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

Alexonnavitch

Camelbak mule 2010 and some specialized body geometery gloves 8)

the_hundredth_idiot

Some reasonably priced photochromic sunglasses.

I tried on some Specialized ones for three times the price and the styling was terrifyingly aggressive. The Endura Angel styling is more restrained. 8)

davis

Dalton wrote:

Got my very first Road Bike today - from the wonderful people at Southdowns Bikes. Felt I should reward their good service by purchasing one of their S/S Jerseys. (nothing to do with the fact I loved the colour at all !!)

Hold up! That's my LBS! Which branch?

Edit: Much more importantly, which bike?

itssam

gabriel959 wrote:

Nuun cola

If you like it you can have my tube - can't stand the cola flavor so 11 tabs left... send a stamped addressed envelope to PM

AndyManc

I've got the top ... so why not :roll:

Wiggle don't have them in stock yet ..... so by the time I get them, the sun will be shining and the temps will be in the 90's :P




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psymon

"KMC X9-L in trashy as hell gold" +1

And Blackspire stinger and Saint bottom bracket.

chainsuck be gone!

raymc

Bianchi Celeste Short sleeve top and Nalini pink Bianchi Giro short sleeve top.

Feel the quality!

AndyManc

I wish I could afford such things




HaHa ... next on my list :P


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itssam

just ordered a topeak aero wedge so i don't have to have so much junk in my pockets, some park puncture patches & a (colour cordinated) bottle cage for the misses as i was hogging the water on the weekend...

kinesin

Credit card took a hammering last night. Got a pair of ShuttVR pro bids on Tuesday and realised I have no decent tops, so purchased:





Grabbed a few accessories as well: Bloc Predator's and Lezyne Road Drive



Finished off by ordering a new choke cable for the other motorized bike. :shock:

I can feel a new white helmet (catlike??), matching arm warmers & mitts been purchased very soon :P

asprilla

kinesin wrote:

Credit card took a hammering last night. Got a pair of ShuttVR pro bids on Tuesday and realised I have no decent tops, so purchased:

My usual commuting outfit, in both long and short sleeved.

I've just taken delivery of two pairs of Endura FS260 Aerogel mitts from Rutland Cycles, which is odd because I never completed the order with them.

Their ecommerce system kept refusing my card details (assume it was borked) so I abandoned the order and purchased elsewhere. Obviously they have picked up the incomplete order and processed it anyway.

I really want to send them back because they have been cheeky farkers, but that's hassle and will cost me postage which they will probably refuse to pay and I'll have to argue over it. Besides, you can never have too many mitts.

Skippy2309

paydays going to be getting me a new helmet, plus going to order a new 13t cog and perhaps a jersey....

Agent57

redvee

Came past Evans in town tonight and had my debit card in my pocket, went in and took it out and left £45 lighter in the bank after completing the purchase of a Foska Road tax SS jersey.

vorsprung

Went to Lidls and got two pairs of girls baggy cycling shorts for my daughter

8 quid each, they had all sexes/ ages / multiple colours

markshaw77

A ShuttVR Sportive jersey in Black/Grey/White from their clearance offer.

The service from thse guys is just awesome - Pete (miggers on here, I think) was still exchanging emails with me at 11:30 last night to make sure everything went through - couldn't recommend them highly enough and that is before I get to the quality of the gear...just AWESOME!!

raymc

AndyManc,

Me too! but birthday present from the wife.

She bought me the Celeste, and I treated myself to the Giro version.

Registered at wiggle for a newsletter and they give a £5 voucher, so got the giro
@ £50.

tested the Celeste top today- I'm sure it made my faster! :shock:

Ray

rolf_f

redvee wrote:

Came past Evans in town tonight and had my debit card in my pocket, went in and took it out and left £45 lighter in the bank after completing the purchase of a Foska Road tax SS jersey.

Those are just wrong - need to take that one back!

snellgrove

Going to take a while to get used to commuting with these... feet great on first impressions except my feet will take a while to get used to them, as will some of the muscles in my lower legs I think - the alignment seems a little different overall.

Most difficult thing is obviously clipping in - can't feel the darn pedal at all, through the process of rotating it around / hooking in. Can only tell I'm in when you hear that reassuring click

spasypaddy

an expensive two days for me

went and bought a number belt for my triathlon last night, along with loads of energy products. £23 gone.

today riding to work my rear tyre burst, not the inner tube but quite a substantial hole in a 10 day old gp4000s. had to buy a new one at lunch £37.99 would normally have waited to get one online but triathlon on monday meant i was restricted to buying over the counter.

An expensive two days

TommyEss

spasypaddy wrote:

today riding to work my rear tyre burst, not the inner tube but quite a substantial hole in a 10 day old gp4000s.

That doesn't sound right - have you got in touch with Continental? Sounds like there's the possibility that's a duff one (though not heard of much in the way of Continentals failing tbh)

w86h2000

Ordered these:





Should be here by tomorrow
How many times will I fall off before I'm used to them, plenty

spasypaddy

TommyEss wrote:

spasypaddy wrote:

today riding to work my rear tyre burst, not the inner tube but quite a substantial hole in a 10 day old gp4000s.

That doesn't sound right - have you got in touch with Continental? Sounds like there's the possibility that's a duff one (though not heard of much in the way of Continentals failing tbh)

ive thrown the tyre away. so its too late now. wish i'd thought of that.

suzyb

Dalton

Cateye Micro Wireless - in White, with a Red racing stripe - matches my new Trek perfectly!



Chris Boardman Helmet - (colour does not match my new bike unfortunately) The only helmet in the shop that fitted me perfectly. Which I guess is the most important thing!

ALSO got some DHB bib shorts and MUC-OFF cleaner, a Super Patch and some Dry Lube.

Has been an expensive day!

Loving the new bike though and can't wait to get the computer fitted to start tracking my progress.

waddlie

Mmm, hydrationy.

And a big thumbs down to the nob in Cycle Surgery who reinforced my belief that their customer service is crap when he refused to price-match Evans's 10% off claiming it was a web-only deal. Had to drive another 6 miles to the local Evans to prove him wrong...

rhann

SRAM SX7 Shifters, SRAM SX7 Front Derailleur, SRAM SX9 Rear Derailleur

spasypaddy

Fulcum Racing 3s, wheelset. £180

hells

I just bought a scott addict R2 which is completely loverly in black and red it's my first carbon bike. I also got a carbon planet x bottle cage. So far I have just transfered the saddle (selle italia lady) and pedals (look keo sprint) off my trek 1.7 over to it just waiting for the selle italia diva to come back in stock in my size and possibly upgrade to time i-clicks in time. Also would like some deep section rims at some point. No more bike buying for me this is bike number 6.

Skippy2309

Dalton wrote:

Chris Boardman Helmet - (colour does not match my new bike unfortunately) The only helmet in the shop that fitted me perfectly. Which I guess is the most important thing!

I tried it on today, lovely helmet although I was not too fond of the silver. found that the specialised ones fitted like a glove, not as compact as the boardman but felt super comfy.

Paid up for it straight away even tho its not in stock at the store in the colour I wanted :P
Specialized Propero 2010 Helmet http://www.evanscycles.com/products/spe ... t-ec019802


Also bought an entire bike on ebay, 10 speed (5 speed cassette and a double), going to strip it down and refurb it so the GF can join me for rides