Look what I just got in the post

phat cups (2p for scale)

I just got a purple CK too… Sotto Voce though, and in emaciated 1 1/8" size. Currently selling stuff left, right and centre to pay for it. Though I did get a (small) discount.

Got mine off ebay so mine worked out at ~95 which could be worse.

Yeah, mine worked out a little less from Aspire (but not much). I dodged import duty though. Don't think you'll pay much less for a new CK these days to be honest, especially in *pruple**.

• "Prolly purple"
  

My Raceware Garmin mount has been OK but the chinese ebay versions now are sturdy as fuck and half the price.

Also some £7 Chinese generic SPD SL cleats arrived today which probably won't kill me.

Yeah, mine worked out a little less from Aspire (but not much). I dodged import duty though. Don't think you'll pay much less for a new CK these days to be honest, especially in *pruple**.

• "Prolly purple"
  
  

i got stung by customs last time i ordered from aspire

this one was only valued at a fiver and didnt get questioned so seems im all good this time

Yeah, I've had stuff from them that I've been stung on and stuff that I haven't. They marked this one down (though I didn't ask them to).

Do you sometimes get an invoice for tax after the fact?

I had a package a couple of days ago that came with no duty to be paid at the time.

Not happened to me yet.

my last aspire one i got a letter from fedex a week or 2 later

Do you sometimes get an invoice for tax after the fact?

Impossible for them to do it for private imports, that's why they hold your parcels to ransom.

^I've had Fedex try it on but just ignored it and it went away

my last aspire one i got a letter from fedex a week or 2 later

I hope you didn't give them any money. Just use the Manuel defence:
"I know naaaatheeeng"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiThRIHwQDE

Did nout, then moved house

sorted.

Moving house seems a little excessive

It might have been up North?

Aha that wasnt the reason for moving house, all £20's worth

Good bye padded undershorts for commuting

Paul hub + phil wood 113 ISO bottom bracket = perfect chainline with njs cranks. Wahoooo
Fuck you Paul components and your shit 44mm chainline
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New front wheel for the Brixton-Chancery Lane commute.

And before the bike internet goes mental, yes, the stickers are removable.

sick.

Brand new too.

'NOS'

Clincher, breaking surface, Ultegra 6600 hub.

From this guy:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/shimano-PRO-clincher-carbon-4-rays-spoke-FRONT-WHEEL-/251356636094?pt=US_Wheels_Wheelsets&hash=item3a8605e3be

imano PRO CLINCHER 4 SPOKE FRONT WHEEL
SIZE 700 CC 28 "

BRAND NEW
WITH 2 YEARS WARRANTY

4Rays carbon clincher front wheel

Monocoque carbon construction

COMES WITH ULTEGRA SKEWER AND PRO WHEELBAG
2x2 3K Twill weave pattern
Ultegra 6600 hub
Color: Carbon with matte finish
Weight: 920g

WORLDWIDE SHIPPING

Why not Hed3?

I have one already so I've put it in dry storage for now and I thought I would try this for a change.

It is brand new, Shimano made, clincher and at a reasonable price.

Are you going to give me bad news in terms of aerodynamics / catastrophic failure??

I doubt it's as fast as the HED, it weighs the same, and the HED has cartridge bearings making it more serviceable in the long term as an all-weather wheel. Nothing wrong with the PRO, but it would need to be a lot cheaper than that (presumably over £500 with shipping and import taxes) to make me take it over the HED.