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  • Things that are expensive, not much practical use, but you WANT!
  • piedidiformaggio
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    I think these are just sooooo cool.

    £35k a piece though 😯

    davidtaylforth
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    £35k a piece

    Looks like there’s plenty of them aswell…..

    BigDummy
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    I seem to have ordered one of these for my office…

    It has an obvious practical use, of course, but I’m not sure what my boss will say.

    🙂

    MoreCashThanDash
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    Bikes. Lots of bikes. For every possible terrain, surface, material, wheel and tyre size and weather.

    And a LWB T5 Kombi to go with it.

    DaveyBoyWonder
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    Air suspension for my T5. £4k and the wife is taking some convincing but I reckon I’ll get there eventually but its going to cost me another £4k in clothes, shoes, bags etc.

    bikebouy
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    Women.

    😆

    maccruiskeen
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    but I’m not sure what my boss will say.

    You can charge for ‘extras’ now.

    Mister-P
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    £35k? I felt frivolous looking at longboards for £150 that will get used a couple of times a year.

    thisisnotaspoon
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    £35k? I felt frivolous looking at longboards for £150 that will get used a couple of times a year.

    Naaa, longboards are great, ll that ends up happening is you surf more as even crappy days have enough swell.

    SUP’s on the other hand, even s/h they’re all £500+, mental.

    PimpmasterJazz
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    You could argue it is practical (in fact it’s incredibly practical) but the other half would rather save the best part of £100 and buy a £5 Tesco special.

    PimpmasterJazz
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    £35k? I felt frivolous looking at longboards for £150 that will get used a couple of times a year.

    £150? That’s cheap!

    Stevet1
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    onandon
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    I’m strangely drawn to that ^ .

    I recently picked up one of these.

    footflaps
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    Yep, that Tungsten cube is strangely appealing…..

    woffle
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    You could argue it is practical (in fact it’s incredibly practical) but the other half would rather save the best part of £100 and buy a £5 Tesco special.

    We’ve had ours 15+ years and still going strong. Not sure we’re quite at break-even but I know my parents replace their cheap toaster about every couple of years so in the long run perhaps not such an expense…

    woffle
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    ..and does art count?

    This went for £312,000 and arguably has little practical purpose…

    CaptainFlashheart
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    Aerial Nomad

    mogrim
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    I want one of those cubes now, too. $299 though

    Stevet1
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    Owned one once but sold it on as it was just too much money invested in something that could potentially explode any second.

    Notter
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    Not that Lego should ever be labelled as impractical (so apologies for the offence) but £250 –

    And I’m definitely going to be buying when I can find stock!!

    robowns
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    Also drawn to that tungsten cube.

    qwerty
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    An Omata, looks great:

    but i think that Endomondo does exactly the same.

    Mister-P
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    Sorry, I meant longboard skateboards, I already bought a surfboard this month. An NSP 7ft 10 second hand which was £150 and 10 miles from the office in Milton Keynes.

    stumpy01
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    I want one of those cubes now, too

    If only I’d known there was so much interest in tungsten I’d have started a Kickstarter thingie! I’ve got loads of bits of it at work, sitting around!!

    It is impressively heavy!!

    DezB
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    The pretty thing at the top of this page: http://singletrackworld.com/2016/06/fresh-goods-friday-296/

    peteimpreza
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    @ Notter , not just me then .

    I think it’s only available from Lego either in store of via their web shop .

    Notter
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    @ Peteimpreza – yep I’m checking the webshop daily at the moment, no Lego stores near me!

    MrSmith
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    made by Michael Morris knives, i actually own one now. bit spensive for a bottle opener and i think i opened a box with it and cut some zip ties.

    thisisnotaspoon
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    An Omata, looks great:

    but i think that Endomondo does exactly the same.

    I see what you mean, but I’ve started leaving STRAVA on my phone in my pocket (along with a OS 1:50k mapping app) and only consulting it when needed, I quite fancy a simple computer on the bars, I’ve got an Edge 800, but I don’t like the shear volume of distracting data and screens it churns out.

    Quite tempted to get a couple of cheap android watches (the £10 from china kind) and learn to program them. Could be cool to have speed & odometer on one dial (like a car), then 2 coaxial dials for power and cadence on another.

    P-Jay
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    Nothing, absolutely nothing – I’d like to say it’s because I’ve reached an almost Buddist relationship with possesions but really it’s because after 8 years of various levels of poverty and raising a family the idea of buying something just because it’s nice and I want it seems so alien.

    My youngest starts school full-time 2 years from now, and pretty much 10 years after I last had spare money for anythign – I’ll report back then 😉

    DezB
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    the idea of buying something just because it’s nice and I want it seems so alien

    I envy you, sir. Really!

    P-Jay
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    DezB – Member

    the idea of buying something just because it’s nice and I want it seems so alien

    I envy you, sir. Really!

    It’s a curse, honestly, My Wife shares it too now, we agonise about the simplest purchases – we’re not tight, we spend every penny we earn, but neither of us can simply buy somethign as simple as a £6 bottle of girly shampoo (for her) or a new pair of pedals to replace some wrecked ones for £25 (for me) without a couple of days of doubt (before) and self-loathing (afterwards).

    We don’t live like Monks, but I just want us to get the most out of what we have.

    bencooper
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    That tungsten cube is cool, but I’m drawn to the tungsten spinning top:

    http://www.foreverspin.com

    Or a trebuchet. Just so I can throw things in the park.

    PimpmasterJazz
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    Sorry, I meant longboard skateboards, I already bought a surfboard this month. An NSP 7ft 10 second hand which was £150 and 10 miles from the office in Milton Keynes.

    😆

    Classic ‘went to Cornwall, loved surfing, bought board, it made a nice coffee table’?

    Is it wrong that I’m looking at all these knives and thinking ‘Mmm. Knives…’?

    woffle
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    Is it wrong that I’m looking at all these knives and thinking ‘Mmm. Knives…’?

    Definitely practical though;

    http://www.blok-knives.co.uk/

    MoreCashThanDash
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    Blok knives are across the yard from Love Velo as well – it’s a Singletrackers wet dream cum true!

    toby1
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    Sigma 105mm Macro

    Canon 70-200 f2.8

    + Numerous other camera bodies and lenses, tripods and stuff.

    footflaps
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    the idea of buying something just because it’s nice and I want it seems so alien

    Good place to be IMO, world is already full of consumerist waste.

    fasthaggis
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    or

    or

    allan23
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    🙂

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