mmmmm tea

Schmolke Carbon make high-end lightweight bicycle parts. They started getting a lot of attention when Jan Ulrich used Schmolke Carbon handlebars to take him to second place in the Tour de France. You can get an idea of just how high-end when you look at the attention to technical detail and then the prices for their stuff. €390 for handlebars, €480 for a seat post!

I love a bit of bling as much as the next overgrown boy, but you'd need to be seriously good to convince anybody that fitting carbon screws to your ride was a necessary weight saving and not just glorious ornamentation with a dash of techno-porn.

But that's okay because they have just the thing for me too - a snip at €175.