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

wolfsbane2k

itboffin wrote:

hoy hand road pump because my topeak died and the o ring replacement kit did nowt

top tip keep your pump in your jersey pocket, when there mounted on the frame water and mud destroys it

Or have it in a suitable sized inner tube, like a condom.
Means a few extra seconds to roll it down, but then it's still on your bike, rather than in the jacket you left at home...

Quins

5 DHB inner tubes, Hi 5 electrolyte tabs to make up free postage.......then thanks to Daniel B , the gripgrab hi viz arm warmers mentioned in the bargains forum I bought them and added another tube to get free postage.

daniel_b

Quins wrote:

5 DHB inner tubes, Hi 5 electrolyte tabs to make up free postage.......then thanks to Daniel B , the gripgrab hi viz arm warmers mentioned in the bargains forum I bought them and added another tube to get free postage.

Just FYI, they are exactly the same, bar the branding, as these from PX:
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CLPXHIVRAW/planet-x-hi-viz-roubaix-armwarmers
But with PX, you would need to buy 11 pairs to get free postage :?

fat daddy

single length chain ring bolts ...... totally forgot I would need to use smaller bolts, despite having been through this before

davis

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

itboffin wrote:

hoy hand road pump because my topeak died and the o ring replacement kit did nowt

top tip keep your pump in your jersey pocket, when there mounted on the frame water and mud destroys it

Or have it in a suitable sized inner tube, like a condom.
Means a few extra seconds to roll it down, but then it's still on your bike, rather than in the jacket you left at home...

Great idea, thanks. Don't want the pump in my pocket in case I come off!

meanredspider

davis wrote:

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

itboffin wrote:

hoy hand road pump because my topeak died and the o ring replacement kit did nowt

top tip keep your pump in your jersey pocket, when there mounted on the frame water and mud destroys it

Or have it in a suitable sized inner tube, like a condom.
Means a few extra seconds to roll it down, but then it's still on your bike, rather than in the jacket you left at home...

Great idea, thanks. Don't want the pump in my pocket in case I come off!

I use CO2 and have a micropump as back-up. I keep both in the tool bottle (along with patches, lever, chain link, spare tube(s), tool and emergency blanket) on the bike.

itboffin

i tried that over the exposed seals, didnt work perhaps I need a MTB inner tube

bendertherobot

Found a really cheap Assos ij.habu in python green. Had to have it.

spasypaddy

dura ace c50 wheels

ryan_w-2

8w old Basset Hound

meanredspider

Ryan_W wrote:

8w old Basset Hound

Disc or rim brakes?

N0bodyOfTheGoat

gabriel959 wrote:

That Wiggle voucher is probably the best voucher since sliced bread, if you like spending money that is . It sometimes works in baskets under £50.

I have just bought a Garmin Combo mount for my Virb and my 520, another Craft baselayer and a chain keeper for £36. Bargain.

Has anyone used "wigglelove" code on baskets over £50 as an existing member and still had Topcashback tracked?

If so, surely it's a no-brainer to order a £44 Polar H7 sensor from them and a £9 spare cassette?

drwae

NitrousOxide wrote:

gabriel959 wrote:

That Wiggle voucher is probably the best voucher since sliced bread, if you like spending money that is . It sometimes works in baskets under £50.

I have just bought a Garmin Combo mount for my Virb and my 520, another Craft baselayer and a chain keeper for £36. Bargain.

Has anyone used "wigglelove" code on baskets over £50 as an existing member and still had Topcashback tracked?

If so, surely it's a no-brainer to order a £44 Polar H7 sensor from them and a £9 spare cassette?

I'm wondering if a anyone has used it as an existing member period. as it says it's only valid for new members?

daniel_b

Ryan_W wrote:

8w old Basset Hound

I read that as 8 Watts! :oops:

wolfsbane2k

meanredspider wrote:

Ryan_W wrote:

8w old Basset Hound

Disc or rim brakes?

I think that in species it's all in the ears.... Drag chute or self locking legs.

N0bodyOfTheGoat

drwae wrote:

NitrousOxide wrote:

gabriel959 wrote:

That Wiggle voucher is probably the best voucher since sliced bread, if you like spending money that is . It sometimes works in baskets under £50.

I have just bought a Garmin Combo mount for my Virb and my 520, another Craft baselayer and a chain keeper for £36. Bargain.

Has anyone used "wigglelove" code on baskets over £50 as an existing member and still had Topcashback tracked?

If so, surely it's a no-brainer to order a £44 Polar H7 sensor from them and a £9 spare cassette?

I'm wondering if a anyone has used it as an existing member period. as it says it's only valid for new members?

I pulled the trigger last night on the H7 sensor and a pair of orange Dafeet E-touch Dura Neon gloves, £10 code worked fine.

I discovered the HG41 cassette was being sold at £9, the same as the presumably better HG51 at Ribble, where I'm almost certainly going to order an FSA No.11N headset from a bit later.

Now where I did mess up at Wiggle was I clicked my Topcashback app window in the top corner of the pc desktop (tells you cashback at sites you visit), which took me to TCB site and I then clicked the top "get cashback" link without scrolling down the page. After buying, I closed the Wiggle window, TCB did its usual thing of saying it recorded the visit, but I then scrolled down their page for Wiggle to find a link for cashback and £10 off £50.
It's exactly the same code, but because I did not use TCB's link, I'm concerned I won't get the cashback (no sign of it yet).
https://www.topcashback.co.uk/wiggle_online_cycle_shop/

drwae

Hmm if it recorded the visit and you went on it later it should be ok! It can take a while to track sometimes. I signed up to a mobile contract and didn't get the confirmation email about cashback until the next day but that was quidco.

solstice21

Bike specific cleaning brushes. Have seen the light after one use!

gabriel959

NitrousOxide wrote:

drwae wrote:

NitrousOxide wrote:

gabriel959 wrote:

That Wiggle voucher is probably the best voucher since sliced bread, if you like spending money that is . It sometimes works in baskets under £50.

I have just bought a Garmin Combo mount for my Virb and my 520, another Craft baselayer and a chain keeper for £36. Bargain.

Has anyone used "wigglelove" code on baskets over £50 as an existing member and still had Topcashback tracked?

If so, surely it's a no-brainer to order a £44 Polar H7 sensor from them and a £9 spare cassette?

I'm wondering if a anyone has used it as an existing member period. as it says it's only valid for new members?

I pulled the trigger last night on the H7 sensor and a pair of orange Dafeet E-touch Dura Neon gloves, £10 code worked fine.

I discovered the HG41 cassette was being sold at £9, the same as the presumably better HG51 at Ribble, where I'm almost certainly going to order an FSA No.11N headset from a bit later.

Now where I did mess up at Wiggle was I clicked my Topcashback app window in the top corner of the pc desktop (tells you cashback at sites you visit), which took me to TCB site and I then clicked the top "get cashback" link without scrolling down the page. After buying, I closed the Wiggle window, TCB did its usual thing of saying it recorded the visit, but I then scrolled down their page for Wiggle to find a link for cashback and £10 off £50.
It's exactly the same code, but because I did not use TCB's link, I'm concerned I won't get the cashback (no sign of it yet).
https://www.topcashback.co.uk/wiggle_online_cycle_shop/

I have used it with Quidco around 6 or 7 times in the last couple of months, it has tracked every time.

Yesterday I bought

2 Cycology trunks
A morvelo t-shirt
a muc-off sponge

£37 all in.

I figured out that the £50 doesn't take into account the rewards. So if you are like me a compulsive buyer, you will have Platinum, so a £44 purchase (with £6 reward saving) will also trigger the code.

Man Of Lard

A Wippermann Connex 10s8 chain for the same price as an OEM bagged Shimano. Mostly to see if it lasts any longer...

Set of Tacx jockey wheels with stainless steel bearings (got to be better than the Shimano ones in terms of free running). (Decathlon - free delivery to my (haha) "local" Asda which is 15 miles away)

DrLex

Hovering over the buy it button on an Ultegra Di2 group set; is it worth £450 more than regular mech?
(Disc version)

Ben6899

Carbon wheels for the Sunday best.
Campagnolo compatible Fulcrum freehub (to move the SUnday best wheels onto the winter bike).
Bar tape for the Sunday best.
Longer stem for the Sunday best.

Currently eyeing up SRAM eTap.

drwae

- Garmin Edge 520
- Another pair of padded underwear
- Spare roll of bar tape
- Two cycling water bottles cause I use aluminium screw ones at the moment and have to stop to drink
By the time I get my cashback from AMEX and Quidco it will have cost me £150 all in

N0bodyOfTheGoat

Anyone here tried to use Topcashback recently with a Wiggle purchase?

I can't accurately recall the delay from ordering a few bits last September to getting recognition in my Topcashback account dashboard (plus an e-mail) to say the purchase had been tracked, I think it was within a few hours, but I'm still waiting for anything to show up from Saturday's purchase of the Dafeet gloves and Polar H7.

drwae

NitrousOxide wrote:

Anyone here tried to use Topcashback recently with a Wiggle purchase?

I can't accurately recall the delay from ordering a few bits last September to getting recognition in my Topcashback account dashboard (plus an e-mail) to say the purchase had been tracked, I think it was within a few hours, but I'm still waiting for anything to show up from Saturday's purchase of the Dafeet gloves and Polar H7.

I just checked my TCB and the last tracked Wiggle purchase was 17th Jan.
I ordered something else only about a week ago and another probably a week before that? So no it's not just you... my last two haven't tracked


Thinking of upgrading the shifters on my bike from 105 5800 to DA as I heard they feel 100x better, any thoughts? worth the money? any idea how much I could get for the 105 5800 shifters if I was to sell them after upgrading?

daniel_b

I ordered a couple of sweat guards, and an ant stick today, and used the discount code. Had tracked on tcb 2 hours later. Recent ones may not have tracked though, so there may have been a glitch.
You can make a manual claim I think, date and order number etc.

Never tried Dura ace, but would be surprised if they felt 100 x better.

As for value, just search for what a new pair are going for, and factor in condition and usage.

prawny

Discovered cracking around the spoke holes on my commuter yesterday during a routine service, going to see if they're under warranty as I've not had the bike a year yet but in the meantime I've bought some Aksium Disc wheels to get me by. Not fitted them yet, but they look pretty slick I have to say. Fingers crossed they're robust enough.

DrLex

New bike build starts - pair of Schwalbe one tyres yesterday; Ritchey Streem 'bars & 4-axis stem today. Thanks to WIGGLELOVE code, it's £50 at a time. Anyone know a vanillabikes one?

indyp

DrLex wrote:

Hovering over the buy it button on an Ultegra Di2 group set; is it worth £450 more than regular mech?
(Disc version)

I'd say the difference in use might not be worth £450 more, but the sound of Di2 when changing gear may be

meanredspider

indyP wrote:

DrLex wrote:

Hovering over the buy it button on an Ultegra Di2 group set; is it worth £450 more than regular mech?
(Disc version)

I'd say the difference in use might not be worth £450 more, but the sound of Di2 when changing gear may be

The shifters are a much nicer shape on Di2 than mech IMHO. In fact, it's hard to tell the difference between the Di2 hydraulic shifters and Di2 rim shifters. Only you can say whether the benefits of Di2 and the better aesthetic are worth it. I thought so.