RPK79

To be fair, they bought the green striped ones and I'm not seeing those online anywhere.

#super-rare

Jamesw2

CX V 2 Retro shifters (Grvenalle)
they are for a Surly Disk Trucker build
Still need the frame, headset, racks, fenders and brakes ah heck with the brakes

https://www.gevenalle.com/store/products/shifters/

bmcphx

retail is $112

SpeshulEd 

D'oh, I wasn't looking at the IIIs.
2013 Vittoria Corsa CX Tubular Road Tyre Sports & Leisure | ProBikeKit.com

Found them for $90 tho!
Vittoria Corsa CX III Tubular at BikeTiresDirect

That still seems like a lot to mount them but I guess it's all subjective.

Fastfwd01

Topeak Aero Wedge - medium w/straps. My smartphone fits with room to spare for tube, etc when expanded. So glad to ditch that huge Jandd bag I moved over from my mountain bike until I could figure out what bag would work better with the road bike. That bag is HUGE! It looked a little odd on the mountain bike, but ridiculous on the road bike.

I also pulled the trigger on a new helmet. Stepping up from my Giro Rift that I bought just to have a helmet starting out. I actually went with another lower end helmet - the Giro Foray (matte black and white that matches the bike though, but not exactly high visibility). I stumbled across a website of some bicycle helmet.org something and they made what seemed like a sensible argument about the cheaper helmets not being any less safe - to the contrary. They also seemed to be of the opinion that the aero helmets pointy styling elements were detrimental to the purpose of absorbing impacts and promoted the more rounded shapes as being superior - ie the Synthe at the top of the line. The Foray is the $65 retail version of the $250 Synthe. Probably less some of the comforts, but should suit me fairly well I hope. The Atom was available in the color and size I wanted for about $135 right before I pulled the trigger and it was tempting, but that website really frowned on the pointy styling element it has - even on the front. They might be a bunch of crazies for all I know.

gc3

How much did you pay for that quarter? Some kind of coin collector, are you?

dtrain

I lucked out and found some hoods recently, wasn't easy. Hudz made a bunch for the 10 speed stuff (5600/6600). I'm not (personally) in the market for namplates anymore, but there is clearly a need...

cmschmie

Picked this up today. Should make me eleventy billion times faster than the Easton stem I was using.

kbarch

I can see paying someone to change ones tires - and to keep them pumped up, and to supply refreshments, clean jersey, etc., etc., but paying a la carte for such services seems terribly inconvenient. A valet or soigneur should be able to take care of all that.

rekmeyata

Not only incredibly expensive but what happens when he has a flat? I guess a cell phone call to his mommy so she can come pick him and his bike up and take it to an LBS so they can charge another $133?

bmcphx

Tubulars can be carried under the saddle and if you flat you just get the old tire off and put the new one, which you've pre glued a bit, on the rim and ride it home. You can't push as hard but you can ride it. The cost of a flat is excessive but not much more work.

Gus90

Just because having a glass of scotch after a 50 mile bike ride is relaxing, and pouring it over a crystal clear sphere of ice is awesome...

soma5

As long as it is a good Islay. My preference is Lagavulin.

petalpower

SRAM Red22 Quarq and a set of November Rail 52s to for the new bike.

rekmeyata

I know, years ago I rode on tubs and carried two spares under the seat, plus I carried the Velox repair kit just in case I ran out of tubs, which did happen on rare occasions so I would have to spend about 45 min taking a tub off, unstitching a section, pull the tube out a bit and do the standard tube repair, stuff back in and stitch shut and remount tire. But 45 minutes spent doing that beats walking for 2 or 3 hours.

I always took my flatted tubs home and repaired them to be used again, so repairing one on the side of the road was no real big deal, but I found tubs to be a huge inconvenience and when Specialized came out with their Turbo clincher I bought two clincher rims and two clincher tires to try them out and never went back to tubs again nor will I ever, I don't miss all the time it took to fix flats.

rjones28 

Ice?

Kai Winters

A pair of Michelin Pro4 Endurance tires. Put them on yesterday and rode them today. They feel similar to my old Pro3's but only a few miles on them so far.

bmcphx

Islay is the only scotch worth drinking. I used to have a bottle in the house and it was a bonus that my alcoholic girlfriend thought it was gross. If there was pinnacle whip cream vodka she would kill it in a night, buy my beloved peaty single malts were safe.

bianchi10

Defeet Sako 7 socks

hamster

I find Laphroaig very interesting. My wife, on the other hand, describes is as similar to paint thinner. And I can't really disagree.

Jaeger99

Cool. Details?

Gus90

Here you go...

Wintersmiths - Makers of the Ice ****** for Crystal Clear Ice Spheres

soma5

You caught me out. I do not put ice in Lagavulin. I just got carried away thinking about Lagavulin.

soma5

Laphroaig is a little sulphuric for me, I won't turn it down but I won't buy it for home. I've found a decent less-expensive Islay called Ardbeg. It is a bit lighter as well and may be more to your liking.

soma5

To get back on topic, I've bought two of the newly-modified Arundel Dual saddle packs. These new ones have a retaining beltlopp to hold the larger velcro strap that attaches the pack to the saddle rails in place so you don't have to over-tighten that velcro strap to keep the pack from slipping. Good addition.