Their stock management and price tracking can be dodgy. Did you mention the price difference to the staff? I've done that and they matched the online price.
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No, didn't want them to say "so?" at me.
That's a Horrible shop.
did 10k on the bike on Sunday. it was really quite difficult mainly eye related. Took about 45 mind to recover. Glad to have done t though.
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How do you weight buying quality versus buying cheap?
I know you are careful with your money, but value is tricky sometimes
For bike stuff because it Offsets the car it's essentially in profit all the time, so I buy more or less what I want or need. Even doing that for years and the entire spend on everything bike isn't near the cost of an entry level car.
At the same time if I'm just trying something out I'll buy entry level cheap to learn on. Like the SPD shoes I got from decathlon - I leaned that I like them for the commute but being cheap they hoard water - so probably something lighter, breathable and not essentially plastic will go on the long list.
- I tend to break things down with Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Clothes are tier 1 need them to function things so they get a % of income per 12 months that I'll totally go over if there's freak weather and I can't be comfy in it.
eBay and adverts kinda open a channel where you can combine cheap and quality. Cyclists love to change our gear and don't bond with everything they buy.
The 4 days i just did in portugal are probably the best 4 days consective cycle touring i've ever done in my life
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How many miles were you doing per day?
And isn't Portugal like super mountainy?
Also, very jealous
Not a huge amount but it's a lot of off-road kinda stuff, like pushing a 25kg bike up an uncycleable mountain path isn't going to look great in distance covered stats but i have jurassic park quads now, stopping for swims and going for huge feeds if somewhere looked nice. It is very mountainous and I think i'd like to go back and do all tarmac there sometime. There are absolute endless boreens to get lost on so long as you don't mind hills. There's a huge variance in what grows there within a few km of the sea so it felt like i was gone for weeks. It was 4 days, but in fairness i was 3 months in the planning and training, so big payoff. Already looking at the next one..
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Dude, all of that is fantastic
But this especially
I am fucking psyched for you. That is as good a holiday as anyone could have.
Fucking bravo, man
Jaysus
I made my first purchase from these in a couple of years just this week.
between CRC and Wiggle most of my paychecks for many, many years were spent
I made my first purchase from these in a couple of years just this week.
between CRC and Wiggle most of my paychecks for many, many years were spent
just reading about the weather in portugal at the moment - was the airport flooded when you were there?
No I was lucky - there were loads of people with surfboards arriving as i left and i was getting the weather warnings on the phone.
my father in law flew in to lisbon on tuesday for a golf trip; they haven't played a single hole yet.
I found that element kinda funny in the region i was in - 50% surfers with slightly visible neck/chest panel tattoos, 50% golfers in most places i ate.
Fucking cyclists
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‘Rotund man on small bike’ in drive-by insult of garda
A “slightly rotund” 25-year- old man cycling a children’s BMX bike was yesterday told to pay €250 for committing a “drive-by” insult to a Garda.
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Nice kicker at the end of that oneFucking cyclists
‘Rotund man on small bike’ in drive-by insult of garda
A “slightly rotund” 25-year- old man cycling a children’s BMX bike was yesterday told to pay €250 for committing a “drive-by” insult to a Garda.
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So the whistles are when they reach each obstacle to like warn the next people they're coming?
Nice to see the crashes - only cos it shows how truly not easy it is
i was talking to mark, the chief of the bike mechanic shop in the ballymun rediscovery centre, this morning. told him i recently bought a mid 90s dynatech mountain bike, for €100.
'that's some steal!'
'nah, it's titanium'.
'that's some steal!'
'nah, it's titanium'.
I'm mildly considering getting a road bike again. I've a notion i'd like to attempt a local TT for the craic sometime next summer. It'll be 100% between 2 and 300eu off adverts type operation. I am currently not even in the outer orbit of that speed right now, but that's kinda the point.
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