Monday, December 13, 2010

Holiday Shopping


Its the time of the season for Holiday shopping. Being a 21st century man, I don't think I've stepped into a mall so far this season. On-line shopping seems to allow for the most training, football viewing, and other leisure time. I've also been inundated with pretty good prices on the on-line sites I usually purchase goods from: Amazon.com for books, CDs, and DVDs; Lego.com for my son Alex's most favored toys; and Performance Bicycle and Bike Nashbar for things for my bike.

In any event, I've been thinking about getting carbon wheels for the last year or so, but spending over $2,000.00 on a pair of Zipp Wheels? Let's just say that I didn't feel I was good enough to justify spending that kind of money on a set of wheels. I'm too cheap and I didn't feel I'd get enough performance bang out of those bucks. But Performance Bicycle offered a pretty good discount on a Reynolds carbon fiber wheel set, and my Cervelo tri bike has been very good to me this year. So, I pulled the trigger and ordered the new wheels. I hope my bike will be happy on Christmas morning.

3 comments:

  1. Nice, some stockings for bike, I didnt know performance sold reynolds, how much did thay set you back

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  2. $999.99 for the wheel set. Reduced shipping was $12.00.

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  3. Damn college tuition next year... for the next 9 years. I think I will wait.
    But I give you a thumbs up when you blow by me....

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