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[Closed] I'm off to the bike shop, guess what I'm going to buy

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Prize for the closest guess. I am buying one item under £20


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 12:58 pm
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Rim tape 👿


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 12:58 pm
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Pump


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 12:59 pm
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Under £20, a chain?


 
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A Rapha tweed softshell.

Oh, sorry, I thought you said under £200....


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 1:00 pm
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a bike


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 1:01 pm
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rim cement


 
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I love the way that we manage to get 'rim' and 'pump' into the first two responses to this question.


 
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new grips ?????????


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 1:02 pm
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brake pads


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 1:02 pm
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cables?


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 1:04 pm
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Oh no how long is this suspense going to last!?


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 1:04 pm
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The mag. Subs copy not arrived?
😉


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 1:05 pm
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bottle cage and bottle!


 
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i can't think of a single thing on my bike that was less than £20...

grips?


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 1:07 pm
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Summer jersey or summer gloves or summer tyre


 
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A bell


 
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Rear light


 
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Park Tool


 
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Neoprene chainstay guard

Carbon patches

Cleaning brush set

Muc-off


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 1:12 pm
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spokey-dokeys?


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 1:13 pm
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one of those twisty hand grips that makes it sound like your reving a motorbike?


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 1:15 pm
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GT85?


 
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what the prize??????? 😆


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 1:18 pm
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[i]Park Tool
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Nice that someone gives you instructions too


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 1:27 pm
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fork/shock oil


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 1:39 pm
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It's blue, and it's made by Easton.


 
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seat post clamp


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 1:49 pm
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A Halford's own-brand full suss?


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 1:52 pm
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Minty arse lard?


 
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quick release anodised bolt!?


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 1:59 pm
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Bar tape.

Flatboy was closest... he wins the prize.

Call 0898 505050 to find out what it is.

I'm off home to look after my poorly wife.


 
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wow, i won a prize! i think you've mistyped your phone number, though, unless i have to engage in hot singles chat before you tell me what i've won?


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 2:32 pm
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Ok then, come down to Cardiff for a ride and I'll give you a prize.


 
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I'm off home to look after my poorly wife.

So your wife's poorly and all you can think of is lavishing money on a plaything?!

How do you get away with it??


 
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I once bought a pheromone wipe that guaranteed that I would be irresistible to women. The packet had the number for a gentlemen's erotic noises for use as an accompaniment to self-pleasuring service on the back, in case it didn't work. Which it didn't.


 
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right, i'll let you know next time i'm in the area and i'll be sure to stop by and pick it up. 😀


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 3:16 pm
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Good. Choose from:

#1 a guided tour of Cardiff trails
#2 a free cucumber session in the local dogging carpark
#3 a lucky dip in my bike spares bin


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 4:38 pm
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PS the wife's ok now.


 
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Get back to work then!


 
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i think i'll select option #1. though i'm not sure when. i'll let you know. just for my info, is there an expiry date by which the prize has to be claimed?

and good news about the wife's recovery. 🙂


 
Posted : 17/03/2009 4:51 pm

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