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so, say you were to receive a grand, somewhat unexpectedly, and were in the position to be able to spend the lot on things for yourself; what would you spend it on? bike related, but not a bike itself...
Obviously Some nice coke and a few hookers..
For me it would be a new frame, it's the weakest link in my bike at the moment.
Week in the alps
Wahoo kick'r
A custom titanium hardtail frame and if there's enough left over, rims for the fatbike.
A tent and camping gear?
YHA membership.
Nice camera.
A really good two weeks in Ireland?
Or a Brompton.
It's not really a bike, more like ridable luggage.
£1000 on Haribo.
covers flights for me , the mrs and the bikes to malaga - where i will head into granada and ride my bike round the trans sierra nevada trail for a couple weeks.
Somewhere guaranteed sunny and 28 C
Defo a week in [url= http://bikeverbier.com/ ]http://bikeverbier.com/[/url]
How about a LeJog, visiting some great vegan restaurants and hotels?
Or how about WWOOF'in for a while?
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God daughter found it an an ideal way to turn a few quid into transferrable skills whilst seeing new places.
We did a week this summer.
It's fun.
🙂
Pay off some of my debts so I can do a smug post in the other thread 🙂
a really nice used watch. You can wear it riding so it's bike related right?
I'd buy this place from Mrs Blenerhasset, & knock it down.
5 points anyone...
If there's nothing on your bike that really needs fixing then a trip abroad biking.
A sleeve.
At the moment nothing until I decided there was something I actually wanted then I could buy it without a second thought.
I could do 2 holidays abroad with £1000 and have change. In fact I am - Spain Next week and then Alps in Summer.
that's with my own money though unfortunately
I would find a way to spend even more time this summer with Bike Verbier.
20 minutes in Saxonrider's DeLorean
TT bike. Just got a hankering.
Mizen to Malin Head CC tour via the north and west coast.
&
Seiko SKZ323
An Aerocoach session.
TT bike. Just got a hankering.
I like to think I'm at least partly responsible for this 😉
some Cadovious shelving or maybe some Kai Khristiansen.
if i could find a bargain then a real not repro Finn Juhl spade or chieftain chair
@takisawa - and the finest wines known to humanity
Three weeks accommodation in Le Bourge d'Oisans .
Coke and hookers
I'd buy a jukebox, to liven all you stiffs up a bit.
*pockets £5*
OP said it has to be bike related! Otherwise I'd obviously use it to pay off some of the mortgage 😉
Coke and hookers for me too. If there was any left put it towards a good divorce lawyer!.
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More sensibly, not another bike, probably a mini trip with the missus and then another mini cycling trip, and some camping kit for me...
I'd absolutely bloody love a holiday. Never been bothered by them really, but by really want one now.
Wake up somewhere warm, go for a pootle on some dusty singletrack taking in new scenery & widlife, eat some local food, have a swim, potter about somewhere, more food, then enjoy a drink watching sunset and looking at stars on a warm evening until the early hours.
..and repeat for 7 nights.
*sighs*
Cake and hookers.
Summer Euro trip.
Probably a taxidermy squirrel paddling a canoe.
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Pretty sweet.
Could I get tits for a grand?
You could get one.
Hmm. Get a loan for the other? The get one gift tit one on tick tit trick?
Get someone to splash out on the other for you.
Dirty boy
If you gave me £1k and told me I had to spend it on bike gear I'd get a Lyrik and a Fox Float X2 for my enduro bike to jazz it up a bit.
You're not going to give me £1k though, I bet.
I would buy a Osprey Farpoint 40 flight bag, thats £75 with my YHA discount and put the rest in my current acc so it looked better every time I checked.
A new sump guard for my rally car, some race overalls, then a silenced .410 shotgun, probably enough left for quite a few cartridges too.
Some said a skills course, right?
Holiday
The mega still recruiting?
Mrs Weeksy.
Can't actually think of anything for me.
Give me 1000 quid and I'll tell you.
A few years ago, we went away for a short uk break.
When I returned, I had a letter asking me to call the halifax bank as I had won on that free prize draw they ran, prizes of £100, £1000 and £100,000.
When I rang, they said I had to go in person to confirm my ID.
It took about half an hour for staff to confirm my ID, all the time they didn't say how much I'd win.
They then had to ring the prize line and spoke to the handler at the other end. Another ten minutes of ID confirmation.
She then started to fill the transfer form in In front of me, while in the phone to the handler.
When it came to the figure.......£..........1..........0..........0..........0 (at this point, I thought, Shirley not £100k.....)
It wasn't, but I'd won a grand!
Long way round to the answer rot the OP's question, but I paid for another short break for the family and donated £100 to a local children's hospice.
That was a good day.
Pay someone to sort all the niggles and finish the maintenance 'to do' list on my bikes, and replace all the parts that are getting towards the end of their life with a sprinkling of upgrades...