Your most recent cycling related purchase

[vav]

[MattTuck]

Originally Posted by vav

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awesome.

[bobswire]

A set of H + Plus Son TB14 , they are everything I was hoping they would be.
The wider rim really does give a smoother ride with better traction.

[noshaver]

Road Holland bibs. Excellent choice, all day in the saddle stuff.

[mktng]

Enve 2.0 road fork to replace a Wound Up.
What. A. Difference. wow

[noshaver]

Selle SMP saddle. Took a couple of rides to get used to but what a difference. Don't even know it's there.

[vav]

Got me some ferrules.

[Avincent52]

Slightly strange cyber purchase on Tuesday.
I found a great deal on a previous year Giro Aeon Helmet--$149 minus $30= $119--from Nashbar--on Monday.


I got sidetracked, left it in my cart, tried to order on Tuesday and the price had gone up. I call Nashbar and an it turns out the extra thirty bucks off was part of a Memorial Day sale.
I tell her, truthfully, that I've been a Nashbar customer since they were hand writing labels, so she honors the 20 percent discoutn and I got this fine helmet cheap.
And something else.

The next morning Nashbar sends me another 20 percent off coupon in my email, good for 18 hours only.

I poke around their thin selection of tubular tires and find a nice deal on Continental Gatorskin Sprinters. $60 minus $12 = $48.
Not bad.
I poke around a little elsewhere and this price is hard to beat.
Except it's for the 23 mm version and I'd prefer the 25 mms.

I stumble onto a site called wiggle.com and find the 25mms for $46 each. No tax collected. Free shipping.

What I didn't realize initially is that I'm ordering these tires from England.
They'll take a few days longer to arrive, I guess, than if I got them from Ohio, but the price and selection of tubulars seemed to reflect the fact that it was purchased from a cycling crazed part of the world, a lot closer to Germany where they're made.

First time I've mail-ordered something otherwise available in the US from a European source strictly on price, but I don't think it'll be the last.

Nashbar did get me to buy tires. But not from them. One more source of disruption.

FWIW, Wiggle has also got Continental Comps for a mere $69 with free shipping. That's just a little more than half the US MSRP of $124, which would have been tempting if my local roads didn't resemble Cambodia.

http://www.wiggle.com/continental-co...r-tire/http://

[regularguy412]

Originally Posted by Avincent52

First time I've mail-ordered something otherwise available in the US from a European source strictly on price, but I don't think it'll be the last.

Snipped ^^

I used to order lots of stuff from UK since the USD has been strong against the Pound now for some time. Only thing I don't like about doing that is that I have to remember to inform my bank ahead of time (business day) that I'm making an international purchase. If I don't, they'll block the credit card sale and that REALLY fouls things up.

I've ordered from Wiggle, Ribble and PBK with good results.

Mike in AR

[Dead Man]

Originally Posted by regularguy412

Snipped ^^

I used to order lots of stuff from UK since the USD has been strong against the Pound now for some time. Only thing I don't like about doing that is that I have to remember to inform my bank ahead of time (business day) that I'm making an international purchase. If I don't, they'll block the credit card sale and that REALLY fouls things up.

I've ordered from Wiggle, Ribble and PBK with good results.

Mike in AR

I had this happen last week, which was weird since I've made plenty of purchases from Ribble without problem before. But apparently the Wells Fargo security computer picked up on some kind of pattern, and not only denied my Merlin purchase, but froze my account.

I got robo-called by Wells Fargo about 30 seconds later, pressed 1/2/3 to answer some questions, and it automatically unlocked my account and let me finish my order at Merlin..

So irritating at first (enraging, actually), but worked pretty well, in the end, this time.

[victoryfactory]

Not carbon, not super light, <50 bucks
They are the most comfortable bars I have ever used.
Ride in the drops more, great for large wide hands.
Put them on my main ride a few months ago, just ordered another for my
backup.
VF

[blessthismess]

Just got a new Moots lay back seat post. Things are coming together for the summer

The clamping/adjusting mechanism on their new posts rules. So simple and easy to dial in.

[choke]

I couldn't resist these.

[RyanH]

These...and they're coming the day I leave for a week long trip

[RobJ]

Originally Posted by choke

I couldn't resist these.

Like the bar ends but the road ahead looks even more inviting....