Earlier this year I was seriously toying with getting myself a nice pair of Zipp wheels. Totally unnecessary but when has that ever been a consideration? Much E-bay stalking ensued (oh the thrill of the chase!) but I just couldn't get exactly what I wanted - 303's, clinchers, unused and £500 (dream on) so never made the plunge. Anyway, life has a habit of getting in the way of expenditure and when I found out that I am to be a dad in December I thought 'Come on man, get a grip and start saving for the future'. But slowly I have found myself creeping back to my old habits of the daily / hourly sweep of e-bay. To compound this just look at the picture above, taken (yet another) at Le Tour in Barcelona it shows a stack of the little buggers literally overflowing from the Cervelo Team bus. GOD, THEY TREAT THEM LIKE SWEETS AT THAT BLOODY RACE!!. It even started me thinking ' well, if they are so abundant then perhaps £1500 isn't really that much'. The pleasure / pain deliberations continue (unbeknownst to my beloved)
Zipp 303's
Useful tip .... turn up at the last race of the season with a fistful of the filthy lucre and bid the mechanics for a set of your favourite hoops or contact each team and ask when they have their end of season sale.. all teams get rid of stuff... I was nearly tempted to part with my hard earned for some ex Liquigas Bora ultras at the end of Lombardia a couple of seasons ago. Ps have just ordered a set of Reynolds deep section full carbons ... aero-licious!!!
ReplyDeletePs a full pram system or a pair of oh so gorgeous 404s - since when did any baby complain that their pram wasn't up to it...get your priorities right new set of Zipperoonies,pram from E-bay
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