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

symo

Norky wrote:

symo wrote:

New bike mount thing for the raleigh banana turbo trainer shed so I can mount my 705 where I can see it and it isn't covered by the sweat thong over the bike.

Eh? Do I read this correctly in that you use a £250+ GPS bike computer on your turbo trainer? Is your sense of direction that bad that you can get lost on a static bicycle?

Lol snigger, yeah I bought a 705 to sit on my Trainer bike. Of ocurse it goes on the road bikes when I am not inside on the turbo, its just I bought mounts for the Turbo trainer to get decent speed, HR and cadence whilst training. In fact the spd pedals and the garmin cadence/speed sensor combined are worth more than the bike! Plus the 705 lets me archive the data from the session.

Which reminds me I bought both the sufferfest mp4's last night too.
I like the turbo its training, when I go out on the bike it can be fun.

dave8178

plus
helmet
bib tights
shoes
jacket
plus lots of other little things

Ian.B

This, apparently designed to suit Sigg aluminium bottles which are 3mm narrower than standard:



And this in blue. Outside the UK it's apparently supplied with the 6cm blade, but unfortunately not here:

Mountainboy2465

Nice Bianchi Dave.

Is that THE Hyde in G Manchester? Home of the Moors Murderers, Harold Shipman & me?

pastryboy

DonDaddyD wrote:

Cheap cycle computer

You know that has no function to show time elapsed - bit rubbish.

benno68

New front brake (only Tiagra), Baa Baa Baselayer, 105 bottom bracket, ParkTool Hollowtech BB tool and a tube of grease.

I sat on a Scott CR1 Elite 2010 whilst in the LBS - unfortunately I didn't have £2k in my back pocket.

mickmcg

My Commuter (Carrera Vanquish) was feeling a bit cramped so bought a 120mm ITM stem from CRC, that quickly became obsolete half hour later after I had a quick look at Ribble's site - ended up with:



for a grand total of £111 through Ribble's frame clearance - still cant quite work out how I went from looking at trying a new stem to buying a new frameset in about an hour but looking forward to the new build!

Aidy

mickmcg wrote:

for a grand total of £111 through Ribble's frame clearance - still cant quite work out how I went from looking at trying a new stem to buying a new frameset in about an hour but looking forward to the new build!

That's really impressively cheap.

I really do NOT need another bike.

cjcp

Aidy wrote:

mickmcg wrote:

for a grand total of £111 through Ribble's frame clearance - still cant quite work out how I went from looking at trying a new stem to buying a new frameset in about an hour but looking forward to the new build!

That's really impressively cheap.

I really do NOT need another bike.

Yes you do. Resistance is futile.

I'm looking at that frame, too. My resistance is waning badly.

Eau Rouge

After WheezyMcChubby directed me to it on eBay, I had to buy it.

mickmcg

Aidy wrote:

mickmcg wrote:

for a grand total of £111 through Ribble's frame clearance - still cant quite work out how I went from looking at trying a new stem to buying a new frameset in about an hour but looking forward to the new build!

That's really impressively cheap.

I really do NOT need another bike.

the clearance frames have marks but supposed to be minimal and barely noticeable - i'll stick some pics on when i get it but it's taking up to 10 working days to deliver

once i priced it up i couldn't say no at £111 delivered! i wanted one for a while but i got the Carrera so cheap i had to buy it, gonna swap everything over from the Carrerato the Ribble whcih'll mean a full Tiagra Ribble for £360

itboffin

Castelli full bib tights, unpadded. Bargain at £45

jonginge

itboffin wrote:

Castelli full bib tights, unpadded. Bargain at £45

Primo!

cjcp

itboffin wrote:

Castelli full bib tights, unpadded. Bargain at £45

Unpadded? Huh? What's the point for anything other than looking like a circus act at a fancy dress party? :P

holybinch

Timbuktu Commuter Bag arrived today. Nice change from my crappy stringy bag.

