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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,702
    Meh. Helmets are expensive enough.

    As long as I look the part.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,560
    Meh. Helmets are expensive enough.

    As long as I look the part.

    It'll have to be the Giro Air Attack then...
    GiroAirAttack-2012TDF-5.jpg
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,702
    I did seriously look at that.

    Figured I might get punched even more often on the commute.
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    If it comes with a free Millar you definitely will!
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,560
    You could accessorize it with one of your light scarves...
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,702
    8).
  • dish_dash wrote:
    Meh. Helmets are expensive enough.

    As long as I look the part.

    It'll have to be the Giro Air Attack then...
    GiroAirAttack-2012TDF-5.jpg


    Balls! I wanted to make a joke about a coc in a POC :(
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,702
    Woah.

    Bit harsh.
  • Woah.

    Bit harsh.


    Soz
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    I've got the Foray MIPS as it looks the same as the synthe and is much cheaper. It's a fine lid. It wasn't much more for MIPS so I went for that.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,702
    Paul 8v wrote:
    I've got the Foray MIPS as it looks the same as the synthe and is much cheaper. It's a fine lid. It wasn't much more for MIPS so I went for that.

    Yeah but the back of the helmet is the giveaway that it's not the synthe and let's face it, that's the side the club mates will see more often.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    For a top of the range MIPS helmet the Synthe is pretty reasonable to be fair. If you start looking at POC or a Protone for example...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Paul 8v wrote:
    I've got the Foray MIPS as it looks the same as the synthe and is much cheaper. It's a fine lid. It wasn't much more for MIPS so I went for that.

    Yeah but the back of the helmet is the giveaway that it's not the synthe and let's face it, that's the side the club mates will see more often.
    Ah that's my commuting helmet, posher helmet is an Evade :-)
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,553
    Paul 8v wrote:
    I've got the Foray MIPS as it looks the same as the synthe and is much cheaper. It's a fine lid. It wasn't much more for MIPS so I went for that.

    Yeah but the back of the helmet is the giveaway that it's not the synthe and let's face it, that's the side the club mates will see more often.

    Just sit on the back and they won't notice. Win - win.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,553
    I did seriously look at that.

    Figured I might get punched even more often on the commute.

    I'm not sure it's the helmet that causes that :wink:
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,702
    Pross wrote:
    Paul 8v wrote:
    I've got the Foray MIPS as it looks the same as the synthe and is much cheaper. It's a fine lid. It wasn't much more for MIPS so I went for that.

    Yeah but the back of the helmet is the giveaway that it's not the synthe and let's face it, that's the side the club mates will see more often.

    Just sit on the back and they won't notice. Win - win.

    Pfft. That's for pussies. I'm channeling Frechie on every ride.
  • Pross wrote:
    Paul 8v wrote:
    I've got the Foray MIPS as it looks the same as the synthe and is much cheaper. It's a fine lid. It wasn't much more for MIPS so I went for that.

    Yeah but the back of the helmet is the giveaway that it's not the synthe and let's face it, that's the side the club mates will see more often.

    Just sit on the back and they won't notice. Win - win.

    Pfft. That's for pussies. I'm channeling Frechie on every ride.


    Jeez, Rick, TMI...
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,702
    Ha!
  • Ha!


    It's the light scarves. Irresistible :P
  • gearing for Vuelta finishes

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  • That is the best looking Wilier I have seen in a long while.
  • TAG to sponsor BMC
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,347
    edited September 2016
    A 1x Drivetrain for a road bike !

    That Sarto Seta looks like a lovely bit of Italian exotica, with great reviews. Although, I suppose i'll need to win the lottery before I can get one without breaking the bank. With a lottery win, would I choose the Legend 10.5 or the Sarto Seta? Decisions, decisions...
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,347
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Gravel bike surely?

    I guess so - fat tyres and all that. Is that a detour for Wilier?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Pinno wrote:
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Gravel bike surely?

    I guess so - fat tyres and all that. Is that a detour for Wilier?
    I think so, I'm guessing they make a CX bike so not too much but they're all at it with the gravel bikes now.

    Not that that's a bad thing, I think in some parts of the UK a gravel bike makes perfect sense. In America it's massive as they have thousands of miles of it
  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,926
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Gravel bike surely?

    I guess so - fat tyres and all that. Is that a detour for Wilier?
    I think so, I'm guessing they make a CX bike so not too much but they're all at it with the gravel bikes now.

    Not that that's a bad thing, I think in some parts of the UK a gravel bike makes perfect sense. In America it's massive as they have thousands of miles of it

    It must be the Jaroon shown here.....
    http://www.wilier.com/en/products/uk/gravel
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,347
    I love my Wilier - but that thing with it's odd forks is f*****g 'orrible.

    Why is it that very often, the marketing guys set the bike up with an almost improbable saddle to h'bar drop for the picture? Like you would ride your gravel bike in that position anyway.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    In sexier and prettier news.

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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,347
    3D printed bikes?

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    seanoconn - gruagach craic!