bothwell's bargain bucket: turbo trainer, Carradice, panniers...

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Purrshire Adventure Tower Cat Activity Centre

I got this for my new cat who was ruining the back of my leather chair by climbing up it to glare angrily into next door's garden. He hates it even more than he hates me, and he hates me so much he follows me around the house to hiss at me. The sum total of his use of this majestic activity centre has been to stand on the base 3 times while clawing the curtains behind it. WAC.

Here's the official shop link.

£30, collect from Zone 4 North London

Elite Volare Mag turbo trainer [gone now soz]

Your basic magnetic turbo trainer. Has a big magnet on it. It's got a clippy handle thing for changing the resistance that I've never knowingly used. It's got a skewer. It's got a front riser block. It's even got a box.

It's the same one that's in this video
that I didn't actually watch so I hope the video isn't all like "lol this thing is a death trap, do not buy".

£30, collect from Zone 4 North London

Carradice Barley saddlebag [gone now soz]

Black canvas bag, mint green straps. Bit like this Wiggle one or this spa cycles one.

The seatpost and saddle straps are looking a bit tatty. It's a nice, sturdy bag but I'm a short-arse so I don't have enough seatpost to be able to use it comfortably.

Bonus cycling Safety Badger badge included. I'm also including a pair of Velo Orange Viva bag loops (the older style, like these), so you can use this even if your saddle doesn't have loops of its own. Hurrah!

£25, collect from Zone 4 North London (or add £4 for postage)

Kool Stop bead jack [gone now soz]

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Used to be quite difficult to find these, now there's knock-off versions everywhere. Anyway, this is one of the OG ones. Helps you squeeze your tight-ass tyres onto your farcically oversized rims, fnar. Here's a Youtube video about it
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Free! Collect from Zone 4 North London (or £2 posted)

Basil Double Pannier bag [gone now soz]

I think this might be the Mara XL model but I don't really remember. Quite handsome bags, little bit of wear on the back sides. I've lost the velcro straps that thread through the backs to keep them snug against your pannier rack.

The thing about these bags is that they are FUCKING ENORMOUS. To demonstrate how enormous they are, I have filled them with all the random shit that was in reach while I was taking the pictures.

Free! Collect from Zone 4 North London (or £4 posted)

dibs on the turbo, pm'ed

Carradice stuff confuses me. Can that bag be used with the rack thingy?

The rack has too little loops at the top that are instead of the saddle loops. Attaches the same way to the bag so yes I’d think so

waves

@HannahM

Dibs on the fnar tyre lever kool stop bead jack and carradice saddlebag. I'll PM you for your deets and send you monet
#blowingkisses
Al xx

Second dibs on carradice bag and mount loops if above falls through!

@Heitzman thank you! Just missed it. I'll keep an eye out for others though.

@HannahM All yours. Sorry @bothwell did some digging and realized I want the largest of the Carradice bags.

Can I take the panniers please? if you’re happy to post

Will pm in a bit

@Chak brilliant thank you! Hope you get hold of a larger one for yourself. @bothwell I'll pm you.

Pm'd re panniers

Fucking hell soz everyone is dibsing and PMing in random order and I'm having a terrible time keeping up with what's going on

I thought i posted this message about 40 mins ago and couldn't understand why I was still getting PMs, I was just so confused that I hadn't actually submitted it

This must be what it's like working on the stock market

The Wolf of Fixei Street

Branwen
waves

I miss you 😭

almac68
#blowingkisses
Al xx

I miss you too 😭

I miss everyone 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

How much for the empty lawmower box?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l91ISfcuzDw

Dibs douche bag cat

Wait I’m told we have two already and don’t need another

Everyone misses you as well. Be well.

... do either of them need a Purrshire Adventure Tower Cat Activity Centre?!

Oh, now I have something in my eye :')

What he said

Alas no, they need something slightly smaller I think.

I note the cunning placement of both "well"s in there.

How much for the empty lawmower box?

I can't get my head around what sort of thing a lawmower could be. Something that trims away unnecessary legislation?