if so what did you get..... 8)
I couldn't bring myself to ride an Apollo, so no.
What I didnt get is a christmas bonus
had a go on the office bike 😉
😯 😀
an imaginary bike would the be? 😥
whats a bonus??
Yes, what is this 'xmas bonus' stuff?
My bonus is having a job in the first place, so I shall be riding the bike I bought five years ago.
I cashed in my shares, and with christmas money have about 800 quid. thinking about a deposit on a scott scale, or a Cube
Genesis [url= http://www.genesisbikes.co.uk/bikes/mountain/alpitude/alpitude/specifications/ ]Alptitude[/url] pick it up tomorrow-cant wait! new bikes are fast.
Built up my Jones today = I'm still grinning 😀
Whyte 901 for me. getting it in Jan all being well....can't wait!
christmas ****in bonus ?
not a bike but new XTR dual control brake /shifters
ec90 carbon bar
Thomson stem
Charge spoon
Happy Christmas to me 🙂
my bonus was redundancy so i can see my fleet dwindling
I could but the wife won't let me 🙁
Nope but I did buy a new Hydrapak, a Blackburn pump and a set of clear lenses for my Giro glasses.
I treated myself to a Genesis io as an early present. The first ride was a bit of a shock to the system, but each subsequent one has been a joy!
I miss my iO.
Wahoo!! I didn't get a bonus, but am using some left over redundancy money from last yr to put towards a 2010 Stumpjumper FSR Elite.
It'll be ready to pick up from about the 10th Jan.
To go with it, I'm probably gonna get myself a hardtail frame that'll suit my Reba Team forks & swap all the bits off the old Stumpjumper onto the frame. Probably going to get a slot dropout Inbred.
The icing on the cake is that I should be getting my insurance excess back after the woman who crashed into me's insurance company have finally backed down and agreed to pay in full. So that'll be £250 going towards it.
EDIT - sorry, went into smug git mode there for a moment. I am quite grinny when I think about the new bike though, it has to be said!!
I don't get an xmas bonus, however the missus is getting some 'relocation expenses' in january...chance of her letting me have some for a bike are pretty much zero I would think though. 🙁
What do we need a fridge/freezer, washing machine or hoover for! 😉
2010 Cove Hummer Frame.
Merry Christmas Me
What's a Christmas Bonus?
I have got a Blue Pig frame sitting under the tree and boxes of shiney bits in teh garage waiting for me though 😀
No Bonus, but did get my new Giant TCR Advanced 3 this morning! Present to myself care of Uncle Visa 😀
No Bonus. I used the overtime that came in to buy myself a SC Superlight frame. I'm building it up today.
Just came on-line to work out what to do with the cable routes. More tea and I'm back to it.
christmas bonus?! christmas bonus?!....do they still exist?
Yay we got a christmas bonus this year too, but its not big enough to buy a bike with. (well perhaps a Tesco special)
Save it fo a rainy day. Well I would.
No bonus here (I always seem to join companies just after their particular 'boom period' and hear stories of bonuses past... 🙁 ).
However have just signed up for a second bike to work, so will be picking up one of these
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then knicking all the ultegra parts off last year's BTW, putting them on the Cannondale, punting the old one with the Cannondale kit on it and using that money to buy one of these
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before getting dumped for breaching the unspoken limit of three bikes in the flat...
Who needs bonuses when you can be this inventive with BTW? 😀
I assume the title is provactive
what bonus
new pads and cables today!
Bought myself 6 new inner tubes today and even those had to go on the credit card. So no - no new bike for me this Christmas!
I got some well timed share dividends through. I could have been sensible, but instead Treated myself to an Intense 5.5. Its ****ing ace!!!!!
ho ho ho indeed! 🙂
No Xmas bonus as such, but come January will have whole years worth of 'on call' money coming (we can choose to either have it in monthly pay or as an annual lump sum) 😀
Being an nurse I don’t get a bonus, but when I opened my pay slip this morning I did notice that I had been paid £38 for “proffessional Fees” – so come April when I have to renew Nursing & Midwifery counsel registration (without which I can’t practice) I only have to find the other half great – mery bloody christmas
No ****in bonus here - self employed
Also, wouldn't know what to get...
Oh, perhaps a custom curvy Black Sheep 29er, front suspension, XC set-up. But that would probably take half a year to finalise...
Working for the NHS no xmas bonus for me but if im not given my notice in januray the good news is the hospital are going to do the bike to work for the first time 😀 so if they let us maintance workers join im hopeing to get a cx bike.
Not exactly, but I have treated my 16-month-old daughter to a s/h Charge Blender.
Well, I needed something with a clear seat tube for her baby seat and got it for a song on ebay.
Bonus?? just had to take a bloody paycut!! due to relocating closer to home, i get less pay! not happy, wasn't mentioned when i transfered!!!
My bonus this year is being the only one in my household not to have the "Flu" at the moment
Do have £500 tucked away to buy a secondhand geared HT if one comes up in my size.
