Thread to tell everyone what bike gear you've just bought !

From Wiggle I've just ordered .........

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Ronhill_Pro_Bikester_DXB_Tights_w~o_Pad/5360009426/
My second pair of these .......
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Ronhill_Bikesters_Tights_w~o_Pad/5360009181/
Never tried this ..................

and these to take the total over £50 so I can get my 10% discount

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Ronhill_Pro_Bikester_DXB_Tights_w~o_Pad/5360009426/
My second pair of these .......
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Ronhill_Bikesters_Tights_w~o_Pad/5360009181/
Never tried this ..................

and these to take the total over £50 so I can get my 10% discount


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I now have three bikes, and a variety of locks, lights, computers, pumps, toolkits, shorts, helmets, gloves, tops, jackets, reflectives etc etc.
I win.
Winter Hack: Triandrun Vento 3
Madone
It's all about me...
Cycling gear is a bit like those pringle crisps - you always want more
The GT has only done a couple of miles, as within the first half mile someone walked in front of me without looking, I slammed on the (disc) brakes, and went flying over the top.
Only had cuts and bruises, but one cut got infected and I nearly spent the weekend in hospital.
I haven't been near the bike since...
Winter Hack: Triandrun Vento 3
Madone
It's all about me...
That's a record for the last six months.
If I add up all I've spent on "saving fuel costs" over the last few months though I am quite sure I am SERIOUSLY out of pocket - two bikes, (one work one play), all the winter kit etcetc
Think my cycling cost per mile is pounds and pounds....
Bought cycling gear £145 (Wiiggle account opened)
Commuter miles to breakeven = 2108
Commuter days to breakeven = 84
Commuter days to date =0 :oops:
Days to redundancy=55 :shock:
(to be fair I have done 57 non commuter miles to try and get a bit fitter - 57 miles more than the wife thought I'd do)
If you get a job a little over 200 miles from your house, you'll have justified the cost in a week! :P
(Been there, btw, and my bottom lip still bears the scars from scraping along the ground.
thats easy just up the length of your commute by 13.32 miles a day and you will still break even 8)
456
http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=B3001
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Topeak_TourGuide_Bar_Bag/5360012011/
Then I bought 2 of these:
http://www.parker-international.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/5811/groupID/1/categoryID/11/v/9fb834d2-72f9-4405-b82f-0d7cc7381419
And one of these:
http://www.parker-international.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/5816/groupID/1/categoryID/11/v/9fb834d2-72f9-4405-b82f-0d7cc7381419
Also bought rechargeable batteries and a decent charger, as recommended by Alfablue - thanks AB!
Ordering 2 of these today primarily on AndyM's recommendation!:
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Blackburn_Mars_40_Safety_Rear_Light/5360037937/
And 2 of these (Why on earth do they sell them singly...?):
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/SRAM_Spare_Connecting_Pin/5300003847/
1 Pair of these in pink For my girlfriend!:
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Kona_Ladies_Supreme_Long_Finger_Gloves/5360035500/
And that'll do for the moment I reckon.
Probably need some brakes as well, but going to try and adjust what's on there first.
Andy - I have a pair of those Ronhill tight things, only used them once last year, but very good VFM IMHO.
Dan
Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
Scott CR1 SL 12
Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
Scott Foil 18
...and that's just off the top of my head for the commuter bike! I've also an old skool GT Zaskar (circa 1995) that's in need of a service, new tyres and new brakes (see if I can retrofit discs on to a canti brake frame) and hopefully NOT new sus forks. Then I want an entirely new roadie and all that that entails.
This cycling lark is expensive!
Edited - remembered more stuff!
Knog Bullfrog front and rear lights
Castelli Arm Warmers
Castelli Leg Warmers
Castelli "Belgian Booties" :oops:
Pair of red Hudz
Fizik BarTape
However my want list currently reads rather painfully:
Turbo Trainer
Super Record :shock:
FFWD Deep Rim Wheels
Nokon Cables
KCNC Ceramic Jockey Wheels
Dura Ace Track Nuts
Halo Aeroage Wheelset
New winter gloves
White Industries 16T SS sprocket
