If you could have one cycling thing....

MonkeyMonster

JonGinge wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Carbon bottle cages from Planet X. They're fantastic. Also...

your mate will then have carbon, and he will want more. When (not if) he buys more carbon, you can start to use him as the standard against which Mrs Asprilla can measure you bike-related expenditure, so that you don't look as if you're frittering away your cash.

This what you've been doing?

Perhaps I should charge for that service

if you're not careful Ginge, with a big gust of wind on your super full carbon everything bike you'll float away

Hrun

If someone was buying me something as a newbie I would be grateful for a CO2 pump as I want one but cannot work out which will do me best.

jonginge

MonkeyMonster wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Carbon bottle cages from Planet X. They're fantastic. Also...

your mate will then have carbon, and he will want more. When (not if) he buys more carbon, you can start to use him as the standard against which Mrs Asprilla can measure you bike-related expenditure, so that you don't look as if you're frittering away your cash.

This what you've been doing?

Perhaps I should charge for that service

if you're not careful Ginge, with a big gust of wind on your super full carbon everything bike you'll float away

I am worried. Have held back on deep-rimmed carbon wheels for this very reason

deptfordmarmoset

...I'd like a young man's thighs.

Gosh, that looks very, very odd now I've written it :? :?

cjcp

Asprilla wrote:

Unfortunately he's on C2W so Mrs A knows he's getting it cheap. You'll never guess which bike he's got.....

An S1?

asprilla

cjcp wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

Unfortunately he's on C2W so Mrs A knows he's getting it cheap. You'll never guess which bike he's got.....

An S1?

Through C2W? I don't think they cover eBay! No, he's got a shiny Boardman Team Carbon.

cjcp

Ah, right. Very nice.

coopster_the_1st

A pair of arm warmers.

or a buff.

freddiegrubb

:oops: Even Bill Gates hasn't enough money to buy a pair of good climbing legs, if only

itchieritchie

No but Bill Gates could probably buy a young man's thighs if he wanted to.... ;-)

Depends what your budget is. If it'll stretch, get him a Giro Prolight like me. I love mine and nothing makes you feel more like a cyclist than a proper lighter-than-air bonce cap...!!

freddiegrubb

:oops: Gentlemen!! please remember our readers modesty & spare their blushes, granny would NOT approve.

gbsahne001

"road morph" pump; portable track pump!

dannc

Arm warmers and a tub of chamois cream and if there is any room left in the budget, a gillet.
ooops thats three.........ah well never mind!!

lost_in_thought

Well... the way I see it you want something nice, 'cause it's a gift, and it also ought to be something that's fun to use and that you get a decent amount of use out of. I probably wouldn't be that excited to receive tools as a gift, a gift should be something you wouldn't buy yourself.

Depending on budget, a sportwool jersey? I'd never go back now for proper rides... there is a great company that makes them for less than Rapha... what are they called again?

Or a bit lower down the scale, hmmm, not Mr Cruds, as then he'd feel obliged to fit them, whether he liked them or not. A cap'n'buff? Rapha winter hat?

Or, of course socks! Proper cycling socks are wonderful, a very kind bikeradarererer bought me some as a gift last xmas, they're orange like my bike, and I love them! I'm only a recent convert to proper cycling socks, but am beginning to see why people spend more on them...

rjsterry

lost_in_thought wrote:

I probably wouldn't be that excited to receive tools as a gift, a gift should be something you wouldn't buy yourself.

Oh. Just me then?

Canny Jock

Whisky.

And maybe a nice flask to put it in.

jonginge

Canny Jock wrote:

Whisky.

And maybe a nice flask to put it in.

Comme ci?