Today I...

Placed an order for some carbon Columbus minimal forks and chris king headset,

Image of headset of forks ordered

Ordered these as well

#rep

They are nice!!

I hope that's some sort of sick joke...

Why would it be a sick joke?!?

Because that's an obscene amount of money to throw at a pair of handlebars that won't make any difference to your bike or your cycling.

In your opinion it might be, I work bloody hard for my money so I'll happily spend as much as I choose on my bike,

And I find it hard to understand how you can say it won't make any difference without riding my bike anyway!

Marginal gains?! ;)

I think what Alex is trying to say is that perhaps riding more and more to be as fit as possible would be a better idea and that in his opinion the bars wouldn't be worth the money you're spending on them...but then Alex isn't a roadie douché like us!

I don't buy with the idea that they will make me a pro rider or super weight weenie ;) I'm currently doing around 100miles a week on it bikes at the moment anyway,

Some people waste money on alcohol ect I like to spend it on my bikes :)

If you don't think they'll make you any faster, or their lightness will contribute anything, then can I ask why you bought them? I'm not trying to stir things up, I'm just genuinely interested why you went for those rather than, say, the Brand X Race bars on CRC for £11.99 that also have flat tops?

Because he loves carbon and brands and can I guess?

Aha, also I don't think douche has an accent on @hudsoncjnr otherwise you'd be a roadie douch-ay!

Haha, true!

#Pedant :P

Well yeah, I 'could' buy them too, though. Hell, we 'could' all buy a lot of things, it's just the decision to actually go ahead with it that interests me.

Ha, what can I say - I don't agree with excessive spending, and I correct grammar. I'm a #PeasantPedant

Different strokes for different folks innit...

I've wasted money on bits I didn't need because I felt like it at the time but it made me smile for a bit, that's all a lot of it is for me at least.

Who are you to decide what excessive spending is?

You needn't justify buying things just to make you smile to the guy that spent 200 euros on floral cycling kit! I guess I just don't see it that way with components though - I tend to go for the cheapest option, and as long as it's not unsafe (and as long as it's made by Mavic!) then it's good enough for me :)

Maybe I should make little diggs about the spending you make?

Err, me? I'm allowed to decide what I think is excessive.

Go for it.