new gloves
60quids worth of tyres
handlebars and stem for my mtb
seatpost
cyclocross levers
new brake cables
cinelli bar tape
headset spacers
two middleburn chainrings
second hand cranks
ss convertor kit
two connex z1star rustless chains
one halflink chain
coming once my funding arrives:
velocity deep-v's
sapim cx-ray spokes
halo track hubs
new tyres and tubes
fixed sprocket
some tasty bits from easton and thomson
Carbon 456
456 lefty
Pompino
White Inbred
Have you not seen "Platoon"
You have one on your shoe in case you get your head blown off and your Dog tags get lost. Noob!
Getting your blood group tatooed on your arm is also super ally.
Suggest you don't get you address done at the same time - in case you move or something.
What would Thora Hurd do?
Oops. Mind you it'll help me keep track of where I've lived...
I have one of those as well because it came as a two pack. however a dog tag for a shoe sounded far more interesting :P
- A new cassette for my commuter (Spesh Sirrus)
- A new (8sp) chain for may commuter
- A Deore Hollowtech 2 48/36/26 crankset for my commuter
- Had the frame faced for my commuter
- Tools to:
- Remove the old bottom bracket
- Preload the new crankset (fortunately I was able to borrow the new BB socket from a mate)
- New gear cable set for the commuter
- Cable cutter
- 3 new (9sp) chains for my MTB
- A workstand (XTools from CRC - £30 including delivery and seems great so far...)
- An autumn/winter/spring cycling fleece
Erm, I've not written that down until now - I reckon that's about £250! Gulp. Please don't tell the wife. :shock:And I've finally managed to pester work into implementing a cycle2work scheme, so I could be seeing a small (!) reduction in my take home pay for the next 12 months too...
Still, we only have one car where most of our friends "need" two, so I'm probably saving money!
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Shaving the bearing surfaces to ensure that they are parallel. Its useful for headests and, more importantly, bb's. If the bearing surfaces aren't parallel, the bearings wear far more rapidly. A nice new Ford Focus shouldn't need it.
I should get this done to my head tube. My headset keeps going (ancient frame - carbon specialized with a spec of neutron star material hidden in it somewhere) and now I have indexed steering.
Its a theft deterrent - no one would get far on it but me.
Now the dilemma today is which pair to fit and take for a spin! I think it will probably be the MPs, for the extra winter weight training (!) and the defined water tread...
2020 Voodoo Marasa
2017 Cube Attain GTC Pro Disc 2016
2016 Voodoo Wazoo
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Ronhi ... 360009426/
And a warm windproof long sleeved jersey that doesn't cost too much. Maybe one of these....
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/dhb_R ... 360031258/
Sorry can't figure out how to add images! :roll:
Though I'm sruggling to even pay the bills and keep the kids in new shoes etc, so might have to wait for christmas
Marketing schlep. Water tread on a bike is totally pointless.
Sheldon Brown:
Tread for on-road use
Bicycle tires for on-road use have no need of any sort of tread features; in fact, the best road tires are perfectly smooth, with no tread at all!
Unfortunately, most people assume that a smooth tire will be slippery, so this type of tire is difficult to sell to unsophisticated cyclists. Most tire makers cater to this by putting a very fine pattern on their tires, mainly for cosmetic and marketing reasons. If you examine a section of asphalt or concrete, you'll see that the texture of the road itself is much "knobbier" than the tread features of a good quality road tire. Since the tire is flexible, even a slick tire deforms as it comes into contact with the pavement, acquiring the shape of the pavement texture, only while incontact with the road.
People ask, "But don't slick tires get slippery on wet roads, or worse yet, wet metal features such as expansion joints, paint stripes, or railroad tracks?" The answer is, yes, they do. So do tires with tread. All tires are slippery in these conditions. Tread features make no improvement in this.
If I had a spare three hours (for it takes that long) I'd pop on my gatorskins and compare and contrast their running characteristics.
GT
What would Thora Hurd do?
Which is nice .
I've always fancied a bar bag, in fact I do have a couple of cheap ones that I bought from Lidl , I'll just have to buy an extension bar for my lights and computer :? ...
Right ... were's my crdit card . :roll: