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I've bought a few items following recommendations on here. Most recently an Olight i3E single AAA torch that was recommended on a thread. At the time it was an impulse purchase, but it's proved surprisingly useful.
What have you bought following recommendations by by other STWers on the Forum?
Was it something you needed or did you just have to have it when you saw it?
Was it any good?
Mk1 Cotic Soul, frame #165.
I've been here a long time.
Still my only mountain bike.
A few folk recommended a Gerber dime on the EDC thread. I ordered one and was disappointed in its micro size. I was hoping it was a wee bit bigger
Frozen sausages, bombers , coke , hookers
Skoda Octavia
A fanny pack (Dakine).
Anker Soundcore
A Bluetooth speaker, headphones and beer.
A bottle of rum.
Putoline.
Sudocrem
A Maserati.
coke , hookers
Wish I'd thought of that response first
An STW Subscription.
I thought I'd bought a watch, still waiting to get the money back in my account.
Before that was an upgrade damper for my forks.
An Audi, woodburner and cufflinks
Oh and a Meaco dehumidifier
A copy of Disgrace by JM Coetzee
A very nice Garmin watch at Christmas.....
Stove fan
Anker leads & power bank
Galibier bib tights
Michelin all-season tyres for my SUV.
No, really. They're actually very good. And its at least a Volvo.
Colombia fairbanks omni heat boots - saved me from cold wet feet last winter and this
A pair of Blundstone boots. I used to wear approach shoes for work and play, but had soggy feet daily. I saw a review (I think) on work boots on here and read about the Blunnie's.
They're great, warm, comfortable and most importantly dry.Once clean and buffed up, they're good enough for most socially distanced social events too.
I bought a black pudding that was recommended on here, it was horrible.
SLX brakes recently.
Bliss knee pads a while back.
Picolax and sudocrem. Both from lovehoney so that STW benefit from the referral
Gravel bike.
Fat bike.
Road bike.
Burger Toast.
Deep fat fryer,
thought I had to try it,
seems to work
Wood working tools
Far too much music to list
Weekends away accomodation.
Aeropress - have three now
Castelli Gabba - I have two now
Walking boots - Scarpa
Tyres
Books
Most recently an Olight i3E single AAA torch that was recommended on a thread. At the time it was an impulse purchase, but it’s proved surprisingly useful.
Yup,I thought "Do I really need one?" turns out I did,very handy 🙂
Q acoustic BT3 speakers- rubbish to be honest
Far. Too. Much.
Porcelain poppy.
Mk2 Soul. Loved it!
Bird Aeris. Hated it.
Fiskars XL27, much awesomness!
Putoline.
Hate it
Wool duvet.
Pogies.
Putoline.
Hate it
Its just a posh name for chips cheese and gravy.
2x Showers Pass waterproof jackets. Roadie one and looser fit one for mtb / my current lardiness.
Both excellent.
Erbauer drill twin-set, this place always gives a good range of ideas and advice
On one 456
Aeropress
Mk1 Cotic Soul
ditto (but my frame number's a bit higher, as it's the last of the Mk1's)
It's still my go to bike of choice too
also a CX bike from before "gravel" was invented
Nowt.
I was so impressed I bought more of the same.
T130
G160
Bird aether
G170
Mobi pressure washer
Load of other stuff.
this place always gives a good range of ideas and advice
Agree
The list is long:
Anker Soundcore
Christopher Ward watch
Seiko SKX watch
A holiday to Malcesine
A hotel stay in Barcelona
An Orange P7
A PX Kaffenback
A Kona cargo bike
A Kona fixie
Various components and accessories
Loads of cycle clothing
A waterproof jacket
Beer
A Garmin watch
A Garmin fitness band
A Garmin bike computer
A TV
And I suspect many more things I’ve forgotten.
Too much.
One titanium bike and a steel one.
Showers Pass jacket, Giro helmet, various tops and shorts.
Fancy knives I didn't need but are lovely to use. Passat TDI estate, Michelin cross climate tyres (not for the Passat).
Mmmmm, think I might need to spend less time on here, looks like it's costing me a fortune!
Aether Cone x2
Nitecore Tip x2
Waterproof troos
I was thinking about this the other day when the mag was moaning about a lack of review samples. I can't think of many things I've bought of the back of reviews, and not much more directly from recomendations. I tend to either have brands, similar products from several brands, or know what to look for in the spec. So headsets are cane creek, ESI or supercaz grips, chainrings are whatever 7075 is best value.
Going singlespeed
Deda fang chain keepers.
Northwave boots, still going a decade later.
ESI/supercaz silicone grips (and before that ritchey/bontranger foam ones.
Gripgrab gaiters, I can't recall where I heard of them but I can't think where else I would have heard of them.
Putoline - great
Altura attack shorts - rubbish
Shedload of stuff, based on both the forum and the website.
Rarely do I buy anything bike related without looking up what STW has to say about that particular product/service or type of product.
