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

UndercoverElephant

Your choice, Ugo. I've seen too many people who've only had a single light and the batteries or the light itself have failed mid-ride, and since it's a rear light, you wouldn't know. Reflectives are great if people are using full-beam, but with the HID headlights in a lot of cars, the lenses have too sharp a cut off to reflect much above your ankles, and that's not at a great distance.

ugo.santalucia

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19756208#p19756208]UndercoverElephant[/url] wrote:

Your choice, Ugo. I've seen too many people who've only had a single light and the batteries or the light itself have failed mid-ride, and since it's a rear light, you wouldn't know. Reflectives are great if people are using full-beam, but with the HID headlights in a lot of cars, the lenses have too sharp a cut off to reflect much above your ankles, and that's not at a great distance.

I agree, reflectors cannot be trusted, hence a light is necessary.
I do carry a small cheap rear light in case the battery runs out and I agree the battery might run out without me noticing... but generally I tend to charge/replace the battery before it's due.

My point was that one doesn't need more than one light at any one time

gabriel959

I disagree, if there is rain or worse, fog, your 5 lumens rear light will be downright dangerous.

ugo.santalucia

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19756331#p19756331]gabriel959[/url] wrote:

I disagree, if there is rain or worse, fog, your 5 lumens rear light will be downright dangerous.

If there is fog, being on the road is dangerous, lights or not

GiantDance

Some Tenn thermal bibs, very good value and very comfy

http://www.tenn-outdoors.co.uk/collections/road/products/mens-lazer-thermal-bib-leggings-tights?variant=4974812097

gabriel959

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19756449#p19756449]ugo.santalucia[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19756331#p19756331]gabriel959[/url] wrote:

I disagree, if there is rain or worse, fog, your 5 lumens rear light will be downright dangerous.

If there is fog, being on the road is dangerous, lights or not

Depends how dense it is, if it is very dense, then yes, I agree with you, but most of the time there is a fair amount of visibility as long as you have a decent rear light.

itboffin

Two pairs of Levi 511 commuter jeans for $80 don't mind if I do and a thermal base for $12

pastryboy

Kask Mojito - £47 from amazon.

oldbazza

Set of Ultegra 6700 calipers for the Icarus for £40 from Wiggle.

veronese68

I bought a basket

It's for my daughter's bike, but I had to get it home somehow.

itboffin

Yeah yeah whatever

UndercoverElephant

They are remarkably handy, had one on a rental bike in France and they're great. you can do that kind of thing in France. People don't even laugh.

daniel_b

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19758737#p19758737]UndercoverElephant[/url] wrote:

They are remarkably handy, had one on a rental bike in France and they're great. you can do that kind of thing in France. People don't even laugh.

My girlfriends Ammaco (eek) had a basket fitted, but we overloaded it with scrumpy, and the basket partly left it's mountings, and nearly put her in the canal...........

Horrible heavy and cheap bso, only bought as a stop gap as at the time (We only had two bikes back then!) ours were in storage - bizarrely we sold it second hand for £15 less than they could be bought new in Oxford - Cycle King I think it was.

The buyer drove down from Oxford to collect it, and I helped him force it (Minus the front wheel which went in the boot) into the back seats of his Audi A4 saloon - most strange.

bendertherobot

A new Vertigo 2.0 in black lime to match my Dale. And some Cavendish jawbreakers

y33stu

Long shot this one, anyone know where I can buy a spare ratchet for a Northwave SRS MTB shoe. Came off on the ice this morning and broke mine.

Rose bikes have them but shipping is almost more than the ratchet.

UndercoverElephant

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19759741#p19759741]y33stu[/url] wrote:

Long shot this one, anyone know where I can buy a spare ratchet for a Northwave SRS MTB shoe. Came off on the ice this morning and broke mine.

Rose bikes have them but shipping is almost more than the ratchet.

Email Northwave themselves and they should put you in touch with their UK distributor. Usually much quicker and easier.

gabriel959

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19759741#p19759741]y33stu[/url] wrote:

Long shot this one, anyone know where I can buy a spare ratchet for a Northwave SRS MTB shoe. Came off on the ice this morning and broke mine.

Rose bikes have them but shipping is almost more than the ratchet.

ICE?

y33stu

Good shout @undercoverelephant. And yes @gabriel.... the black invisible variety. I had already ridden over some frozen puddles without a problem. Must have been 0c this morning up here.

keef66

There's a bit of a North - South divide going on at the moment as far as temps are concerned. We're still basking in unusually warm air down here while the North is getting some arctic weather to go with the flooding.

I might complain that it's hard to know what to wear on the bike for fear of being too hot, but I know which weather I'd rather have...

itboffin

Speak for yourself it 4c here in Windshire

gabriel959

I wouldn't call 5c basking in heat but it is a far cry from 0c and under. I hate when it gets that cold.

itboffin

I'm looking at the flashing frost warning light now and wondering how bad tomorrows club ride will be, might take a cheaper bike and kit

meanredspider

Argh - delivery of my latest Jamis Renegade didn't start well. The bike box looked battered so I told the DX Delivery driver I was going to take a quick look at the bike before signing for it. He said "Don't bother" and just started putting the bike back in the van. We literally had a tussle over the box with him complaining that he was already late and me telling him there was no ****ing way I was waiting in again for the bike. Anyhow, I won.

Assembled it in stock form (I'm going to Di2 it) and gave it a short spin when I noticed a flaw in the finish on the top tube. Closer inspection suggests that it's more than a flaw but possibly a crack (I can certainly get a thumbnail into it) - it's a £2.5k bike so, whatever, it's going back. Next delivery s going to be to an Evans store. Will get them to check it and we'll do a swap. The good news s that my frame does in fact fit into the boot of my Abarth 595 (Fiat 500 to you).

Frustrated? You bet.

ugo.santalucia

Deda bar tape in gold... not sure if it looks good or crap yet...

What's with modern handlebars anyway? The curves are so awkward one has to retape it endless times to get it right... :?

meanredspider

Excuse the wheel reflectors
The flaw

oldbazza

Deda newton and rhm 200 bars for the road bikes from CRC;trying some narrower ones than the what I currently have.

gabriel959

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19760259#p19760259]meanredspider[/url] wrote:

Excuse the wheel reflectors
The flaw

Can't see the image but I tell you, it is easier to be poor like I am and not having bought any new bikes so I don't have to worry about cracked top tubes!!! :twisted:

UndercoverElephant

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19760259#p19760259]meanredspider[/url] wrote:

Excuse the wheel reflectors
The flaw

Looks to me as though the lacquer hadn't bonded correctly to the carbon. I would guess it's not structural, but I'm not the one who'll be riding it. Definitely not just a small flaw, though, and as you rightly say, not good enough on such an expensive bike.

I think we need to mention those rims as well. Erm...

meanredspider

Could well be just the lacquer though there's definitely a crack in it. I did wonder about just saying sod it. But then it's not a Tesco BSO and I might always have nagging doubts about the integrity of the frame.

Ha - yes, those American Classics rims are, err, bling. When I finally get a bike that's a keeper, I will investigate removing the decals. At around 1500g, they seem like very good wheels for a bike at this price though. I think the bike represents better value than the GT Grade. In fact the whole bike is exactly the same price as it retails in the US which, in itself, is quite unusual I think. Often we see stuff over here priced in £ at a similar number to what the Americans pay in $. With the issues I have before these, I've had a 15%+ reduction and Evans are already holding their hands up again and talking of more compensation.

luv2ride

A pair of these:


To go on this (to pick out the flouro green paint splashes on the frame). A little bit marmite I reckon but when covered in mud it may not show