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Posted 11 years ago #
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That label was a surprise, probably extremely non-pc but my dad (now passed on so I can clipe) used to often call Guinness "Nigerian lager"!
Neat bottle opener mind you :-)Posted 11 years ago # -
Anyone know where they are sold?
John Lewis has them. Paperchase too I think.
Posted 11 years ago # -
Didn't get one of those. Money towards a new pair of Assos shorts. Does a big jar of fruit pastilles count if I keep them for eating while riding?
Posted 11 years ago # -
If you have received money for Christmas, you might consider this very nice cap
Posted 11 years ago # -
I got a splendid new horn
Rs325 only. No idea how to attach it to the bike ...
Posted 11 years ago # -
@cc you probably need to wear it on a lanyard, like a bugler
Posted 11 years ago # -
@kaputnik good idea, thanks. I shall try to arrange one in good time for PoP 2013.
Posted 11 years ago # -
Belated Christmas present from my parents arrived this morning :D
Finally no more soggy luggage.Posted 11 years ago # -
Mmm, they'll make you easier to spot!
Posted 11 years ago # -
Didn't realise there were so many options!
http://www.ortlieb.co.uk/bike/rear-panniers/back-roller-classic-designs.html
Not sure about 'mostly white' - though presume they will wipe clean well(?)
Posted 11 years ago # -
It's waterproof cordura, they clean up very well. Inside face grime might need a little bit of cleaning medium to help shift the oil and rubber-based crud.
Posted 11 years ago # -
Went for the white as they match my bike lol, that and i hadn't spotted the purple ones.
Posted 11 years ago # -
Big reduction on all the whites. Good they still have inner pocket. Not indestructible. latterly I have any sharp object inside a neoprene type material pencil case I inherited from my son. Five year warranty. All good.
Posted 11 years ago # -
***2015 edition***
Rain Cape
Cartridge things for refilling tubes
Decent floor pump to replace EBC one which died. (Family present)
Posted 8 years ago # -
Got a new lid to replace the one that took a big thump 6 weeks ago.
some natty new lycra so I can feel dapper whilst looking ridiculous on my forthcoming trip to il Giro.
A rather nicely designed leyzene CO2/puncture repair/tyre lever kit.
A cyclist themed mug
A cycling almanac
Rather pleased with all that!
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Posted 8 years ago # -
New saddle for Mrs G. Old one had lost its cover so gave her a wet bum each time it was left out in the rain.
Book from the in-laws: "Einstein and the Art of Mindful Cycling" which is an attractive book about how nice (and good for you) bicycles are. It is full of quotes like this one, from a philosopher called Ivan Illich:
"The bicycle is the perfect transducer to match man's metabolic energy to the impedance of locomotion. Equipped with this tool, man outstrips the efficiency not only of all machines but all other animals as well"Posted 8 years ago # -
Stopping myself indulging in Rapha sale. Not allowed any more cycling kit. Did get yellow lion of Flanders socks from the sock guy and surprise DVD 22 short films about cycling
Posted 8 years ago # -
from wiki:
"Illich was born in Vienna to a Croatian Catholic father, engineer Ivan Peter Illich, and a Sephardic Jewish mother, Ellen née Regenstreif-Ortlieb"
He was obviously just shilling his mother's pannier bags with that quote....
Posted 8 years ago # -
Had that mindful Einstein cycling book as present last year. Not as good as the ladybird imitation imprint dung beetle version first reader called Modern Art. Quite funny.
Posted 8 years ago # -
My only cycling present so far (at least one more present is to come next week when my brother arrives) is a random lower head/neck warmer mask from a friend which currently smells of some kind of cheap synthetic material. Assuming that it becomes cold enough to try it and it smells less, I fear that I will look like a wrestler, ninja, Star Wars character or a strange combination of all of the above...
Merry Christmas ;)
Posted 8 years ago # -
other half was despairing of finding me anything in Pueblo so I relented and pointed him towards the Vulpine website. Hopefully something nice in merino will be waiting for me when we get home. And my inlaws gave me an Aeropress which is tangentially cycling related
Posted 8 years ago # -
I got a copy of this:
http://dummyjim.bigcartel.com/product/i-cycled-into-the-arctic-circle-new-edition
Posted 8 years ago # -
I got a very large book with an ominous title - '1001 Bikes to Dream of Riding Before you Die'.
The front cover has a Boardman AiR 9.2 super aero upright. The book has a foreword by Boardman himself and is edited by Guy Kesteven.Running at 960 pages the book weighs 2kg.
There are quite a few grams of errors though.
It's a big publishing mash up really - to be kind. If any other forumers have this as a gift it's actually entertaining for what it leaves out and gets wrong. So if you have one enjoy!LB suprisingly manages to sell a couple of brands mentioned (Azub, Airnimal, ICE, Bacchetta) - basically there I think to make some contrasts with many, many similar bikes.
- The Airnimal Joey folder is good but I would rate the Circe Tandem as even more inventive (fewer tandems than 'bents in this book I think)
- The ICE Sprint folding trike is easily more inventive than 99% and enables all ability cycling. Yet no picture and wrong info. Burrows Windcheetah in twice.
- German company HPV gets too much and even has their clear Streamer fairing entered as a machine
- The Bakfiets two wheeler has pic of trike version
- Christiana country of origin is Denmark - not UK
- Bacchetta model shown is wrong one. No mention of designers.
- No really fast laid back designs
- no M5s from Bram Moens (arguably as influential as Mike Burrows)
- Kirkpatrick Macmillan - no mention
- 32 models from Specialized with loads from Giant, Santa Cruz and Raleigh
- Surly Long Haul Trucker - no
- Two Moultons - yesA mixed bag and wonder how many other errors are in the road bike entries?
Posted 8 years ago # -
My family don't do big presents, so bike-related stuff was just an out of date - but nonetheless useful - book (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canadian-Cycling-Associations-Complete-Bicycle/dp/0920361048) - it is giving me ideas; and a new bell.
But I did accidentally buy myself a new bike on the 23rd... Now I really must sell the spare tourer languishing in my bedroom!
Posted 8 years ago # -
"accidentally"
But of course...
Bought a frame yesterday (ended on ebay).
Posted 8 years ago # -
It was on sale. And willpower was low!
Posted 8 years ago # -
I was given a very snuggly Merino wool Buff and some woolly gloves for Christmas. Tulyar brought me some special Brompton beer that I haven't opened yet.
I also managed to grab the last pair of Shimano touring SPD shoes from Biketrax's sale before anyone else got to them.
Posted 8 years ago # -
I got a nice Endura BaaBaa base layer to match the beanie cap I got last year.
Posted 8 years ago # -
A couple of discount merino things, which I shall have to be careful in storing over the summer as the one I bought last winter has some suspiciously mothly lacing at a couple of points where I don't remember having scraped it.
Might get myself a light singlespeed frame and give the drainpipey sparebike to the bike station.
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