Yup 😀 a red un
Hmmm, xmas bonus = No
and given I've just had to go self employed in order to keep my "job" with the company I've also not had any income for the last month or two so no presents here either. Still it hasn't stopped our MD taking his 5th foreign holiday of the year, 2 weeks skiing in the Alp's. Its alright for some 😡
skidsareforkids: once I got over myself on the whole real riders can ride rigid thing, putting suspension on the iO made it a right laugh.
Christmas bonus! Hell they cant get my wages correct normally nevermind bonus ontop. I would love a superlight to go with my heckler though 🙂 Maybe next month, Got about 5 months backpay to come 😆
I got one with my tax rebate, thanks to Sly69. I'll get some pics up when I find the cable for the camera.
I'll actually get to ride it tomorrow...... ye ha!
I've just brought this home, it was free!
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christmas bonus? oh you mean the redundancy check i am getting in 9 weeks.
I got £5.00 tip this year, can't wait for the sales 😉
No bonus as such but did buy myself a Mountain Cycle Rumble LTD Edition frame, will be a few weeks till she's up an runnin though, something to look forward to me thinks..
Yup, a grey un 🙂
No bonus though...just debt. 🙁
No bonus here... but I did end up selling a lot of holiday back to work.
Trying to talk myself out of a 1993 Cannondale Delta V on ebay. I don't need it it's just because it looks nice.
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Should I?
Id like to echo others mentions of what bonus and raise you a voucher to spend in go outdoors woooooo really glad i did all that hard work for them this year.
My employers stopped paying Christmas bonuses about 1992. I do get a performance related bonus but don't get that until March, well after the tax man has taken 40% of course...
Hey Eve - cool beach bike - i likey 🙂
I'm not sure what to do with it, any ideas? 😕
Bonus? I'm grateful to still have a job.
Bah Humbug !
Repair & sell/use?
If I had the room I'd love one
No, but i did buy a 37 inch LCD tv and bluray player with my bonus.
My company is thankfully bucking the global recession trend and gave everyone a bonus this Xmas. The deeply cool bit was that everyone from the CEO down to the part time secretaries got the same. The part timers were absolutely blown away (not that much) and it's great since everyone does contribute. My bonus - not sure where bike related - got to get over the Missus "one bike in one bike out policy" first.
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not really a xmas bonus as such, but ive had some cash floating around from the sale of my last bike so i thought id treat myself to a new steed before the races start again!
Should be a real beaut!
Matt
thinking about a Tomac Vanish to replace my ageing heckler
got me one of these
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After our 6% pay cut they decided to give us £500 as a goodwill gesture.
So it has gone on a hustler frame 2nd hand to replace the dead meta
i got one of these with my bonus...
and it is very nice too..
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I got me some XT shifters & mechs and some SLX brakes for the Nicolai with some overtime I got this month, no bonus though 😕
wozza - do it!
I saw it too! 🙂
In April I was promised up to a 4% payrise for my team and I if we met a certain number of targets by September, which we have done.
I was told last week that, if they gave us that payrise, they'd likely then have to lay someone off come next April. So, no extra cash coming our way.
Really glad I've been working all those extra hours, to the detriment of my relationship and biking time 🙁
No pay rise but full bonus this year with company posting record profits. I had a large clear out sold the tracer and bought an uzzi vp, also have a yeti dj frame on order courtsey of the bonus this year. Can't complain at all this year and feel very lucky to be in the position I am in compared to some.
No Xmas bonus for me, but I'll be taking a wee slice of my forthcoming tax rebate to buy a Ti tourer and a Cross bike of some sort. Can't make up my mind between the Yeti ARC-X and an Ibis Hakkalugi.
NHS don't do bonuses! I'm stuck with my Spesh for another year unless anyone has more of a bonus than they can cope with? 😆
No bonus as such, i did however get a pretty decent promotion. And with that came an extra ten days off shore. So as a little well done to myself i'm thinking about a Planet X SL Carbon with ultegra build in the new year.
Should probably pay off the car instead, hay ho.
Eve Libertine - Member
I'm not sure what to do with it, any ideas?
wheelies? 😉
Not a bike no but a van and 911 😮
Christmas bonus = being made redundant on Christmas Eve. Super.
No bonus for me either, but I've split & sold off two bikes, so went & bought a white Turner DW Flux on Saturday.
Ton - see you at Hit the North - Are you going to have a crack at the full Whinlatter again or just the half? I can't decide after crawling over the line second last, last year - but should be better prepared this year.
So, this thread went well. Glad you've got a bonus and a new bike ton anyway. No-one needs that more than you. 😀
BigDummy - Member
So, this thread went well. Glad you've got a bonus and a new bike ton anyway. No-one needs that more than you.
you sad cinical ****er.............
and to the rest of you.....nice one, there are gonna be some very nice bikes knocking around the trails come the spring...
and it is good to see it is not all doom and gloom... 8)
Witness the smiley lad. I'm happy for you. 🙂
Ah but all folks (like me) with no xmas bonus - all these folks with their shiny new bikes will hopefully be shifting old ones on cheap...