Ideal Xmas present for less than £100
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 3:38 pm
If you had to get yourself a bike related present and had a maximum budget of £100 ... What would you get?
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Ideal Xmas present for less than £100
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Re: Ideal Xmas present for less than £100
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 3:39 pm
Tartan paint to spruce up the Top Box
Re: Ideal Xmas present for less than £100
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 3:40 pm
Just bought a full set of paint protectors - tank and cases. £68 from Nippy Normans. Am I allowed to spend the left-over cash on something else?? 8)
Re: Ideal Xmas present for less than £100
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 5:12 pm
Paggers wrote: Am I allowed to spend the left-over cash on something else?? 8)
So long as it's not a "Polite" vest
Re: Ideal Xmas present for less than £100
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 5:15 pm
A discounted BMW battery charger if I didn't already have one.
Re: Ideal Xmas present for less than £100
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 5:17 pm
Some pannier protectors. Not that I 'wear' mine that often.
Re: Ideal Xmas present for less than £100
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 5:33 pm
If you bought the BM ones you would have to decide if you wanted the left or the right ones.
Re: Ideal Xmas present for less than £100
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 5:41 pm
A box of Kleenex in case it happens again :whistle:
Re: Ideal Xmas present for less than £100
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 6:21 pm
Wax
Re: Ideal Xmas present for less than £100
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 10:26 pm
Fender Extender. Still undecided what type. Pyramid or Nippy Norman.not
Re: Ideal Xmas present for less than £100
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 7:51 am
Pyramid. Third of the price, works just the same.
Re: Ideal Xmas present for less than £100
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 12:43 pm
I got the Avant one from nippy Normans.
Very nicely made and easy to fit, but a bit steep at £49.
Very nicely made and easy to fit, but a bit steep at £49.
Re: Ideal Xmas present for less than £100
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 2:03 pm
Wow. £40 more than I paid for my Pyramid. They are both bits of moulded plastic.
Re: Ideal Xmas present for less than £100
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 2:09 pm
I lose count of the number of times I have burned my time trying to fit some piece of cheap crap which then has to be sent back (assuming it hasn't self-destructed in the process). I'm at that point in my life where time is more important than money so I tend to avoid stuff which is at the cheap end (despite the possibility that it might be perfectly good) in favour of something that I know will just work. I like Nippy Normans primarily because I know that what I buy will do the job it was ordered for and I accept that I am paying a premium for that certainty.
Re: Ideal Xmas present for less than £100
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 2:19 pm
Sullivj wrote: I got the Avant one from nippy Normans.
Very nicely made and easy to fit, but a bit steep at £49.
Actually I don't think it too expensive. I bought one about two years ago now. Its very well engineered. Its a quality product unlike the cheap piece of crap I put on my Pan. The plastic moulding of the Avant is first class. However whats really impressive is how it fits onto the bike. No drilling of holes, double sided sticky tape or rivets. The fixing is brilliant because it is quick to fix and totally removable when you want too. It also looks good on the bike. Matches the OEM front mudguard. It also actually works.