Worx Hydroshot 😁
An On-one Pompetamine, rode it twice, sold it
Some HebTroCo jeans
Polaris bib longs windtek in ome of their clearance sales. Really good for £30
Nothing yet (or at least nothing I can remember right now), but will buy that shed/garage alarm that @northwind highlighted a couple of days ago - looks good.
Hope Hoops
Giant Defy
They were 2 of the best but there are many. I seriously trust the research that people have done followed up by the real life review. The arguments can get into the real nitty gritty. This to me is, and has been, worth the subscription fee many times over.
Tangfastics 🤪
Putoline.
Hate it
Its just a posh name for chips cheese and gravy.
👏
On-one fatty
Nukeproof softshell
Garmin Watch
A stamp for my resignation letter
Atera Strada
Thule Chariot
Coffee Machine
Beer
Beer again
Then more beer
Not many beer psa’s lately
An ethically sourced vegan handmade hipster Concept rowing machine.
The list is long:
Anker Soundcore
Christopher Ward watch
Seiko SKX watch
A holiday to Malcesine
A hotel stay in Barcelona
An Orange P7
A PX Kaffenback
A Kona cargo bike
A Kona fixie
Various components and accessories
Loads of cycle clothing
A waterproof jacket
Beer
A Garmin watch
A Garmin fitness band
A Garmin bike computer
A TV
And a pair of double doors and a conveyor belt?
chewkw seems to be on crack cocaine most of the time when he posts so I took that as a recommendation and dipped my toes in.
Although moreish I'm not a fan on balance.
I tend to already have a product in mind then do a google search for that product including Singletrack in the search. It surprising how often that the search comes up with a previous thread with some great comments.
Too much to mention, but a couple of highlights
Gary Fisher Rig
Tesco torch (remember them?)
Aero press (not for me)
De’longhi bean to cup machine (love it!) and
A life in Scotland
Ones I can remember.
Pike forks - awesome.
Brooks Cambrium saddle - torture, but looks great so expect I'll break it in in a decade or so.
Palladium boots. - good.
Halford 1600lm light - flawed.
Did buy
A lovely little vintage Seamaster
Seiko SKX 007 - fake. But seller wasn't to know.
I also got a rather nice seamaster!
Rolls Royce shares…
Au-Up lights back in 2007 and I still have them, in fact I used them tonight on a 3h wet and dirty night ride.
Strada wheels
Shimano bh62 tool a few weeks back
I am sure there is a lot more i have forgotten
A really expensive calculator.
This.
https://flic.kr/p/2gABzbT
A shit ton of Lego.
Single malt.
Fine (well, Binners’ 😉) art.
Was recommended a restaurant in Prague, was that good I proposed to the now MrsTH there.
Does a pair of Singletrack shorts count?
And a Ditto looper that's being delivered tomorrow.
A cast-iron skillet.
Mail order bride called Louise. Bombers, slippers and a car from Ling
STW’ers social media influencing before being a social media influencer was a thing
Not much. I have a bizarre ability to make my own decisions.
However! I did recently buy a shoe dryer from Amazon that was recommended on a thread. My shoes have remained dry since. So I haven't used the shoe dryer at all.
Prince Albert
Kitchen
Staircase
A Fairywell toothbrush. It was crap.
A pair of Regatta softshell trousers. They are brilliant.
A flex stem (can't remember the name) for the touring bike. It's fantastic.
The list is frightening when I really think about it.
Skoda Octy (vrs)
Standing desk legs and cheap IKEA top.
Half speed coffee from extract
Pinnacle arkose based on the jameso thread
Fat lad at the back hi-viz top
I probably ended up with an Orange 5 because of here, actually bought it via classifieds.
Probably many many other things I've been influenced by.
Cotic Soul Mk2 frame
Gaggia Classic and Iberital grinder
Hamilton Khaki Field auto
only really need the woodburner and Hebtroco trousers for the full set......
Lots I'm sure but I can only really recall:
One One Summer Season (great fun)
Kaffenback (great)
Old record vice (excellent)
Berlingo (the dream!)
A Fairywell toothbrush. It was crap.
What was up with it? I have a different brand but v similar looking cheap toothbrush and it seems fine to me but I've never used a fancy branded one so maybe I don't know what I'm missing!
I'm wondering what I've bought in the last 5 years that hasn't in some way been influenced by the forum.
Putoline - definitely.
Berlingo - probably.
Genesis Longitude, Pinnacle Arkose, Orbea Occam - almost certainly.
Putoline.
Hate it
Its just a posh name for chips cheese and gravy.
This needs more recognition!
A bottle of rum from a Welsh rum and cheese place.
A Cotic Solaris which is still my favourite bike.
Hope breaks.
More recently I got a decently priced Montane jacket - though not the one being chatted about on here.
A silent Shimano freehub
A power kite
Literally loads.
Original On One Inbred.
Turner 5 spot
Loads of cycling clothing
Winter boots
a Watch
etc
Its actually scary how much stuff I've bought over the years from recommendations here.