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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,437
    @LIT

    Nice 8)

    The bikes in your sig looks like a cycling equivalent of

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    Just don't chain it to a lamp post :lol:
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Found a pic of the '09 scheme....
    I am rendered almost speechless. Chapeau.
    Have you got a delivery date?
    Now the important question. What pedals? ;)

    Actually, I haven't decided that yet. :oops:

    I was all set on speedplays, but bike shop guy didn't think much of them. I think when I go up and get it I might try a few of the ones they have as demos and see.

    EDIT: delivery date is 'in about 5 weeks'...
    Argh, a frustratingly long time. Still, gives you a chance to get some fitness back and the weather should be better :D

    Testing pedals is a tricky one. Initial impressions may be a little misleading. The entry into/exit from brand new pedals is usually harder but they tend to loosen up after a few rides*. The bearings also free up a bit after a few miles.

    * I also find the first unclip on my weekend bikes (time pedals) a bit disconcerting after a week on the commuter (sloppy spd peds)
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    WheezyMcChubby wrote:
    @LIT

    Nice 8)

    The bikes in your sig looks like a cycling equivalent of

    phpThumb_cache_edupics.com_srca89c56cd26a70bab3fa223ab7ffca931_par09ff33df758b5f7c5623216939181bf7_dat1208981166.jpeg
    :lol:
    WheezyMcChubby wrote:
    Just don't chain it to a lamp post :lol:
    Don't leave it anywhere, ever :shock:
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    Planet-x Scott
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    Nice. Little bit - ahem - tarty - for my urbane and refined tastes, obviously, but each to their own. :wink:

    Beware clif bars. They're nice, but they're like elvish bread. Bad idea to eat a whole one in one go. Even hobbits frown at that idea. :D

    Next Morpeth Social Club - remind me to bring the Speedplays.

    And what wheels?
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Found a pic of the '09 scheme....

    maxima.jpg

    Why'd they put the wheels on upside down? :D:D:D
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

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    Bike 2-A
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Greg66 wrote:
    Nice. Little bit - ahem - tarty - for my urbane and refined tastes, obviously, but each to their own. :wink:

    Beware clif bars. They're nice, but they're like elvish bread. Bad idea to eat a whole one in one go. Even hobbits frown at that idea. :D

    Next Morpeth Social Club - remind me to bring the Speedplays.

    And what wheels?

    Yes, I did think that you in particular would be offended by its tartiness. God only knows what Jashburnham will think. ;)

    Thanks - I will remind you! And as for wheels, again that's still a bit up in the air. Advice from BSG (bike shop guy) was to go for something hardwearing like the Mavic Ksyrium, so I agreed! But it's all subject to change, and I do also have a set of Rolf Primas coming my way. We shall see!

    And what is elvish bread? Another geeky sci-fi reference that I'm way too cool for?
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • gb155
    gb155 Posts: 2,048
    Has a spending spree blowout this weekend

    1 x Dawes Sonoran 2009

    1 x Happog Water Proof Pannier Bag

    1 x Cycle Computer for my old Ghetto bike

    1 x Helmet :( sorry

    and I even treated myself to a new bottle :D
    On a Mission to lose 20 stone..Get My Life Back

    December 2007 - 39 Stone 05 Lbs

    July 2011 - 13 Stone 12 Lbs - Cycled 17851 Miles

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    Now the hard work starts.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Advice from BSG (bike shop guy) was to go for something hardwearing like the Mavic Ksyrium, so I agreed! But it's all subject to change, and I do also have a set of Rolf Primas coming my way. We shall see!

    Before you finally agree to the Mavics, ask them if they will be ok to re-true? I had some and my LBS said, I think, that he couldn't re-true them A1 because the alu nipple seized with the alu rim. I really did like the wheels, and they served me well, but just check this before you commit yourself. The advantage of hand-builts, which Epic I'm sure can do for you on, for example, Mavic rims, is that you can use spokes and hubs of your choose and which you will have no trouble replacing. This is not always the case with factory builds. It won't be a complicated discussion.

    Are the Rolfs set up for Campag or Shimano?
    And what is elvish bread? Another geeky sci-fi reference that I'm way too cool for?

    Lord of the Rings. Lembas bread. Frodo and Samwise Gamgee ate on their journey to Mordor. Eat bits at a time.
    FCN 2-4.

