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Tried a set of shorts from Raccmer, would not recommend. Badly fitting and cheap fabric. Not the same quality as the jerseys.

Looking for the GUB carbon railed saddle with the SMP shape. Can't find it from searching. Anyone got a link? Or a saddle to sell?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-GUB-Bicycle-Saddle-Ultralight-Carbonfiber-Road-Bike-Cushion-Hollow-Design-Microfiber-Leather-Mountain-Bike/32672328265.html

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Amazing, thanks chief. Think I'll give it a go

I've got one of these and it's pretty solid despite that I'm still struggling to get the setup right, I know there's a comfy position to be had but I've not quite got the angle, height, reach etc. sorted.

Ordered one of those crabon seatposts (like @PhilDAS and @TurtleRecall). Placed the order on June 11th, arrived July 4th. Weight is about 175-180g (my scales aren't super accurate). I went for the 25° version, assuming this meant more layback.

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had a search on ali but couldn't find anything for holbrook copies, will be used exclusively for skidding. any links?

Any carbon wheelset shipping from Germany or Spain? I'm trying to avoid taxes

Those fake oakleys, do they really protect your eyes?

I have fake oakleys and I still have eyes.

They seem physically sturdy enough and my understanding is that the material they're made stops UV anyway.

An inherent property of the polycarbonate that the lenses are made from is UV blocking. Mine also came with a polarised lens though, which obviously further helps block out light

Which makes looking at phone screens and things a bit annoying

My worry is that if someone is unscrupulous enough to produce fakes it's not too much of a jump for them to just use coloured glass for the lenses with no real protection.

Except that glass is more expensive than polycarbonate and would likely break as soon as you tried to put them on with most wraparound style lenses.

Polycarbonate is cheap plastic. And the lenses are pretty flexy on mine, definitely not glass. And as I said, they came with a polarised one which you can't really fake since you can see the effects.

Hmm ok do you still have the link to your polarised pair?

They've removed them now I'm afraid

Before my last crit at Gravesend, the commissaire was at pains to describe the perils of fake sunglasses and crashing. A rider in the previous race had lense material enter his eyes from his foakleys shattering, which he said the genuine product wouldn't have done.

This is bollocks, right?

I don't think it is bollocks. Oakley have a demonstration of this. I'll try to find it.
Wouldn't stop me paying 12 quid instead of 150 though

I can't comment on Foakleys, but I did have a head on crash with a Range Rover once, which resulted in my genuine Oakley lenses ending up bent.

#thepluralofanecdoteisnotdata

Ah good, I feel better about paying £100 for mine.

Its still just plastic :)

Can't seem to find the video of the impact testing on real vs fake oakleys now. It may have been on instagram.

I don't plan to crash on my face. If I did and my sunglasses broke and cut me, well I fell on my face, I'm not going to wear a full face helmet and goggles just in case. I would never pay nearly 200 pound for some models of oakley just in case I got hit in the eye while wearing them.

I do understand why people would though, especially if the cost of Oakleys is not as much to them as it is to me, relatively speaking.

Foakleys – http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/club-rider-warns-of-dangers-of-counterfeit-oakleys-saying-he-was-lucky-not-to-be-blinded-in-crash-327144

Smash your face into something at speed, get hurt. Your wallet being £190 lighter won't solve that.