Your most unwarranted purchase?

Joeblack
Joeblack Posts: 829
edited November 2012 in Road general
Ok,

Lets see what you've got?

Rules -

No flaming (we know that it's a waste of money that's the point)
No complete bikes!!
You must give reason as to why you bought said over priced unwarranted item

So lets go, show us your bling :lol:
One plays football, tennis or golf, one does not play at cycling

Comments

  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    Why did I buy it...... Why not (it is unwarranted and unjustified, after all :mrgreen: )
    You didn't say it had to be bike related......

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    If it has to be bike related, then it's my Aeolus 5.0 ACC wheels; I neither require nor can justify them, but I wanted them. N pic, other than on my bike, and you said no pics of complete bikes.
    Science adjusts it’s beliefs based on what’s observed.
    Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved
  • Joeblack
    Joeblack Posts: 829
    MattC59 wrote:
    Why did I buy it...... Why not (it is unwarranted and unjustified, after all :mrgreen: )
    You didn't say it had to be bike related......

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    If it has to be bike related, then it's my Aeolus 5.0 ACC wheels; I neither require nor can justify them, but I wanted them. N pic, other than on my bike, and you said no pics of complete bikes.

    As it is chew-off-my-hand beautiful its in :wink:

    And I'm sure there's carbon in there somewhere so in a roundabout way it's bike related
    One plays football, tennis or golf, one does not play at cycling
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    Joeblack wrote:
    And I'm sure there's carbon in there somewhere so in a roundabout way it's bike related

    The stone chip guards on the rear arches :D
    Science adjusts it’s beliefs based on what’s observed.
    Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved
  • Joeblack
    Joeblack Posts: 829
    Edited slightly to make it more forum friendly ;)
    One plays football, tennis or golf, one does not play at cycling
  • loismustdie
    loismustdie Posts: 127
    Zipp 404 clinchers. I almost never use them after cracking the carbon on the first front wheel hitting a pothole. I've also never managed to get the shifting quite right either. Added to that, for some reason I'm terrible at descending on them.

    What make is worse is that I bought Dura Ace C24s this time last year for less than half what I spent on the Zipps. They're much better wheels in almost every respect.

    Still, at least the Zipps look good on my Van Nicholas...
  • flasher
    flasher Posts: 1,734
    Sorry can't help with this thread, absolutely everything that I buy is completely necessary :D
  • nunowoolmez
    nunowoolmez Posts: 867
    Probably my Ltd pair of white Conti GP4000's i bought on order from Germany. Haven't really used em much & are currently bikeless! When my lovely black Canyon frameset arrives, i will put these on my American Classic 420's to go with it.

    Also, a blingin silver chrome Salsa seat clamp, plus 3 different pairs of KCNC valve caps.
  • markos1963
    markos1963 Posts: 3,724
    Token Bling Kit
    Norfolk, who nicked all the hills?

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  • invincible
    invincible Posts: 154
    mine would have to be my garmin edge 200 as its only on my bike as i got £50 worth of halfords vouchers, £30 cashback & £10 discount for reserving online

    only used really to check time whilst commuting, have never uploaded any data, often forget to turn it on & only just charged today after it ran out wednesday morning :)
  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    Back when I was making music, a minimoog voyager. It sounded amazing. But Jesus, what a waste of money.
  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    a device for getting stones out of horses hooves... still waiting for the opportunity to use it
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    The last pair of Oakleys I bought. And the pair before that. And the pair before that...
  • Grill
    Grill Posts: 5,610
    When I was 18 I had a picture of 2Pac commissioned in crayon. Looked more like Charles Barkley.

