Santa "comes" early
itboffin
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Am I the only person who finds it impossible at Christmas time not to buy even more stuff for myself?
Any-hohoho I was rudely awaken at 8:30 this morning :oops: by Santa, he's really let himself go lately.
Gone are the reindeer and sledge, replaced by a grubby white van, some scruffy hobo-esq clothes with a roll up hanging from his grubby face, even the the usual cheery greeting was replaced with "cold down er".
Thrust into my hand was a small box, contained inside a shiny new Garmin Edge 705 HR/CAD
Yummy yum yum
Merry Christmas everyone 8)
Any-hohoho I was rudely awaken at 8:30 this morning :oops: by Santa, he's really let himself go lately.
Gone are the reindeer and sledge, replaced by a grubby white van, some scruffy hobo-esq clothes with a roll up hanging from his grubby face, even the the usual cheery greeting was replaced with "cold down er".
Thrust into my hand was a small box, contained inside a shiny new Garmin Edge 705 HR/CAD
Yummy yum yum
Merry Christmas everyone 8)
Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
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Nice work.
Yeah, normally I do the same. I've been quite restrained this year, mainly due to work keeping me busy the last few weekends.
I did recently spy a garmin 500 in 'neutral' colours and thought that would go much better on the cervelo than the blue/white one I have...0 -
Yup GoPro HD, 3 buffs, parts for a winter hack mtb conversion inc stud tyres..!0
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Yup, Niterider MiNewt 150 appeared on my office desk yesterday afternoon. Drat.FCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
Litespeed L3 for Strava bits
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.0 -
I may be waiting on a new chain, pearl izumi gillet and some powerlinks :oops:
oh and a merino top, overshoes and gloves
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yep new bike BMC TM01 - FCN 0
Look 695 (Geared) - FCN 1
Bowman Palace:R - FCN 1
Cannondale CAAD 9 - FCN 2
Premier (CX) - FCN 6
Premier (fixed/SS) - FCN30 -
Not brought anything for a while.
Summers just around the corner, so not worth buying any winter kit, innit :P0 -
new tyres and rollers bought yesterday
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I spotted a cheap second hand Assos Intermediate top, in my size. Well it would silly not too wouldn't it?0
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itboffin wrote:Am I the only person who finds it impossible at Christmas time not to buy even more stuff for myself?
Any-hohoho I was rudely awaken at 8:30 this morning :oops: by Santa, he's really let himself go lately.
Gone are the reindeer and sledge, replaced by a grubby white van, some scruffy hobo-esq clothes with a roll up hanging from his grubby face, even the the usual cheery greeting was replaced with "cold down er".
Thrust into my hand was a small box, contained inside a shiny new Garmin Edge 705 HR/CAD
Yummy yum yum
Merry Christmas everyone 8)
How much are they these days? I was waiting for the price of the 705 to plummet with the new model out....Do not write below this line. Office use only.0 -
Santa somehow managed to squeeze a Cube Ltd Comp mountain bike down my chimney.0
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Avoided purchases so far but come the sales I'll be after some new kit. I think my Continental tyres have finally given up the ghost after 3 years and ~10,000 miles. Rear grip is definitely much worse, I can spin up the rear wheel far too easily in the wet and there are some nasty looking cuts to the front. Just got to find some new ones and get the old ones off nowFCN3: Titanium Qoroz.0
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I've just bought a bike bag, because I'm fed up of my beloved Cannondale road bike living outside. The MTB and Vitamin can stay out there, but the Cannondale's coming into the house.
I also saw some LX dual control brake/shift levers going for £18. Had a pair of them, and another pair for a friend.0 -
Spent £27 on bike stuff for sister.
Didn't quite qualify for free postage (needs to be £30).
Spent another £60 on stuff for me. Wanted to be sure.0 -
Shortly after Santa's visit this morning one of his elfs popped by with some cheap running tights and jackets from sportdirect.com
Not for me of course, I DON'T do running.Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
Not bought anything special bike related for myself for xmas, only normal bits for the Vanquish project that just needs a bearing service and bar tape but I did splash the cash down the Apple shop on an iPod dock and got 20% discount from them too I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0
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I've just posted in another thread that I'll be purchasing two new road bikes after Christmas.
http://www.epic-cycles.co.uk/images/gen ... 0-1000.jpg
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http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/specialed ... ERC&bike=1
Is that a bit too much. Oh well. If buying bike stuff is a sin then send me too hell cos I'm guilty as charged. The devil has all the best stuff anyway. 0 -
Well I bought a winter bike and has not long been delivered so am classing that as a Christmas present to myself as won't now get out before due to the snowPain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.0
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What could be better than getting yourself a brand new bike for Xmas?
I've posted something about this here: http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... 1#16670591 if you wanna join in the Holiday spirit! 
Can't wait to get myself a pair, I'm thinking I'll go to the shop tomorrow. Wanna ride them on Xmas day, when everything's quite and everybody's at home.
Happy Happy Holidays!Spam sig deleted.0
