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[Closed] Best bike and non bike related purchases of the year so far?

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Bike - cheapo second hand enduro is doing the business - not had a bouncy bike before.
Non bike - delonghi bean to cup machine is grrrrreat!

What about you lot?


 
Posted : 12/06/2012 10:00 pm
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Cheapo dropper seatpost with remote. Had a KS non-remote before, didn't use it so much due to the under seat lever. Decided to try one of the Forca ones to see if the remote made me use it more. For £85, a revelation.

Non-bike. My kindle. Way better than a suitcase full of books.


 
Posted : 12/06/2012 10:05 pm
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Posted : 12/06/2012 10:09 pm
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Bike stuff- my Voodoo Limba cross bike. £1200 discounted to £400, scandium-and-carbon frame, 105 groupset, nice. Mainly gets used as a road bike but I've had a lot of fun out of it already.

Not-bike-stuff... My little Dell Duo netbook. Netbooks aren't cool any more but this thing's fab. A bit like a tablet, except useful. A bit like a laptop, except easily portable. Ace.


 
Posted : 12/06/2012 10:13 pm
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Bike related, mud tyres (not experienced this before).
Non bike, infrared thermometer (just need to learn how to use it properly).


 
Posted : 12/06/2012 10:13 pm
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Bike: Garmin Edge 200

Non-Bike: Pair of running shoes


 
Posted : 12/06/2012 10:39 pm
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Bike - Sidi winter boots (wore them today to commute)
Non bike - Narrow Birkenstocks to replace my old ones destroyed a few years ago


 
Posted : 12/06/2012 10:41 pm
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Bike - goretex shimano winter boots, gore alp x jersey and my new road bike.

Non-bike - haven't bought anything exciting that isn't bike related...


 
Posted : 12/06/2012 10:43 pm
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Bike 853 On One frame

Non bike an engagement ring


 
Posted : 12/06/2012 11:06 pm
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Bike: Sunday Trail Scout BMX
Non-bike: new haircut (if that counts)


 
Posted : 12/06/2012 11:11 pm
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Bike - SC Tallboy LTc (when it gets here)
Non bike - Rocket E61 coffee machine


 
Posted : 12/06/2012 11:14 pm
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Bike related - an Uncle John for my GF, she loves it and is proving very difficult to keep up with.

Non bike - a packet of samphire that was sitting all on its lonesome tod in Asda, and was delicious. Why did nobody tell me about samphire 20 years ago.


 
Posted : 12/06/2012 11:16 pm
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5.10's or lyrics

But I always say petrol on these threads as it get's me somewhere new to ride.


 
Posted : 12/06/2012 11:29 pm
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Bike - Kind Shock Lev dropper seatpost!

Non bike - New brake drums/shoes/rotors/pads for my truck...stops so much better now!


 
Posted : 12/06/2012 11:34 pm
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Christ Stoner - that thing sounds like the end of the world.

Bike - steel framed 'heritage' Jo Waugh road bike
Non bike - packet of prints of photos which had been languishing on my HD.


 
Posted : 12/06/2012 11:39 pm
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This year has been a lean year so far

Bike related - The air freight to get 3 bikes to Oz well ahead of the sea freight

Non Bike - A very nice pie dish


 
Posted : 12/06/2012 11:44 pm
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bike related er,um 😳 🙁 😯 😮 😡 😮 😳 parp! 😳
non bike related my squier tele/fender mustang 1 amp/halo reach 360 console (and games 😀


 
Posted : 13/06/2012 1:09 am
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bike related: Gore Pantom in neon yellow.
non-bike: [img] [/img]


 
Posted : 13/06/2012 5:02 am
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Bike: Reverb post

Non Bike: PRS SE245 Singlecut guitar


 
Posted : 13/06/2012 6:21 am
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Bike: A rigid singlespeed Kona Hahanna pub bike/shitty weather commuter - £100 eBay bargain

Non Bike: A case of Frodsham Breweries ales

http://www.frodshambrewery.co.uk/


 
Posted : 13/06/2012 6:34 am
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bike: second hand Sanderson Breath frame for a build designed as my brothers entry level bike..
non bike: £5 brown LRG track top from fleabay


 
Posted : 13/06/2012 6:40 am
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Bike: Ellsworth Enlightenment
Non Bike: Nikon D3s


 
Posted : 13/06/2012 6:48 am
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Bike, 2012 XT drive train.

Non bike, Bluetooth headphones.


 
Posted : 13/06/2012 6:54 am
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Bike - Polar F80
Non Bike - one of these:

( that's not mine in the video, and _definitely_ not my music )


 
Posted : 13/06/2012 7:05 am
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Bike. BFe frame (although cheapo dropper post is a close second).
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Non-bike. A pencil.
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slainte 😳 rob


 
Posted : 13/06/2012 7:10 am
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Bike - Garmin Edge 500
Non Bike - Tamron 17-50 2.8 lens or a bottle of Mortlach 16yo, yummy 🙂


 
Posted : 13/06/2012 7:19 am
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Bike: Liteville 301 frame

Non-Bike: I can't think of anything non-bike related which i've bought (apart from subsistence)

Jesus - i think my non-biking friends might be right when they say i'm a little bit obsessed by all this biking

Best get down the bikeshop at lunch for some retail therapy!


 
Posted : 13/06/2012 7:31 am
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Bike - a bike fit fit my road bike, it's suprising how a few mm can make such difference to comfort and power.

Non-bike - a whole world of wedding related fun.


 
Posted : 13/06/2012 7:49 am
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Bike: Has to be the Reverb. Would be the Hemlock, but I'm pretty sure I actually bought that last year, just got round to building it up this year. Either that or a trip to Ben Lomond, does that count?

Non bike:
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Posted : 13/06/2012 7:56 am
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Bike - Ergon grips cos they let me keep riding (sort of) with a broken hand.
Non bike - left handed u/w hockey sticks, cos they've let me keep playing with a not working post broken hand


 
Posted : 13/06/2012 7:58 am
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Bike - Fox volume spacer
Non bike - House


 
Posted : 13/06/2012 8:05 am
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Bike...Hopefully the [url= http://ass-savers.com/ ]Ass Saver [/url] fender I've ordered

Non bike... the £1.99 reading glasses I bought, all becomes clear


 
Posted : 13/06/2012 8:05 am
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Full mudguards for my commuter.


 
Posted : 13/06/2012 8:13 am
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bike - bunch of tools that i have been needing since i left the bike shop but never got round to buying ....

non bike - house and some JVC noise canceling headphones(for flying)


 
Posted : 13/06/2012 8:14 am
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Bike - Specialized S Works Enduro 36% off

Non bike - Fuji F770 EXR camera bought with 2 for 1 Tesco vouchers so cost me nothing


 
Posted : 13/06/2012 8:45 am
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Bike & Non Bike

16 X 12 shed


 
Posted : 13/06/2012 8:47 am
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Bike: a 4day biking holiday
Non-bike: a longer holiday (on which I might get a day or so biking squeezed in to)


 
Posted : 14/06/2012 9:34 pm
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Reverb Post

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Wood Burner

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Posted : 14/06/2012 10:14 pm
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Bike - Service & tune for my revelations.

Non bike - A couple of thousand tea bags while in the UK...


 
Posted : 15/06/2012 6:55 am