Should have got Kappa gear, then you could hold your finger over the top bit so it look like a woman with her legs open.
The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
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Exactly the beast that I used to scroll down to see what you're pleasing purchase was! I can tell you it's fine!
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Wiper blades, a simple but effective thing at times... mine were just RUBBISH !
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Not a purchase, a leaving gift from work.
Cervélo track frame...the same as used by Team GB to win 6 gold medals in Rio. This is one of the prototypes that had an issue, hence why it looks so dog eared! I designed it back in 2015. I didn't know we still had any in the building so it was a nice surprise gift.
Gonna clean it up and stick it on the wall.
Cervélo track frame...the same as used by Team GB to win 6 gold medals in Rio. This is one of the prototypes that had an issue, hence why it looks so dog eared! I designed it back in 2015. I didn't know we still had any in the building so it was a nice surprise gift.
Gonna clean it up and stick it on the wall.
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I can only imagine the scramble for last minute ideas around the office when your Boss realised he'd forgotten to buy you a leaving cardMr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 5:38 pm Not a purchase, a leaving gift from work.
Cervélo track frame...the same as used by Team GB to win 6 gold medals in Rio. This is one of the prototypes that had an issue, hence why it looks so dog eared! I designed it back in 2015. I didn't know we still had any in the building so it was a nice surprise gift.
Gonna clean it up and stick it on the wall.
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My boss has been furloughed.
I doubt very much I'd have got a bike if senior management were still around Technically it should been put beyond use before I got it....
I doubt very much I'd have got a bike if senior management were still around Technically it should been put beyond use before I got it....
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Its a bit of a stretch to call that a bike....Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:15 pm My boss has been furloughed.
I doubt very much I'd have got a bike if senior management were still around Technically it should been put beyond use before I got it....
Good luck on your new venture....
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It's like calling a bag of flour and a box of eggs a cake!Wreckless Rat wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:23 pmIts a bit of a stretch to call that a bike....Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:15 pm My boss has been furloughed.
I doubt very much I'd have got a bike if senior management were still around Technically it should been put beyond use before I got it....
Good luck on your new venture....
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It's pretty much the only bit you can't just walk into a shop and buy though, hence the ownership restriction.Wreckless Rat wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:23 pmIts a bit of a stretch to call that a bike....Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:15 pm My boss has been furloughed.
I doubt very much I'd have got a bike if senior management were still around Technically it should been put beyond use before I got it....
Good luck on your new venture....
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As much as i'm taking the piss a bit, i'd love to see more in depth.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:43 pmIt's pretty much the only bit you can't just walk into a shop and buy though, hence the ownership restriction.Wreckless Rat wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:23 pmIts a bit of a stretch to call that a bike....Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:15 pm My boss has been furloughed.
I doubt very much I'd have got a bike if senior management were still around Technically it should been put beyond use before I got it....
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As you'd expect, I'm not at liberty to say very much at all about these frames.
I will say that making a good bicycle, be it metal or composite, is crazy hard. The head of technical development at British Cycling - Tony Purnell - is ex F1 and was team principal at Res Bull. He and I had quite a few conversations about how surprisingly tricky bikes are.
Making a frame is easy, making one which is as stiff, light and aerodynamic as Olympic ones is quite another matter. For example most carbon bikes are bonded together from tubes, metal ones are similarly welded together. These Olympic ones have to be a single piece moulding, that's the only way you'll get the performance.
I think the thing you'd find most surprising is the weight. They're pretty fat, UCI regs state a minimum 6.8kg for the whole bike. Since track frames have no brakes or gears you have quite a lot to play with, so the frame is quite chunky compared to a top end road TT bike (its still loads lighter than most frames you'll find amongst mortals). It's also about twice as stiff as even a very stiff road bike you can buy in the shop.
I will say that making a good bicycle, be it metal or composite, is crazy hard. The head of technical development at British Cycling - Tony Purnell - is ex F1 and was team principal at Res Bull. He and I had quite a few conversations about how surprisingly tricky bikes are.
Making a frame is easy, making one which is as stiff, light and aerodynamic as Olympic ones is quite another matter. For example most carbon bikes are bonded together from tubes, metal ones are similarly welded together. These Olympic ones have to be a single piece moulding, that's the only way you'll get the performance.
I think the thing you'd find most surprising is the weight. They're pretty fat, UCI regs state a minimum 6.8kg for the whole bike. Since track frames have no brakes or gears you have quite a lot to play with, so the frame is quite chunky compared to a top end road TT bike (its still loads lighter than most frames you'll find amongst mortals). It's also about twice as stiff as even a very stiff road bike you can buy in the shop.
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Looks a bit better in the day light than on the showroom floor.
Goes alright for a tiddler...
Best of all, I get my car back. I've going take all her shite out and just dump it straight into passenger footwell of Arnie the Aygo.
Goes alright for a tiddler...
Best of all, I get my car back. I've going take all her shite out and just dump it straight into passenger footwell of Arnie the Aygo.
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I was hoping the white writing would be engineer's prototype scribble, not lamentable farewell nonsense from colleagues. They ruined it!Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 5:38 pm Not a purchase, a leaving gift from work.
Cervélo track frame...the same as used by Team GB to win 6 gold medals in Rio. This is one of the prototypes that had an issue, hence why it looks so dog eared! I designed it back in 2015. I didn't know we still had any in the building so it was a nice surprise gift.
Gonna clean it up and stick it on the wall.
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That is one fucking big egg. No wonder you were so pleased with purchasing it!
All aboard the Peckham Pigeon! All aboard!
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I got one of these for the K1200R. now I can charge phones etc...
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Pre-Order, but I'm sure it'll be 'pleasing' when it arrives
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Project Turntable - arrive tomorrow- first time I've had a decent turntable in 15 years - can't wait .