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

itboffin

Greg66 wrote:

itboffin wrote:

When my ride was over I as usual hot and red faced, I began to put the bike in the garage when I noticed drips on the floor which was odd as it's bone dry today, it was then I realised the drips were coming from my sleeves, ever drop of sweat had collected inside the jacket.

I believe this is called "boil in the bag"

In conclusion for the money it's a good jacket for short or very leisurely journeys, if you normally work up a sweat on your ride then give this one a miss.

Next time, paint a bin bag red.

So you've seen my summer range then

secretsam

New chainset (cheapy Truvativ from CRC), some cheap baggy shorts from Ribble, possibly a new BB. Then I may buy some gear levers. I'm building a bike by stealth...

AndyManc

My winter gloves have died ... so I've bought these in Evans sale .




http://www.evanscycles.com/products/trek/windshell-glove-ec018004



.

biondino

Jash, the fact I could sell the bars if I need to is the key here in cost terms at least. I don't intend to dismantle it straight away - I'll ride it for a while as is and see how it all feels - but the bullhorns idea is there in case I decide the current setup isn't for me. I've always fancied bullhorns

il_principe

Seriously tempted:

jonginge

Eyeing up one of those la vie claire homage t-shirts, myself

greg66_tri_v2.0

jashburnham wrote:

Seriously tempted:

I was going to ask WTF are these. But I see from the url. Knee warmers.

If your knees get cold, dearie, try using a blanket. :twisted:

Throlkim

Noooooooo! My money somehow found its way into the bike shop!

Just ordered a Trek 1.2 double, though it would appear Trek are out of stock, so I won't get it until about the 16th of March. Shop's chucking in some SPD peddles for free, and giving me a nice discount on a pair of shoes. Also picked up a pair of Endura Hummvee 3/4 shorts for £39, quite pleased with those.

Looking forward to the bike, but it means I have to keep using the bus for the next 2 weeks. Bugger :?

redddraggon

Some more black Assos shorts (apparantly the ones I've got are starting to wear out) and some Endura Knee warmers - some of the days recently have felt a bit cold for just shorts but I've been a bit too warm in full tights





Apparently the S5 pad is more comfortable....

justresting

camelback lobo not used it yet but it looks a lot more faff than a couple of bottles on bike. If you're thinking why did the idiot buy it then ? so am I !!!

lost_in_thought

:oops:

cjcp

lost_in_thought wrote:

:oops:

Is that a Kona Jake the Snake?

biondino

It's a Tifosi!

lost_in_thought

biondino wrote:

It's a Tifosi!

That it is.... a CK7 no less!

nation

justresting wrote:

camelback lobo not used it yet but it looks a lot more faff than a couple of bottles on bike. If you're thinking why did the idiot buy it then ? so am I !!!

Camelbaks are the business for off-road riding, since you tend to get nice flat straight sections where you can remove a hand from the bars to drink from a bottle.

I use a three litre DaKine pack, and keep a bottle of energy drink attached to the bike for when I stop to eat something.

I do stick to bottles on the road, though.

Konan

At the front.....

Carbon fork, carbon wrap bars, stem, grips and matching bar ends. Knocked nearly half a kilo off and, more importantly, a lot of the buzz from the old Ali aero fork



At the rear....

WTB Laser V SLT seat and U.S.E. XCR shockpost.



With any luck, that should keep me on road and trail for another year. Beyond that I think the wheels are going to finally give in to their fiesta related injury.

fossyant

2 x Hope Vision 1's ...now the days are getting lighter :?

Pulled off my 2 x Cateye 510's and Tesco 3w AA a few weeks back, and shoved on 2 x Tesco C Cells - one of the torches decided to try a spot of spontaneous combustion today....whilst swiched off...what's that burning....fortunately I was in the office. The torch body was red hot......

So fed up with weedy lights, got the 2009 version of the Hopes - 240 lumens in each - one will be on flashy though.....

il_principe

lost_in_thought wrote:

:oops:

What? Why? When?

Feltup

jashburnham wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

:oops:

What? Why? When?

Is this because you can't wait for your bit of bling to arrive? Prop up the country why don't you?

lost_in_thought

Feltup wrote:

jashburnham wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

:oops:

What? Why? When?

Is this because you can't wait for your bit of bling to arrive? Prop up the country why don't you?

Weeellllllll... It's a replacement for the rubbish roadie, which is far too big for me (see the workshop thread).

It's going to be a pub bike, to be kept in Essex and also used to go into town and do shopping etc, where I'd have used the rubbish roadie before. It's getting a pannier rack...

And I'm riding it until the Viner arrives. It also may come to Australia with me.

And yeah, I'm trying to save the country. The rest of you could try harder, you know

greg66_tri_v2.0

lost_in_thought wrote:

And yeah, I'm trying to save the country. The rest of you could try harder, you know

AHEM! COUGH COUGH!!

See New Bike 1 in the sig line...

Now fully kitted out in all its finery.

il_principe

Nice, but it needs white hoods...

I do like the Aero seatpost, and are those Record bottle cages?

itboffin

Should new job 3. materialise I promise to spend the equivalent of a third world debt on a new bike and associated regalia.

lost_in_thought

Damn you net nanny! I want to look at the new shiny bike 1!

il_principe

lost_in_thought wrote:

Damn you net nanny! I want to look at the new shiny bike 1!

lost_in_thought

jashburnham wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

Damn you net nanny! I want to look at the new shiny bike 1!

Nope, the net nanny has blocked that too. Curses. Thanks for trying!

il_principe

itboffin wrote:

Should new job 3. materialise I promise to spend the equivalent of a third world debt on a new bike and associated regalia.

Ah ha, you're cracking aren't you... I love it. All this talk of Viner's and piccies of Cervelo's, Pinarello's and new wheels has you drooling with anticipation.

Suits you sir.

greg66_tri_v2.0

jashburnham wrote:

Nice, but it needs white hoods...

I do like the Aero seatpost, and are those Record bottle cages?

Of course they are! At £97 per cage (bottle included) why doesn't everyone have Record cages?

Actually, no. They're ebay knock off copies. 15 g each. Search ebay for "carbon cage 15g" and you should find them. Quite reasonable.

On the "Pimp My RIde" front, obviously I could go the whole hog: white Hudz, white bar tape, white (FSA) stem, white saddle. But bearing in mind that bike cleaning is not high on my list of things that I want to do at the weekend, and this one is going to be taking some abuse, perhaps not

linsen

jashburnham wrote:

itboffin wrote:

Should new job 3. materialise I promise to spend the equivalent of a third world debt on a new bike and associated regalia.

Ah ha, you're cracking aren't you... I love it. All this talk of Viner's and piccies of Cervelo's, Pinarello's and new wheels has you drooling with anticipation.

Suits you sir.

Jashburnham I am disappointed in you and your seriously dodgy use of apostrophes this morning - back to the classroom with you!

Feltup

LiT - It all becomes clear now

Gregg66 - where is bike 3? You are letting the side down with this 2 bike limit. (very nice bikes mind)

ITB - keeping those fingers crossed because I want to see you triple G66 (how close to the number of the beast does that look? Coincidence?) bike tally.