[Closed] What have you bought recently that's pretty cool?

One of these

Pretty cool IMO 🙂

Well, perhaps it's not AWESOMELY cool, but after 12 years of living with it's 32" Phillips monster two-ton predecessor, it sure feels like it...

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Oakley surf backpack, though I haven't a clue what the plastic surf comb thing is for. Already got a decent Karrimor Hot 30 but it was just a bit to small for what I need it for.

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Button almost pressed....

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Blazin-saddles - I see the tools are out already, get used to it 😉

I just bought a Raspberry Pi, not sure if that is cool, or just geeky 😕

After spending ages test riding loads of different bikes, I finally bought one of these.......

Bit of a marmite bike, but I love it.

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ample - new liquid cooled GS 12 ?

One of the speakers below, plus another one that looks almost the same 🙂

Plus a NAP300 to drive them 🙂

Shame I have a bathroom in the lounge at the moment so it can't come home yet 🙁

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And I'd forgotten about this

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the_lecht_rocks - Member
ample - new liquid cooled GS 12 ?

No, I've bought the adventure model which is still using the tried and tested air-cooled engine. It looks great though in the 90th anniversary colours.

After spending years in the motor trade, I know never to buy the first of a brand new model.

The plan is to run this GS for a few years and then change to the water cooled version once they've got it sorted.

One of these:

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And a pair of these:

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Loving Bob's coffee machine and vinnyeh's album choice.

After spending most of last year riding my HT on-road rather than off, I figured it was time to buy the right tool for the job. Collected one of these a couple of weeks ago...only 4 monts old, lightly used and just serviced. Love it so far...gearing was a bit of a shock on my regular (modest) climbs but I'm sure it'll do me good in the long run 😀

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My new pair of BeyerDynamic DT770 Pro headphones arrived this afternoon. Just like these:

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Very good they seem too

haven't a clue what the plastic surf comb thing is for.

kuco... its for cross combing your wax on the deck of the board, makes it really grippy. great things, could'nt live witout one personally.

So much for economic hard times, eh folks? 🙂

great thread though, definitely have 60quid wood pile envy and did'nt even know what an android stick was so had to google... and now i need something that i did'n even know existed a few hours back.

So much for economic hard times, eh folks?

Payday Loans ftw! APR1258%

Ah right gavtheoldskater, something i'm never going to use then. If you want it you can have it.

A Samsung Smart TV. 'Cept I hardly ever watch TV! 😯

now i need [s]something[/s] a lot of things that i did'n even know existed a few hours back

So much for economic hard times, eh folks?

If it weren't for the recession I could've bought her a new camera 🙂

No, I've bought the adventure model which is still using the tried and tested air-cooled engine. It looks great though in the 90th anniversary colours.

Very nice. I used to have an early one - quite miss it, was a great bike:

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footflaps - Member
No, I've bought the adventure model which is still using the tried and tested air-cooled engine. It looks great though in the 90th anniversary colours.
Very nice. I used to have an early one - quite miss it, was a great bike:

That's a lovely bike 8)

After 16 years of sports bike, it's definitely a bit of a change for me. I rode loads of bikes and after only a few miles; I was completely sold on the GS.

one of these in white - love it.

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Pair of these -

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Think I love them but not 100% sure.

Bought a Jeager overcoat. Reduced from £580 down to £128. Looks and feels bloody fantastic.

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Seem to have just got this beauty off for sale thread! 🙂

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And

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And an Oakley ski coat, no link to that though as it was a sample.

This:

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Schwalbe Ice Spiker tyres. Only used in anger once, but the feeling of sprinting uphill on sheet ice is amazing!

An egg timer from IKEA to turn into a gopro timelapse panning mount. 🙂

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http://www.getawaymoments.com/2011/07/how-to-make-cheap-and-easy-ikea-time.html

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This weekend gone a new (to me 7ft 3) mini mal was too good to turn down..

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@Kuco, if the surf comb is going spare, I'll take it (email in profile)

Oh and a new man bag for taking my iDave approved lunches to the office

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bob_summers wins hands down on the first page (not this this is a contest but if it was he'd win) with his isomac espresso machine, Bob.....I salute you for your impeccable taste.

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A map of the Munro's in the style of the London Underground map. Each summit is a station.

Not that recent, but I think it's pretty ace 😛

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bob_summers wins hands down on the first page (not this this is a contest but if it was he'd win) with his isomac espresso machine...

Although a nice bit of kit, I beg to differ. Ben Cooper's jig wins by a country mile...

Edit : But the pic of the [i]furry alien werefly[/i] comes in a close second.

Whilst i can fully appreciate the precision and absolute single minded beauty of Ben's stem jig i still have to hold my hand up to Bob's espresso machine, I doubt i could build frames/stems but i can brew espresso with my Gaggia Baby class to a decent standard that would satisfy 99% of espresso junkies however that isomac would take my 2 double espresso's a day addiction to a level that would enable me to squeeze that extra 1% out of my beans.

😀

🙂

And having visited Bens workshop to get a TI frame prepped i feel i ought to fess-up and tell you/warn you it is a veritable cornucopia of biking exotica and frame building curiosity, you should see his box of braze on cable cable guides, or the S & S Couplings...if that doesn't get you salivating then nothing will 😯

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poor pic, blade looks like this.
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hopefully it'll be pretty cool when its finished!

And having visited Bens workshop to get a TI frame prepped i feel i ought to fess-up and tell you/warn you it is a veritable cornucopia of biking exotica and frame building curiosity

I do collect a lot of junk, yes 😉

In the last week

One of these
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Fiio E11 headphone amp
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Montane Anti-freeze
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2 tickets for ashes test match at Durham this August for my dad and me.

Arguably I might not have bought them but sitting at home with internet and unspent wages and a broken ankle, I was driven to it by the voices in my head.

Almost the second I click 'buy tickets' I felt pain and guilt for some odd reason (£80 each was probably the reason) so I went online to check out prices for the current New Zealand v England series and felt even worse, you can watch all 5 days of any test match over the next couple of months for as little as $112. Thats about £60 for all 5 days!

kuco... thanks for the offer but let ron-jerem have it i have loads, and besides, he's got a bic surfboard... he needs all the help he can get!