Clever Pun

cjcp wrote:

itboffin wrote:

Castelli full bib tights, unpadded. Bargain at £45

Unpadded? Huh? What's the point for anything other than looking like a circus act at a fancy dress party? :P

remember ITB's layering system, he probably bought 5 pairs and plans to wear them all at the same time

nic_77

I've been keeping the postman busy today... so far I've got:






Now I'm waiting for:




(that's supposed to look like bar tape)




(with white trim)

Can you tell what it is yet...?

biondino

If you're ever bored, DON'T spend time browsing the Always Riding website as you might come away £250 down...

Sombrio gloves:



Swrve cycling jeans:



Morvelo t-shirt:



Hincapie G-Coat:

rolf_f

nic_77 wrote:

I've been keeping the postman busy today... so far I've got:






Now I'm waiting for:




(that's supposed to look like bar tape)




(with white trim)

Can you tell what it is yet...?

Impressive! You could almost build a whole bike with that lot

DonDaddyD

Swrve cycling jeans:

Why the hell is the dudes belt buckle not straight on.

Now all you need to do is get a job in Graphic Design and move to Shoreditch.

suzyb

biondino

DonDaddyD wrote:

Swrve cycling jeans:

Why the hell is the dudes belt buckle not straight on.

Now all you need to do is get a job in Graphic Design and move to Shoreditch.

I'm tempted to post a pic of a kitten playing with a ball of rainbow string on the back of a unicorn and seeing in what way it makes DDD go Hulk

Clever Pun

DonDaddyD wrote:

Swrve cycling jeans:

Why the hell is the dudes belt buckle not straight on.

Now all you need to do is get a job in Graphic Design and move to Shoreditch.

pretty obvious if you ask me... you put a big buckle on and go for a cycle ... it'll start hollowing out your gut

move it to one side and your trousers stay up while your belly remains blemish free

DonDaddyD

Clever Pun wrote:

DonDaddyD wrote:

Swrve cycling jeans:

Why the hell is the dudes belt buckle not straight on.

Now all you need to do is get a job in Graphic Design and move to Shoreditch.

pretty obvious if you ask me... you put a big buckle on and go for a cycle ... it'll start hollowing out your gut

move it to one side and your trousers stay up while your belly remains blemish free

MTFU.

londonbairn

I'm upgrading my Wilier (commuter) to Ultegra SL with Fulcrum Racing 5s (was Mirage/Racing 7), slowly moving over to Shimano, not too keen on Campag :shock:

redvee

redvee wrote:

A pair of MKS 8mm chaintugs.

and Haribo courtesy of Hubjub.

ratherbeintobago

In Red, from the Tredz sale.

Bloody hope it's the right size - on the border between two sizes according to the Gore website, so have gone for the bigger one...

Andy

oscarbudgie

Only £50 at planet x

Norky

symo wrote:

Lol snigger, yeah I bought a 705 to sit on my Trainer bike. Of ocurse it goes on the road bikes when I am not inside on the turbo, its just I bought mounts for the Turbo trainer to get decent speed, HR and cadence whilst training. In fact the spd pedals and the garmin cadence/speed sensor combined are worth more than the bike! Plus the 705 lets me archive the data from the session.

Aye, I guessed that might be the case, but the idea of a GPS-equipped turbo trainer bike is just too delightfully absurd for me not to be facetious . Out of interest, are the Garmin (ANT?)-compatible sensors and mount cheaper than an ordinary bike computer with a download-to-PC function (if such a bike computer exists)?

I understand there are trainers with electronic speed data hookups for a PC so you can log data, but I think they're stupid expensive...

Clever Pun

DonDaddyD wrote:

Clever Pun wrote:

DonDaddyD wrote:

Swrve cycling jeans:

Why the hell is the dudes belt buckle not straight on.

Now all you need to do is get a job in Graphic Design and move to Shoreditch.

pretty obvious if you ask me... you put a big buckle on and go for a cycle ... it'll start hollowing out your gut

move it to one side and your trousers stay up while your belly remains blemish free

MTFU.

wear a belt then... please