Little Wins

[Stressed]

Been dismantling a rear wheel that I picked up a while back. The pair were £30, which was a bargain already, with XT hubs on CR18 Sun rims.
I've just taken the cassette off for a clean up and TLC and discovered it's a CS-M900!?!

 

[ishaw]

Always nice when things like this happen, makes up for the times you lose out when things aren't as they should be.

The biggest little win I've had was a 'light alloy frame' at £20. It was a dbr axis TT titanium frame which I knew instantly from the bad pic. Another one was a khs framed bike sold as spares repairs but it had been upgraded with various xtr parts and crosslink wheels and fox forks iirc. Worth the hour round trip and £100 outlay.

I gave the frame and parts I didn't need away, as it seemed only fair to pass on my good fortune.

Did the same for an FSR too, noticed spin wheels in the badly listed 'bike', local collection only so went cheap. Kept the wheels, sold the Judy XL and gave the rest away.

 

[MR OX]

My favourite little win is when I go to get a low end model just to resurrect it & release it back in to the wild & the seller / person giving it away says "Oh you fix bikes as a hobby? Would you be interested in this?" & proceeds to pull out something much more interesting. I've had it happen two or three times now.

 

[Once A Hero]

My little win this week is winning a bike on eBay that I’ve been on the hunt for, for quite some time. I had thought it to be less of a win and more of a chore as it’s collection only and a 200mile round trip to collect it, only to find that the seller is passing my way at the weekend so it’ll be a lot closer after all

 

[Betsy]

Some time ago i rode to the Tesco nr my work to go to the in store chemist, pushed my bike through the store (as i've done previously) and stood waiting for the pharmacist.. i was approached by 'Gary' the store manager "you can't bring your bike in here" why not? asked i, "erm... because of the tyres, they've been on the floor outside, health and safety blah blah blah" Ok so pushchairs and mobility scooters are not permitted either? (he obviously hadn't thought it through) "yes just not bikes its store policy, leave it in the foyer and the security guard will keep an eye on it for you" Yeah right.. Tell you what Gary, i need to collect a prescription then im outa here, "ok don't bring it in here again!"

A couple of days went by and i called at Tesco again (i often do) on foot this time and saw a well heeled middle aged lady with matching raincoat, bag and brolly (she looked pretty smart) pushing an immaculate Pashley around Tesco putting her items in the basket on the front... but then Gary walked past and said "good morning" to her? WTF! i just couldn't resist and i made him explain to her their store policy regarding 'bikes in store' red faced he reluctantly had to force her to leave her bike in the foyer, "but..but Gary, i always bring my bike into store and it's never been a problem before"... she'd never been so offended.
I feel bad that she was caught in the crossfire but still... Fight the power!

 

[KermitGKona88]

Some time ago i rode to the Tesco nr my work to go to the in store chemist, pushed my bike through the store (as i've done previously) and stood waiting for the pharmacist.. i was approached by 'Gary' the store manager "you can't bring your bike in here" why not? asked i, "erm... because of the tyres, they've been on the floor outside, health and safety blah blah blah" Ok so pushchairs and mobility scooters are not permitted either? (he obviously hadn't thought it through) "yes just not bikes its store policy, leave it in the foyer and the security guard will keep an eye on it for you" Yeah right.. Tell you what Gary, i need to collect a prescription then im outa here, "ok don't bring it in here again!"

A couple of days went by and i called at Tesco again (i often do) on foot this time and saw a well heeled middle aged lady with matching raincoat, bag and brolly (she looked pretty smart) pushing an immaculate Pashley around Tesco putting her items in the basket on the front... but then Gary walked past and said "good morning" to her? WTF! i just couldn't resist and i made Gary explain to her their store policy regarding 'bikes in store' and red faced he reluctantly had to force her to leave her bike in the foyer, "but..but Gary, i always bring my bike into store and it's never been a problem before"... she'd never been so offended.
I feel bad that she was caught in the crossfire but still... Fight the power!

This happened years ago to my friends and I, we came out with the same argument about pushchairs and wheelchairs (mobility scooters were not such a big thing back then.), we got told the same thing its just different... So we all shouldered our racing bikes and carried on shopping the Manager was furious but never said another word...

 

[Hotwheels.]

Some time ago i rode to the Tesco nr my work to go to the in store chemist, pushed my bike through the store (as i've done previously) and stood waiting for the pharmacist.. i was approached by 'Gary' the store manager "you can't bring your bike in here" why not? asked i, "erm... because of the tyres, they've been on the floor outside, health and safety blah blah blah" Ok so pushchairs and mobility scooters are not permitted either? (he obviously hadn't thought it through) "yes just not bikes its store policy, leave it in the foyer and the security guard will keep an eye on it for you" Yeah right.. Tell you what Gary, i need to collect a prescription then im outa here, "ok don't bring it in here again!"

A couple of days went by and i called at Tesco again (i often do) on foot this time and saw a well heeled middle aged lady with matching raincoat, bag and brolly (she looked pretty smart) pushing an immaculate Pashley around Tesco putting her items in the basket on the front... but then Gary walked past and said "good morning" to her? WTF! i just couldn't resist and i made him explain to her their store policy regarding 'bikes in store' red faced he reluctantly had to force her to leave her bike in the foyer, "but..but Gary, i always bring my bike into store and it's never been a problem before"... she'd never been so offended.
I feel bad that she was caught in the crossfire but still... Fight the power!

Your argument should have been “Never mind the pushchairs and scooters that have also ‘been on the floor outside’, what about every shoppers shoes Gary…OMG, they’ve all touched the deadly outside floor too! Now…f*ck off Gary.”

 

[Thias]

Betsy - is your name actually Karen?

 

[Betsy]

Your argument should have been “Never mind the pushchairs and scooters that have also ‘been on the floor outside’, what about every shoppers shoes Gary…OMG, they’ve all touched the deadly outside floor too! Now…f*ck off Gary.”

Quite

Betsy - is your name actually Karen?

Gary!? is that you.. Wow small world

 

[reindeer]

Finding parts that aren’t even collectibles or vintage but excellent quality and hard to come by in decent condition and finally half the price than expected

FD-6500 with 28.6 clamp


PD-MX30