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

AndyManc

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

biondino

Um, new Bontrager bar tape?

UnworthyPapaLazaru

biondino wrote:

Um, new Bontrager bar tape?

Ive a funny feeling you could be on this thread quite a lot! (going by recent history)

biondino

I think I've shot my bolt with all that purchasing tbh!

The Chingford Skinhead

I'm in serious need of some spending if I'm to brave a winter commute - my fingers (in mitts) were welded to the handlebars this morning. Problem is Mrs TCS has just given up work to be a full time student and I've blown what cash I had getting my new toy services... I'm confined to the self-torture that is internet based window shopping :roll:

Jen J

6 weeks ago I hadn't been on a bike for 20 years.

I now have three bikes, and a variety of locks, lights, computers, pumps, toolkits, shorts, helmets, gloves, tops, jackets, reflectives etc etc.

I win.

The Chingford Skinhead

Jen J wrote:

6 weeks ago I hadn't been on a bike for 20 years.

I now have three bikes, and a variety of locks, lights, computers, pumps, toolkits, shorts, helmets, gloves, tops, jackets, reflectives etc etc.

I win.

:shock: So your GT Avalanche has 20 years of dust on it!!

Cycling gear is a bit like those pringle crisps - you always want more

Jen J

Nope - about a weeks worth. They're all new purchases.

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...

linsen

I haven't bought anything new for a whole week!

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....

tailwindhome

Bought my bike off ebay £132 (Specialized Hardrock XC)
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)

always_tyred

WheezyMcChubby wrote:

Bought my bike off ebay £132 (Specialized Hardrock XC)
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. )

Bikerbaboon

WheezyMcChubby wrote:

Bought my bike off ebay £132 (Specialized Hardrock XC)
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)

thats easy just up the length of your commute by 13.32 miles a day and you will still break even 8)

gtvlusso

2 x dhb Earnley 3/4 length tights....was a bit chilly this morning....considering: new mitts (sidi), new courier bag, new frame and new groupset....hang on, bank manager on the phone......

daniel_b

Recently took delivery of these for the soon to be tourers:

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

girv73

Judging by the drenching I got this morning, I need to buy some waterproof shoes and socks. Also a lighter jacket and gloves. And a Fenix headlight. And some new lenses for my Madisons. A set of Conti Gator Skins wouldn't go amiss either. Maybe an upgraded bike computer. I'd really like to swap my sus forks for rigids as well and upgrade the brakes.

...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!

il_principe

I'm having a "cheap" month:

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

ride_whenever

In the past month:

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

sc999cs

Dog tag for my shoe with my name on it. That's all

That Petrol Emotion

New Mavic wheelset by the look of it!

Greg T

Stanley222 wrote:

sc999cs wrote:

Dog tag for my shoe with my name on it. That's all

What's the point on having one on your shoe?!

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.

sc999cs

Greg T wrote:

Stanley222 wrote:

sc999cs wrote:

Dog tag for my shoe with my name on it. That's all

What's the point on having one on your shoe?!

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!

And how do I get my shoe back afterwards if it doesn't have a tag?

Greg T wrote:

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.

Oops. Mind you it'll help me keep track of where I've lived...

Stanley222 wrote:

It's better off around your neck!

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

Underscore

This month seems to be drivetrain month for me. I've bought:

• 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!

_

biondino

What does "facing" mean in terms of bike upkeep?

always_tyred

biondino wrote:

What does "facing" mean in terms of bike upkeep?

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.

N0bodyOfTheGoat

My 25mm Schwalbe Marathon Pluses, Stelvio Pluses and some Continental valve extenders arrived yesterday from bike24 (germnay).

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...

sem69

Now its getting colder I want a pair of these...

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

Belv

I haven't spent as much in 9 1/2 years of commuting as some of you have in the last week! :shock:

il_principe

NitrousOxide wrote:

My 25mm Schwalbe Marathon Pluses, Stelvio Pluses and some Continental valve extenders arrived yesterday from bike24 (germnay).

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...

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.

Greg T

I've no idea why Schwalbe Marathon Plus have such a strong tread pattern - no idea at all.

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

AndyManc

I thought we were in 'economic meltdown' obviously it's affecting everyone apart from cyclists.


Which is nice .

AndyManc

Daniel B wrote:

Recently took delivery of these for the soon to be tourers:

http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=B3001
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Topeak_TourGuide_Bar_Bag/5360012011/

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: