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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    4 x 160mm front is brake mounts at 32p each and a Sora road mechinal disc brake

    Not that I've used my BB5 but it looks crap and cheap, now all I need is a disc front wheel and the commuter set for 40mm tyres
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,070
    Luv2ride wrote:
    Changing subject slightly, just ordered this merino bobble hat from Cyclesurgery for £5 with free delivery....
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    :evil: Seem to be sold out now :-(
    Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
    Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
    Scott CR1 SL 12
    Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
    Scott Foil 18
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,445
    Wearing the 235 now, and I like it so far.

    There are a couple of downsides, it's bigger than my Pebble Time was, the alarm isn't anywhere near as good and the vibrate is weaker than I'm used to. But I think it looks better, and the HR monitoring seems pretty accurate so far (just in the background for now) I used my edge on the ride to work and the HR in the activity tracking matches nicely to the activity. I'm going to try the HR broadcasting at some point and maybe ditch the chest strap for the commute.
    Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
    Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
    Vitus Sentier VRS - 2017
  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    Some stuff,

    A Morvelo Hoodie
    Some Muc-off bike cleaner
    a Cycology long sleeved t-shirt
    A dhb buff to replace the Cycling Plus one I've had for a decade and I lost :(
    Some Wiggle gels, try them, they are best I've had.
    Some of those cheap Skratch fruit drops
    A bottle cage for my daughter's new islabikes
    and a brand new 26" Small Islabikes Beinn, with mudguards and propstand.
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    I also spent a few hours (at -3c!) yesterday packing the 20" Islabikes Beinn back in its box and back in the bike shed for when my 3 year old outgrows her Cnoc 16".
    x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x
    Commuting / Winter rides - Jamis Renegade Expert
    Pootling / Offroad - All-City Macho Man Disc
    Fast rides Cannondale SuperSix Ultegra
  • niallmo
    niallmo Posts: 103
    Bargain tactic Garmin Edge 20 from a Cash Generator £15. Was in a flash sale down from £65.
  • commuterlegs
    commuterlegs Posts: 271
    Giordana Silverline bibshorts from the Bike Room for £35, seemed rude not to.
  • timothyw
    timothyw Posts: 2,482
    Just ordered one of the worryingly cheap Merlin AXM Carbon Fibre frames they're knocking out for £100 (-5% or potentially more with current bank holiday discount)

    https://www.merlincycles.com/merlin-axm ... 98247.html

    It seems the AXM was a top of the line Merckx frame around 2005. Why Merlin have a few of them in size tiny/giant (i'm the latter) to knock out for peanuts I don't know, hopefully some kind of factory firesale that they've benefited from, rather than some kind of knock off which will explode first time I ride it.

    Main gotcha appears to be the seatpost size/clamp. The official frameset (which this appears identical to) takes a distinctly rare 29.4mm seatpost, which means fuck knows what seatpost clamp I might need to find - I'm crossing everything that a seatpost clamp will by some miracle come with it.

    Fortunately the seatpost is covered, just dropped a fiver on one on ebay...

    The official band on front derailleur size is 35mm, so I'm imagining 34.8mm will work. Bit less mission critical than the seatpost clamp.

    I did read some mention of this frame taking a slightly unconventional (lengthened?) fork. Hoping for an easy build anyway.
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,500
    Wahoo REFLKT for just £25. Hoping it's a good deal
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Tashman wrote:
    Wahoo REFLKT for just £25. Hoping it's a good deal

    from?
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,500
    itboffin wrote:
    Tashman wrote:
    Wahoo REFLKT for just £25. Hoping it's a good deal

    from?
    http://uk.wahoofitness.com/devices/wahoo-rflkt-iphone-powered-bike-computer
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Nice deal but £9 delivery is a bit steep
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,500
    I know, but I'm looking at it as a £34 purchase. Still a deal (hopefully)
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    True, I'd love to see someone stick to Garmin for putting out years of terrible buggy software problem is like many I have such an investment in Garmin now swapping to anything else would be very expensive
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,500
    True, as a newbie I'm not commited to any particular system so I can find my own way :)
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    itboffin wrote:
    True, I'd love to see someone stick to Garmin for putting out years of terrible buggy software problem is like many I have such an investment in Garmin now swapping to anything else would be very expensive

    Yup - I'd love to see someone give Garmin a kicking.
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    New Rear Mech
    Cables
    Mech Hanger
    Chain
  • drwae
    drwae Posts: 223
    Some Castelli overshoes and neck warmer, it's getting icy out now...
  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    Probably one of the Felt Z85s from Merlin
    The 51cm mens looks same geometry to the 47cm womens (ZW85) so have recommended it to a friend as a good first road bike for her. Full Tiagra (ok, Tektro calipers) for £500 seems a very decent price.
    Unless there's something obvious I've overlooked.
    Rose Xeon CW Disc
    CAAD12 Disc
    Condor Tempo
  • greenamex2
    greenamex2 Posts: 272
    Marathon Winters.

    Don't care HOW MUCH they weigh...slithering about/crashing is costing me far more time!
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,070
    50584_1_Supersize.jpg
    Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
    Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
    Scott CR1 SL 12
    Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
    Scott Foil 18
  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    greenamex2 wrote:
    Marathon Winters.

    Don't care HOW MUCH they weigh...slithering about/crashing is costing me far more time!


    You still need to take some care, but yes, it makes riding in winter safer :-)
    x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x
    Commuting / Winter rides - Jamis Renegade Expert
    Pootling / Offroad - All-City Macho Man Disc
    Fast rides Cannondale SuperSix Ultegra
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Giro Synthe in blue & black which I ordered some time ago - so thanks whoever posted the sigma sport bargain link before Christmas! Seems like a nice helmet, quite snug though, so I'll be sticking with my Mojito when it's cold/wet enough to require a skull cap/peaked cap under my helmet.
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,445
    Spaffed the rest of my xmas/birthday money on a load of lights.

    Cateye Rapid X2 front and rear and an exposure link for on me 'ead. Trialled a cheap helmet light and felt better about riding in traffic so with £20 off the exposure and the coin cells dead in the cheap one thought I'd take the plunge.

    Will be able to try the mount with my torch on my MTB too.
    Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
    Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
    Vitus Sentier VRS - 2017
  • wolfsbane2k
    wolfsbane2k Posts: 3,056
    Moon Shield X - Auto for £19.99.
    Wanted a USB rechargeable backup light after one of my 2 aldi nebula's knock-off died.
    Job done.
    Bonus is it's compatible with all the existing aldi mounts (or is that the aldi lights are all compatible with the moon mounts) I have, so will be able to use the same lights on both bikes with minimal fiddling.
    Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
    Bike 1 (Broken) - Bike 2(Borked) - Bike 3(broken spokes) - Bike 4( Needs Work) - Bike 5 (in bits) - Bike 6* ...
  • tenohfive
    tenohfive Posts: 152
    Tashman wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    Tashman wrote:
    Wahoo REFLKT for just £25. Hoping it's a good deal

    from?
    http://uk.wahoofitness.com/devices/wahoo-rflkt-iphone-powered-bike-computer

    If this did Strava Live Segments I'd have jumped at this.
  • timothyw
    timothyw Posts: 2,482
    tenohfive wrote:
    Tashman wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    Tashman wrote:
    Wahoo REFLKT for just £25. Hoping it's a good deal

    from?
    http://uk.wahoofitness.com/devices/wahoo-rflkt-iphone-powered-bike-computer

    If this did Strava Live Segments I'd have jumped at this.
    I'd bite if it did navigation.

    To be fair, it does turn by turn but you need to pay RideWithGPS a frankly excessive $50 a year for the privilege.

    My Edge 200 works well enough for navigation without the extra ongoing expense. That or I put up with the glitchy routes on my 500....
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,816
    Just fitted the Clarks M2's I got for Christmas in place of my cheap cable discs, light and work well, reliability TBC!

    Princely sum of £34.99 off ebay, and have two discs and new bolts to sell on to recoup some of that!
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • wolfsbane2k
    wolfsbane2k Posts: 3,056
    Couple pairs endure multi tights from cycle surgery.
    I'm sure their not ideal, but seem a reasonable if basic set of unpadded leggings for the colder days, as will wear them with 3/4 padded shorts underneath & a baggy MTB short on top.

    Just seen that I could have got 3 pairs of padded winter tights form decathlon for this price. Hmm, do I cancel?
    Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
    Bike 1 (Broken) - Bike 2(Borked) - Bike 3(broken spokes) - Bike 4( Needs Work) - Bike 5 (in bits) - Bike 6* ...
  • FatLassOnaBike
    FatLassOnaBike Posts: 17
    I didn't buy it, but the cycle fairy did bring me a cycle work stand for christmas!

    :D
  • bikes`n`guns
    bikes`n`guns Posts: 959
    Lezyne Zecto auto rear with my Amazon voucher.
    Trek,,,, too cool for school ,, apparently

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