    A fool and his money...
    English Cycles V3 | Cervelo P5 | Cervelo T4 | Trek Domane Koppenberg
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    My Chris King headset, i bought it because it looks bloody lovely but I'm pretty certain there is no performance advantage!
    Road
    MTB
    NEW Cross
    Track/Grass Track/Winter bike
  • Harley35
    Harley35 Posts: 30
    'cycling' socks.. no different to any normal pair of sports socks just triple the price.
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    Probably some of the dodgy 80’s Italian Disco records in my collection that change hands for hundreds of Euro’s, or the original Escape from New York lobby poster signed by the cast that I’m so scared of exposing to sunshine that it’s facing the wall. A fool and his money.
  • davylear
    davylear Posts: 35
    My Assos kit, but i like the look and feel of it regardless of whether or not it has any performance benefits over cheaper alternatives
    Cannondale Supersix
    Specialised Stumpjumper
  • adm1
    adm1 Posts: 180
    A Rimowa Topas IATA roll on cabin bag made of shiny aluminium for the best part of £500.

    Which is a lot for a bit of luggage.

    In my favour, I do fly almost every week, and I have gone through a lot of cheap (and a few expensive) bits of luggage over the last couple of years. Hopefully this one will outlast me.
  • sub55
    sub55 Posts: 1,025
    most unwarranted purchase?
    the wife. costs me several hundred £ a week
    constantly reavalueating the situation and altering the perceived parameters accordingly
  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    sub55 wrote:
    most unwarranted purchase?
    the wife. costs me several hundred £ a week

    Ah, but does she love you long time?
  • Joeblack
    Joeblack Posts: 829
    thegreatdivide wrote:
    Probably some of the dodgy 80’s Italian Disco records in my collection that change hands for hundreds of Euro’s, or the original Escape from New York lobby poster signed by the cast that I’m so scared of exposing to sunshine that it’s facing the wall. A fool and his money.


    Are you for real with this?

    If you are why not just put it on a wall that doesn't get any direct sunlight?
    One plays football, tennis or golf, one does not play at cycling
  • moscowflyer
    moscowflyer Posts: 540
    Grill wrote:
    When I was 18 I had a picture of 2Pac commissioned in crayon. Looked more like Charles Barkley.

    Well, if nothing else, this really made me laugh.
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    Joeblack wrote:
    thegreatdivide wrote:
    Probably some of the dodgy 80’s Italian Disco records in my collection that change hands for hundreds of Euro’s, or the original Escape from New York lobby poster signed by the cast that I’m so scared of exposing to sunshine that it’s facing the wall. A fool and his money.


    Are you for real with this?

    If you are why not just put it on a wall that doesn't get any direct sunlight?

    Right now those walls are taken up by orignal posters of The Thing, Blade Runner, Marathon Man, Ferris Bullers Day Off (a German one aka 'Ferris Macht Blau') and an Olly Moss original - I like movie posters...and records...and bikes OK...it's a sickness :lol:

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  • Superbalicious
    Superbalicious Posts: 136
    My Garmin Edge 800 and my Look Keo 2 Max Carbon pedals. Did I really need a full gps when I'm on my bike (but I have to admit it is a great piece of kit) and my trusty Look Delta pedals were working fine (they are over 20 years old though, so I think I just deserve a new pair).

    I just can't get used to having "float" built into the cleats... what's that all about :shock:
    Still trying to convince the missus of the n+1 rule...!
  • Kingy 123
    Kingy 123 Posts: 41
    Wasting 180 quid on carbon pedals and then going out on them after two weeks for them to brake thirty five miles from home home :x
  • neeb
    neeb Posts: 4,473
    That's easy - the super record. It's just chorus with added bling and subtracted weight to the tune of about half a water bottle. But do I regret it? Nope.
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Always a problems when there is several models to choose from at different specs and prices.

    Do I just need a budget laptop or spend that bit more on a 15inch macbook pro with retna screen on the credit card?

    Alan Sugars autobiography is a good read on how he did marketing tricks, making people spend extra on things they didn't need. If people bought radios with 2 transistors, he'd advertise radios with 4 and charge extra. In reality the other 2 transistors didn't make any difference.
    He once fitted a fan to one of his Amstrad computers that didn't cool anything, because the customers didn't like the idea of a computer without a fan. He said he would make a computer that was pink with yellow dots if the customers were happy to pay extra for it.
    "The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Zipp 404 Firecrest CC's - But I love 'em
  • p7rider
    p7rider Posts: 370
    A wedding ring :evil:

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