Just ordered myself a Colnago Ace 105 as a little belated birthday present - full carbon road bike 
Now on tenterhooks for the next couple of days waiting for it to turn up!
Stupid thing is, when it finally does arrive i won't be able to play on it as i'm signed up for a charity ride from Liverpool to Leeds along the canal and i won't be able to use it on that route! |
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"Just ordered myself a Colnago Ace 105 as a little belated birthday present - full carbon road bike
Now on tenterhooks for the next couple of days waiting for it to turn up!
Stupid thing is, when it finally does arrive i won't be able to play on it as i'm signed up for a charity ride from Liverpool to Leeds along the canal and i won't be able to use it on that route!"
not sure if the government scheme is still in place but if you buy it through work you get great advantages
don't think you can do it retrospectively though  |
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My work hasn't signed up for that so no good to me i'm afraid - they took away the cark parking so no chance of being nice to cyclists!
No way would i take a nice carbon road bike to work, i have a cheap and fun singlespeed for commuting. |
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"Sounds like a mean machine!!
I've not been on a bike for around 30years!!!
Well apart from an excercise one "
Not sure where it's going to live as there are already 3 mountain bikes and a road hybrid in the kitchen plus my singlespeed in the garage! |
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"At the risk of stating the obvious (and only 'cos someone on here managed to get their nicked)- buy a really good lock!
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Don't worry - my bikes are NEVER out of my sight when i'm out and about and even then are locked.
I prefer to sit in the rain next to my bike outside the cafe than leave them unsighted even if they are locked up. |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
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"At the risk of stating the obvious (and only 'cos someone on here managed to get their nicked)- buy a really good lock!
Don't worry - my bikes are NEVER out of my sight when i'm out and about and even then are locked.
I prefer to sit in the rain next to my bike outside the cafe than leave them unsighted even if they are locked up."
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Sounds like a mean machine!!
I've not been on a bike for around 30years!!!
Well apart from an excercise one
Not sure where it's going to live as there are already 3 mountain bikes and a road hybrid in the kitchen plus my singlespeed in the garage!"
You need a bigger house |
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"Sounds like a mean machine!!
I've not been on a bike for around 30years!!!
Well apart from an excercise one
Not sure where it's going to live as there are already 3 mountain bikes and a road hybrid in the kitchen plus my singlespeed in the garage!
You need a bigger house "
That though had crossed my mind 
Not saying it's an obsession or anything but i think i now own over 7K's worth of bikes -plus MJ's bike is here as well. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Sounds like a mean machine!!
I've not been on a bike for around 30years!!!
Well apart from an excercise one
Not sure where it's going to live as there are already 3 mountain bikes and a road hybrid in the kitchen plus my singlespeed in the garage!
You need a bigger house
That though had crossed my mind
Not saying it's an obsession or anything but i think i now own over 7K's worth of bikes -plus MJ's bike is here as well."
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I actually have a 130db air horn fitted to my commuter singlespeed so even the doziest driver cant fail to be aware when he cuts me up!
*Its not actually compulsory to have a bell fitted, only that new bikes come with one.
I have a bell on my hybrid but never use it, and when in the mountain bikes i find a polite "excuse me please" works far better when out on the hills  |
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"Sounds like a mean machine!!
I've not been on a bike for around 30years!!!
Well apart from an excercise one
Not sure where it's going to live as there are already 3 mountain bikes and a road hybrid in the kitchen plus my singlespeed in the garage!
You need a bigger house
That though had crossed my mind
Not saying it's an obsession or anything but i think i now own over 7K's worth of bikes -plus MJ's bike is here as well.
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Just done some sums.
Make that £9'000...  |
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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago
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"I actually have a 130db air horn fitted to my commuter singlespeed so even the doziest driver cant fail to be aware when he cuts me up!
*Its not actually compulsory to have a bell fitted, only that new bikes come with one.
I have a bell on my hybrid but never use it, and when in the mountain bikes i find a polite "excuse me please" works far better when out on the hills "
Doesn't look as cool as those muppet themed horns you can get in Halfords though |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Did you opt for a bell or a horn?"
that is the first bit of kit to be tgrown away, never had a bell don't need one.
Nice bike you got there.
I need to get my road bike fixed, reynolds tubing & campag record equiped. |
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"Awesome, very jealous, I'm not allowed anything that exotic. But I'm slowly getting back into cycling again. "
Only bought it as ive sold a lot of reenactment kit and raised £1200 that way, I'm not rich enough to drop that sort of cash on a whim!
My most expensive bike is 10yrs old and my newest MTB is 3yrs old so i tend to buy and keep my bikes. |
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