£20 Wiggle voucher

Post by **Mick F** » 11 Dec 2011, 10:03am

I have a £20 Wiggle voucher to spend. It was a present, so I want to spend it on something that I can say, "I bought a ........... " rather than just something consumable or something I may have bought anyway.

What should I buy?

gtfreight · Post by **gtfreight** » 11 Dec 2011, 12:22pm

How about a Crank Bro's 19 function multi-tool at £19.59?

alicej · Post by **alicej** » 11 Dec 2011, 1:15pm

How about some thermal waterproof socks http://www.wiggle.co.uk/?s=thermal+socks They already have 15% off so if you get the CTC discount that leaves £1.42 to pay yourself - bargain! Lots of gloves are under £22 as well, maybe get some posh expensive glove liners rather than cheap(ish) whole gloves.

I recently got one of these thermal mugs http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeventure-thermal-mug/ - the kind which don't have a hole in the top and seal properly, so you can throw them in a pannier or put them in a bottle cage. £9.99 (get two!).

MattyDeez · Post by **MattyDeez** » 11 Dec 2011, 1:59pm

Innertubes? Or put it towards a set of tyres?

531colin · Post by **531colin** » 11 Dec 2011, 3:20pm

Mick F wrote:........ I can say, "I bought a ........... " rather than just something consumable or something I may have bought anyway.........

How about something you would never have bought?...... :lol:

pedalsheep · Post by **pedalsheep** » 11 Dec 2011, 4:37pm

AliceJ wrote
I recently got one of these thermal mugs http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeventure-thermal-mug/

I love these. Fit in your bottle cage, carry a T bag and a tiny bottle with milk and voila! Nice cup of tea with a decent mug to drink it from.

Post by **Mick F** » 11 Dec 2011, 6:13pm

Thanks guys for the constructive comments and ideas.

I had a pair of "waterproof" socks, but the less said about them the better. They were "waterproof" like wellies and filled up with the rain!

I'm ok for multitools because I made one out of three different ones to get exactly the tools I wanted. No matter which multitool I looked at, they seemed to have bits I didn't need or too few of the bits I needed.

Not sure about an insulated mug. I don't think I's use it much.

However, I have short-listed these gloves:
http://www.ctcshop.org.uk/assos-insulat ... 1-s7/#more
I have some decent fleecy Madison gloves with leather palms but they are a bit bulky, so these Assos gloves should be fine. If it's very cold, I can wear them inside my Madison gloves.

fausto copy · Post by **fausto copy** » 11 Dec 2011, 7:54pm

alicej wrote:

I recently got one of these thermal mugs http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeventure-thermal-mug/ - the kind which don't have a hole in the top and seal properly, so you can throw them in a pannier or put them in a bottle cage. £9.99 (get two!).

I think this is a great idea Mick...
get two and send me one for Christmas, to replace the flask I lost when I left it outside the YH recently.
I'd really like the green one :mrgreen:

thirdcrank · Post by **thirdcrank** » 11 Dec 2011, 8:33pm

My immediate reaction would be to get something I couldn't foil. (This is a bit of a dialect word around here. I think that originally it meant "afford" but nowadays, some people seem to use it to mean "squander money on" as when thinking of treating themselves.)

When I was once broadly in this position (departmental leaving gift) I picked a pair of cable cutters - an unaffordable luxury for me in those days. I suspect you have all the tools you want so what about one of those so-called novelty items like a Campag corkscrew, or a pizza cutter or lavatory paper holder from Park Tool? I've no idea if these are still sold, what they cost or if wiggle do them because for me, their website is even slower than Halfords so I aborted my search. (Perhaps it's just overloaded with people looking for suggestions to offer you :roll:

)

Ayesha · Post by **Ayesha** » 12 Dec 2011, 7:15am

How about...

"Ayesha's Christmas present"....

Post by **Mick F** » 12 Dec 2011, 7:49am

alicej wrote:I recently got one of these thermal mugs http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeventure-thermal-mug/ - the kind which don't have a hole in the top and seal properly, so you can throw them in a pannier or put them in a bottle cage. £9.99 (get two!).

Wiggle say that they're perfect for keeping drinks warm on cold winter days.

Can they keep drinks cold on warm summer days?

Russcoles · Post by **Russcoles** » 12 Dec 2011, 8:02am

Ayesha wrote:How about...

"Ayesha's Christmas present"....

You mean these? http://www.wiggle.co.uk/adie-200-stabil ... ch-wheels/
:twisted:

thirdcrank · Post by **thirdcrank** » 12 Dec 2011, 8:06am

Mick F wrote:
alicej wrote:I recently got one of these thermal mugs http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeventure-thermal-mug/ - the kind which don't have a hole in the top and seal properly, so you can throw them in a pannier or put them in a bottle cage. £9.99 (get two!).
Wiggle say that they're perfect for keeping drinks warm on cold winter days.

Can they keep drinks cold on warm summer days?

I suspect that for all practical purposes, heat will be transmitted through one of these at the same rate in either direction. Let's imagine a winter day and for ease of working it out, let's say the temp is 0 degC. If we put in a boiling drink, first warming the mug with boiling water, there is a teperature difference between the drink and the air of 100 deg C.

Do the similar thing on a hot day in the UK, lets say 30 deg C, with an ice-cold drink, and the difference is 30 deg C.

I suspect I've omitted something about the effects of latent heat, but in the broadest of terms, I think cold drinks will stay cooler, three times longer than hot drinks will remain warm. I'd also suspect that for most people, even a slightly chilled drink on a hot day is more pleasant than a tepid drink on a cool day.

[XAP]Bob · Post by **[XAP]Bob** » 12 Dec 2011, 8:35am

thirdcrank wrote:My immediate reaction would be to get something I couldn't foil. (This is a bit of a dialect word around here. I think that originally it meant "afford" but nowadays, some people seem to use it to mean "squander money on" as when thinking of treating themselves)

I suspect you mean thoil ( http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2005/10/17/thoil/) meaning roughly "to justify the expense of". Its a word that is rarely written however...

thirdcrank · Post by **thirdcrank** » 12 Dec 2011, 8:50am

[XAP]Bob wrote: ... I suspect you mean thoil ( http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2005/10/17/thoil/) meaning roughly "to justify the expense of". Its a word that is rarely written however...

I'm sure you are right. All the people I've ever heard use (and that's not many) it were from the Heavy Woolen district and have pronounced it foil. I suppose if it is an old word, rather than something more recent, it would once have begun with the letter 'thorn.'

Certainly, "justify the expense of" is what I was trying to say. As in "I could not justify the expense of a Campag corkscrew/ a Park Tool pizza cutter / a Park Tool bog roll holder/ but if I wanted to buy something to be able to say 'I spent the gift voucher on this' ......"

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