Your most recent cycling related purchase

[uno-speedo]

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the SPD cleat, shoe and pedal, Shimano is unveiling a special, limited-edition shoe and pedal set to commemorate it.

[EPIC! Stratton]

Originally Posted by uno-speedo

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the SPD cleat, shoe and pedal, Shimano is unveiling a special, limited-edition shoe and pedal set to commemorate it.

So a Mavic colorway Shimano shoe?

[jwess1234]

First foray into the high end bib market--hopefully will try them out tomorrow (and see if they are the right size).

[doomridesout]

I'm worried they might be totally hideous with everything I own, but I ponied up for the limited edition Shimano R321 tour edition shoes yesterday.

[regularguy412]

Early Father's Day present from my kiddo.

Mike in AR

[blessthismess]

Just got a new MOOTS seat post and some Chris King water bottles.

[Titanium]

Mondonico 70 Anniversary EL OS monostay frame with Reynold Ouzo fork! Almost finished with build ,just waiting for a chain in the mail.

[Highpowernut]

Father's Day early, enve ses 3-4ImageUploadedByTapatalk1432955668.090099.jpg

[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.

[Martygarrison]

Arrived this week after a five month wait

[Cicli]

I bought that Geekhouse that was posted here. Awesome, cant wait.