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For under a tenner.

Connex quick links. Superstar pads. Buffs. 661 Descend gloves 08 (a perfect pair of gloves, for £9.50).

Any others?


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 7:54 pm
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An SPD £7.50. Another SPD, another £7.50.

Do they count?


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 7:56 pm
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My muckynutz mudguard has freed me from mud-induced blindness.


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 7:57 pm
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Bib shorts/tights


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 7:57 pm
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a bike, bought from the local auction for £3.
was about 1975 though. . .


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 7:58 pm
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the photo of the fat bloke on my fridge............... 8)


 
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Bib shorts/tights

For under a tenner..?

😯


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 7:59 pm
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An 18t ss sprocket.Art latex.An OS map.


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 7:59 pm
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sudocream 😉


 
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Crud Catcher
PI55flaps/Beef Curtains inner tube fork brace mudguard hacks
A bell


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 8:00 pm
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CFH - beef curtains/pi55flaps hang like this {} ime.


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 8:03 pm
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Lock on grips as well.


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 8:07 pm
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Didn't see the tenner bit 😳


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 8:08 pm
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assos butt cream - best £8.99 (minus LBS disc) I ever spent 😉


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 8:09 pm
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crud catcher, chamois cream, wooly socks.

and if you remove the £10 limit - windstopper soft shell, winter boots, decent tyres.


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 8:10 pm
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A second hand saddle, it was so much a pain in the bum riding without a saddle, after it got nicked. 🙂


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 8:12 pm
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Truvativ chainring bolts that have allen key interfaces on both sides.

I won't ever go back to the old style.

It hasn't really changed my life though!


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 8:15 pm
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Lock on grips, SRAM quick link,


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 8:17 pm
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giving up fags and beer, that changed my riding for under a tenner (at the time I gave up!)


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 8:19 pm
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Fibrax sintered pads - last all Winter(unlike the crappy OEM Shimano ones).

Oh, and a Powerlink


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 8:52 pm
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Forgot about this thread. Its been a huge disappointment too, I was hoping for lots of cool ideas for bike stuff I could buy without having to spend too much..


 
Posted : 05/11/2010 5:31 pm
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Conti verticals, used em for years, about £10 from ukbikestore..


 
Posted : 05/11/2010 5:42 pm
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A buff, bestest, cheapest bit of kit I ever bought..


 
Posted : 05/11/2010 5:49 pm
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SFA when it really comes down to it. Riding bikes is about getting out there


 
Posted : 05/11/2010 7:30 pm
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ESI Chunky grips and Minty arse lard.


 
Posted : 05/11/2010 7:31 pm
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sram power link and I throw my self on to the collective slamming this will get me but Co2 cartridges for tyres just great in sh*t weather!


 
Posted : 05/11/2010 7:38 pm
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For £10? Absolutely nothing. Lots of nice things but nothing ride-changing or indispensible. Sorry.

Now, give me £200 and I'll say a dropper seatpost 😉 Even when I take the suspension off the Soul I leave the dropper on :mrgreen:


 
Posted : 05/11/2010 7:43 pm
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SFA when it really comes down to it. Riding bikes is about getting out there

Or spending more money 😉


 
Posted : 05/11/2010 7:46 pm
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Coolmax socks, chainring bolt spanner, Pedros tyre levers and Jelly Babies. The tenner rule makes it far too difficult to come up with inspired choices.


 
Posted : 05/11/2010 7:49 pm
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Cake


 
Posted : 05/11/2010 7:52 pm
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Lock on grips.


 
Posted : 05/11/2010 8:00 pm
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Ghetto tubeless.


 
Posted : 05/11/2010 8:00 pm
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More than £10, but definitely my Camelbak. Can't imagine riding without one now.


 
Posted : 05/11/2010 8:33 pm
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Under ten quid?

Probably enough to buy my three favourite copies of [i]Bike[/i] (all circa 1998), which I re-read religiously.


 
Posted : 05/11/2010 8:38 pm
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Stan's solution


 
Posted : 05/11/2010 9:04 pm
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A bell...not cool and not exciting but on the busy weekends around the Surrey Hills it clears the traffic from the trail which means I can keep my speed up and it keeps the red-socks happy (I was actually congratulated on my last ride for having one)


 
Posted : 05/11/2010 9:16 pm
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summer gloves from prendas, the ones with the names of the mountains are only a tenner and properly comfy


 
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More than £10, but definitely my Camelbak. Can't imagine riding without one now.

You must have a pretty rubbish imagination then :p


 
Posted : 06/11/2010 1:46 am
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Riding buddies


 
Posted : 06/11/2010 7:53 am
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'Mastering Mountain Bike Skills'

Bloody brilliant!


 
Posted : 06/11/2010 8:00 am
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motion control!


 
Posted : 06/11/2010 8:21 am