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Offline MartinW

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What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?
« on: December 26, 2018, 22:26:09 »
What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?

LadyW got me THIS BOOK I saw recommended a few months ago (on here I think but I cannot find it in the search). Hopefully I will understand enough of it  :shy:

What I also need is some time and weather to ride the one I have got.

So, who got what?

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Re: What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2018, 09:18:35 »
That's a book to 'dip in to' , I bet, Martin! Otherwise brain-overload will set in :)

I got my first leather jacket in about 30 years (my old one unaccountably has shrunk in the wardrobe over the years :shrug:)  XMAS! HERE

Hopefully it'll be decent for shortish runs in warm weather.

Got a small model of a Triumph Explorer for some reason; and a hat with a built-in led light  ('for when you break down' :crazy:  :violence-smack: )
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Re: What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2018, 09:22:23 »
Nothing!!  :bawl:  I was given cycling stuff instead  :icon_exclaim:  Perhaps my wife's subtle hint I've had too many mince pies??
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Re: What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2018, 09:43:25 »
Quote from: Gassoon on December 27, 2018, 09:18:35
That's a book to 'dip in to' , I bet, Martin!

Absolutely. 300 pages at 1 a day is 10 months. I would fry my brain trying to read it like a novel :)
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Re: What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2018, 20:38:14 »
I got these  :lala:
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Re: What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2018, 22:56:09 »
Gloves for me as well

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Re: What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2018, 09:09:05 »
I didn't get anything bike related but I bought the wife a new Shoei helmet.
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Re: What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2018, 09:39:14 »
A pair of Oxford Montreal 3 trousers. Tried them out yesterday (Black Mountain/A4069 etc)... a nice fit and very comfortable. With a bit of luck it'll be a long time before I have to test the waterproofness (if there's such a word :) )
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Re: What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2018, 16:15:33 »
Nothing bike related for me.

I did get one of these though

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Re: What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2018, 17:27:22 »


Looks good!
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Re: What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?
« Reply #10 on: December 28, 2018, 20:39:43 »
I got a new bike  :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance:
I'll upload some pics soon
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Re: What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?
« Reply #11 on: December 28, 2018, 22:22:27 »
Got this from my wife
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Offline Mark Shelley

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Re: What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?
« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2018, 14:46:27 »
Picked my own pressie up on Xmas Eve.
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Re: What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?
« Reply #13 on: December 29, 2018, 15:52:07 »
Nice  is it a CRF ?
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Re: What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?
« Reply #14 on: December 30, 2018, 12:22:29 »
Yes, a 2012 250L with only 4K miles. Unfortunately my local pikeys have clocked it and appear a little too interested for my liking so I am upping security.
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Re: What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?
« Reply #15 on: December 30, 2018, 18:06:08 »
Nice looking bike, yes definitely up your security if they have clocked it  :icon_batterup:
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Re: What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?
« Reply #16 on: December 31, 2018, 10:49:03 »
I bought myself a Lindstrands Qattara Jacket in the discontinued section of Touratech.

My parents gave be £100 towards it, which the wife then put towards a new fire surround for the living room  :icon_exclaim:

Other than that nothing bike related as the mrs says I have everything I could possibly need for the bike.

She didn't get me the Africa Twin I had requested from Santa.  :bawl:

SWMBO also told me I was not allowed to wrap the new mudguard for the GSX for her.
Apparently it's not a present as I got it broken in the first place.  :shrug:
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Re: What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?
« Reply #17 on: December 31, 2018, 14:41:03 »
Quote from: hotbulb on December 28, 2018, 09:39:14
A pair of Oxford Montreal 3 trousers. it'll be a long time before I have to test the waterproofness (if there's such a word :) )
I have some of these and the jacket, very comfy and warm but they did leak when we went on the stroms lakes expedition  :bawl:
so I would suggest re treating them asap
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Re: What biking stuff did you get for Christmas?
« Reply #18 on: December 31, 2018, 18:05:29 »
Oh dear ... maybe time to break out the NikWax, then!
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