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    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    edited February 2009
    mutter double posts....
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    some what cheaper bike stuff, than the rather viner

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/8766162@N04/3263437503/

    much happier with new levers compared to the older ones much easier to ride on the hoods and can brake from hoods or top which is handy as the hills get steeper.
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Got myself a Mavic 238 rim to lace my on one hub into, the rim isn't new just been gathering dust/rustin the shed as part of a wheel buod that I didn't finish and took the 7sp freehub off.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • marchant
    marchant Posts: 362
    Not something I've bought, as such, but thanks to a kind colleague who responded to a bulletin board message, my wife now has a bike which only needs a bit of TLC to get it running. Hardly ridden, and free to boot. As a side effect of this, I have two bikes to work on :D and an excuse to buy more tools/shiny things :D
  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
    Today I've bought some Kool Stop Salmon all-in-one V-Brake blocks, since nowhere seems to have just the refill pads in stock.

    And an update on the ultrasonic cleaner - it's good but I've decided to go for the next model up because I can't completely fit my cassette into the current one so I ended up having to do half and then turn it around to do the other half. Plus most of the bits required a couple of cycles in the cleaner and a little bit of turning (the ultrasonic transducer is at the bottom of the tank and cleaning definitely seems to be better on the side of objects facing the bottom of the tank).

    The model up has a bigger tank and more power (170W instead of 70W), plus a built-in heater so I should be able to put larger batches in at once and just leave them going for a few cycles.
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  • RSV_Ecosse
    RSV_Ecosse Posts: 237
    Just got a Tacx Flow turbo trainer.

    Spent Sunday afternoon building the thing up, the manual is AWFUL!!! :lol:

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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Found a pic of the '09 scheme....

    maxima.jpg

    Oh dear God that is a thing of beauty! So you went for the Maxima then? The 09 scheme is lovely lovely lovely. You cannot put Mavics on it though, not for technical reasons but simply because Mavics won't match. No no, FWDD's or Fulcrums or Bora's please.

    *Pauses to wipe dribble off chin and desk (where a small pool has formed).

    mmmmmmmmmmmm

    And to think you could have bought a Trek!
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    This isn't what I have just bought, but it's intrigued and titillated me and I find the titanium/carbon mix rather seductive... Any thoughts on the Passoni Mito?

    Mito-big.jpg
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  • tarquin_foxglove
    tarquin_foxglove Posts: 554
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    biondino wrote:
    This isn't what I have just bought, but it's intrigued and titillated me and I find the titanium/carbon mix rather seductive... Any thoughts on the Passoni Mito?

    Mito-big.jpg

    They make lovely bikes but that's a tad well, grey isn't it?
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    It is, but I think the Ti/C contrast works very well without screaming bling.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    jashburnham wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Found a pic of the '09 scheme....

    maxima.jpg

    Oh dear God that is a thing of beauty! So you went for the Maxima then? The 09 scheme is lovely lovely lovely. You cannot put Mavics on it though, not for technical reasons but simply because Mavics won't match. No no, FWDD's or Fulcrums or Bora's please.

    *Pauses to wipe dribble off chin and desk (where a small pool has formed).

    mmmmmmmmmmmm

    And to think you could have bought a Trek!

    Yep, I sure did. I think the mavics will look pretty good, they're black and black... but I'm not 100% committed to them.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • highwaymunky
    highwaymunky Posts: 124
    I'm so EXCITED!!! NEW BIKE IN THIS DIRECTION HAHAHAHA!!

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    And New Wheels for the MTB!


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    So excited!
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  • tedlarue
    tedlarue Posts: 54
    One of these:

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    and a pair of these:

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  • tedlarue
    tedlarue Posts: 54
    Oops, didn't realise how large those pics would come out. The one of those shorts is a bit much.

    Sorry all!
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    TedLaRue wrote:
    Oops, didn't realise how large those pics would come out. The one of those shorts is a bit much.

    Sorry all!
    My eyes, my eyes ;)

    Just lugged home an Elite workstand that wiggle have massively reduced in the sale:
    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Sale/14/Elite ... 360036730/
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Summut not working.

    Here you go::

    mito_big_02.jpg

    I like it - the colour scheme isn't as "Disney" as many bikes.
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Not as nice as this though:
    moots_vamoots.jpg
    Although it does need carbon cranks and almost any other wheels.
  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
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    Picked these up on the way home last night - all this rain and snow killed my last set. Bike stops much better now. :wink:

    ps. Moots is sweet - with the metal cranks and all - carbon is overrated (visually in any case).
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    Engineered Bicycles
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    True, but I always thought those particular cranks were monstorous.
  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    Haven't bought bike stuff in ages - until tonight!

    One of these:
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    What is it? Answers on a postcard please!

    Two gear cables:
    sramdcable.jpg

    And two brake cables:
    zug_bremse_race.jpg

    And now I'm off to look for some more toys - I mean components.
  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    I'm on a roll... now I've got a Montane Featherlite H20 jacket thanks to a recommendation in this very forum.

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