnultycop

27.2 Thomson Dropper. The Scandal deserves a treat.

Two sets of elbow pads for various degrees of gnar, (post elbow break the missus and the surgeon both told me elbow pads all the time) Troy Lee 5500 for pedally days, Leatt Hardshells for uplifts.

poah

fell off at BMX last night onto my leatt 3DF elbow pad and didn't feel a thing, glad I put them on.

mcnultycop

Good to hear. I had some cheapo Troy Lee pads with the straps that cross over the forearm. I got annoyed with them slipping down on the bumpy stuff, so didn't put them on on some bumpy stuff, and fell elbow first onto said bumpy stuff. I'm not having 10+ weeks off the bike again.

Both the Troy Lee and Leatt ones seem to stay well in place.

thekickingmule

mcnultycop wrote:

I'm not having 10+ weeks off the bike again.

Pfft. Amateur!

gt-arrowhead

Just bought myself a pair of Hayes Stroker Ryde brakes for a very reasonable £37 for the pair. Were at £150.

IhateDNS

Ordered two Gloworm mounts from US items are here with in five days :shock:


Action Led Lights.com 8)

fat_homer

Blimey, Christmas has hit this thread hard, not much money being spent

The Reba's on my Soul have all but died. This means the Rev's on the TRc are being lowered to 120mm and going on. The Rev's are being replaced by a set of 27.5" Pike RC's from France that I've just ordered, lowered to 130mm giving pretty much the same a2c as the Rev's at 140mm. I've also ordered air shafts and oils for both conversions.



Ordering the RC's at about £380 (at least £100 cheaper than RCT3's) means I might order a pair of Spec Rime shoes, still debating.

gt-arrowhead

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

Just bought myself a pair of Hayes Stroker Ryde brakes for a very reasonable £37 for the pair. Were at £150.

I picked these up from the mail depot earlier today, and ive been curious to have a feel. So i fitted them to a spare set of handlebars so i could see how it felt. And upon fitting i realised that they have mixed the levers up - the rear brake lever is the front lever, and the front is the rear, so the pretty nice looking "Hayes" writing is not going to be visible once i put it on the bike, its going to look really plain I think i could do a bit of clever work with some stickers to sort that out though. They feel pretty decent, and the reach adjustment is useful and easy to get to unlike my Aurigas.

gt-arrowhead

Before anyone asks, the brakes come with one of those spacer things in the calipers, so no i didnt squeeze the brakes and push the pistons out.

Chunkers1980

Er they are euro. Just change the hoses

gt-arrowhead

Chunkers1980 wrote:

Er they are euro. Just change the hoses

Thought so, which is a bummer. I would do but that requires effort. Not really worth it since the performance will be the same.

IhateDNS

Stans Sealant
POC Index DH Gloves

jfry94

An new antidote reservoir for my camelbak. Only I could leave powerade in there over christmas

Herdwick

KS supernatural 125mm dropper
Alpina testino shades
One up 42T spocket and 30T chain ring
SS 203 floating rotors(gold) and adaptors
chain ring bolt tool
...
on behalf of some friends!

I'm the one who open the boxes though 8)

VWsurfbum

Payday for me so catching up on a bit of stuff for the stuff that was on hold over crimbo.

1 x entry into #enduro1

A really good deal on a set of these for the fatty


And something to hold them

One of these to replace the hard alpinestars body Armour

mcnultycop

34t Red Superstar I/O chainring
XT cassette
Hope Trex
KMC x93 chain
Motion Control Knob

New ratios for the Scandal, then getting rid of the Poploc on the Rebas.

The Northern Monkey

2x Royal Cutter hoodies. Not sure on these yet, they are almost too nice to wear on the bike, but they feel really good on.





One Industries Ion Jersey... one word, awesome.


661 Freeride Shorts... one word, crap.

gt-arrowhead

Picked up a 180mm one of these from Halfords the other day. Looks much better in person. Looked quite cheap in the photo ontheir website

And just ordered one of these. A2Z V brake to disc brake adapter. Also on sale.

FishFish

Cheap HG 50 9sp cassette and KMC combo - bought from a retailler in Belfast yesterday and arrived - second class post today!! Will fit on Sat.

VWsurfbum

A Yeti Sb95a (non carbon ) frame off ebay. Build thread to follow

lawman

VWsurfbum wrote:

A Yeti Sb95a (non carbon ) frame off ebay. Build thread to follow

Nice 8) Rode one a few years back and was pretty surprised by how good it was, was certainly the fastest bike I rode on that demo day, felt super planted and climbed very well too. Not the most playful or "fun" bike but if I wanted to get from A to B as quick as possible it'd be right up there on my list of bikes

VWsurfbum

lawman wrote:

VWsurfbum wrote:

A Yeti Sb95a (non carbon ) frame off ebay. Build thread to follow

Nice 8) Rode one a few years back and was pretty surprised by how good it was, was certainly the fastest bike I rode on that demo day, felt super planted and climbed very well too. Not the most playful or "fun" bike but if I wanted to get from A to B as quick as possible it'd be right up there on my list of bikes

yeah I am gonna keep the transition for playing on and build this as a xc whippet

Barnymeinhoff

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

Just bought myself a pair of Hayes Stroker Ryde brakes for a very reasonable £37 for the pair. Were at £150.

I picked these up from the mail depot earlier today, and ive been curious to have a feel. So i fitted them to a spare set of handlebars so i could see how it felt. And upon fitting i realised that they have mixed the levers up - the rear brake lever is the front lever, and the front is the rear, so the pretty nice looking "Hayes" writing is not going to be visible once i put it on the bike, its going to look really plain I think i could do a bit of clever work with some stickers to sort that out though. They feel pretty decent, and the reach adjustment is useful and easy to get to unlike my Aurigas.

some countries have the brakes tother way round, could be they were marketed for abroad. i have a chum who learned to ride in Norway and he had to swap his brakes round on his new bike when he got one over here.

arran77

One of these for the BFe 8)