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

DrLex

Aw hell; I think I may just do it - last bike and all that... Thanks for the comments.

daniel_b

DrLex wrote:

Aw hell; I think I may just do it - last bike for the time being... Thanks for the comments.

FTFY

kleinstroker

Bought ultegra 11 speed chain then threw it away, complete rubbish, links bent, never again. Sticking to Stam or KMC

drwae

kleinstroker wrote:

Bought ultegra 11 speed chain then threw it away, complete rubbish, links bent, never again. Sticking to Stam or KMC

I find kmc very good, the 11 speed one that is £15/16 on ribble... never tried shimano chains tbh, I like things easy and the lack of missing link puts me off

prawny

Just spent my cashback money on enough innertubes to get free postage from Wiggle. 7, as it happens. Turns out I only have 1 spare, erk!

smokey_bacon

One of these through cycle to work

greenamex2

Ortlieb Micro saddle bag.

Mostly because someone stole my £13 Bontrager micro saddle bag, along with forty quids worth of tools...from a CCTV covered secure car park.

Really impressed with the quality, and very easy to detach/refit!

So far it contains an inner tube, chain link, tyre patches, CO2 inflator with two bottles, pretty big multi tool with chain tool/tyre levers. And room left over.

I guess every cloud has a silver lining.

Quins

A pair of uvex glasses in the canyon sale, variable lenses, match my new lid. Checked prices as there's a bit of a debate in the bargains thread about inflated rrp, even with £6 plus postage they appear to,be about £10-15 cheaper than elsewhere.

luv2ride

greenamex2 wrote:

Ortlieb Micro saddle bag.

Mostly because someone stole my £13 Bontrager micro saddle bag, along with forty quids worth of tools...from a CCTV covered secure car park.

Really impressed with the quality, and very easy to detach/refit!

So far it contains an inner tube, chain link, tyre patches, CO2 inflator with two bottles, pretty big multi tool with chain tool/tyre levers. And room left over.

I guess every cloud has a silver lining.

I've got two. Great, apart from the fact they rattle like you wouldn't believe after a while. Probably due to the plastic mating surfaces on the QR assembly wearing down over time, and no amount of packing with masking tape etc seems to have solved it. Hope you have better luck!

greenamex2

Luv2ride wrote:

greenamex2 wrote:

Ortlieb Micro saddle bag.

Mostly because someone stole my £13 Bontrager micro saddle bag, along with forty quids worth of tools...from a CCTV covered secure car park.

Really impressed with the quality, and very easy to detach/refit!

So far it contains an inner tube, chain link, tyre patches, CO2 inflator with two bottles, pretty big multi tool with chain tool/tyre levers. And room left over.

I guess every cloud has a silver lining.

I've got two. Great, apart from the fact they rattle like you wouldn't believe after a while. Probably due to the plastic mating surfaces on the QR assembly wearing down over time, and no amount of packing with masking tape etc seems to have solved it. Hope you have better luck!

Thanks for the heads up. If that happens I am in the fortunate position to be to do something about it...I have a milling machine.

keef66

I just got a Topeak seat pack to replace one that's disintegrating after 10 years. I'd noticed that their newer clip-on ones had a rear loop that's too narrow to take the clip on my Cateye rear light. This strap-on version is happily OK.

I also got a second, cheaper rear light, but I'm now struggling to see where / how I can mount it because of it's shape, it's mounting bracket, and the fact I'm a short@rse with not so much seatpost showing. Think it's going to have to go in the gap between the top of the rear mudguard and the underside of the seatpack, either on the seatpost or the very top of the seatstay...

Oh, and some Sorpasso bibtights

itboffin

I've bought a set of Schwalbe Ultremo Aqua Wet Weather Road Tyres but can't really find much in the way of reviews other than the odd very sticky grippy but wear out fast in the dry ....whatever that might be

DrLex

More bits for the bike build - mudguards, bar tape, tubes, di2 seatpost mount, braze-on adaptor. Just can't quite bring myself to push the button on the groupset until the cut-off date on my credit card billing cycle. Otherwise it'll be paid for before I get the frameset.

itboffin

More brake blocks and gear cables, winter is so cruel

bikes`n`guns

Prendas oversocks for my cold wee toes.

DrLex

Having had a helpful email from the shop, warning of low stock, I've just ordered up the Di2 set. Fun times ahead!

redvee

A Giro Foray helmet from Cycle Surgery for Winstanleys price plue postage made it £31.

bendertherobot

Rapha Cross jersey down to £60.

And, bought a Rapha long sleeve Brevet wind jersey. Had a £25 code. Net cost of that £145 garment, £42.50 (it's reduced to £72.50 at the moment)

Initialised

Hope Red Jockey Wheels

luv2ride

bendertherobot wrote:

Rapha Cross jersey down to £60.

And, bought a Rapha long sleeve Brevet wind jersey. Had a £25 code. Net cost of that £145 garment, £42.50 (it's reduced to £72.50 at the moment)

Don't tell me that's the Alpha insulated one?! Had my eye on that as thought it looked good at 150 notes (similar to the Sportful one i have but arguably better looking). Sounds like a proper bargain....

bendertherobot

Nah, this one:

http://www.rapha.cc/gb/en/shop/brevet-l ... BWB01LSPUR

Not everyone's cup of tea colour wise, hence the reduction I guess.

I reviewed it here, it is a good piece.

https://roubaixcycling.cc/2016/10/19/ra ... of-jersey/

But for £42.50 or even £72.50 it's a bloody great thing, on CERTAIN days.

Man Of Lard

A spare derailleur hanger - I have one somewhere, but buggered if I can find it. Oh well, spare spare when I do.

Anonymous

Stocking up on summer kit :-

Just taken delivery of three pairs of Castelli socks for the summer .... cheap pricing , fast delivery ( well packaged) cheap postal charges and free returns if required

http://Www.alwaysriding.co.uk


2 x Castelli Quattro 3 in white
1x Castelli Rosso corsa 6 in red

Very happy customer

luv2ride

Sportful Fiandre Extreme in medium arrived:

Gutted, 0.5 size too small. Tried a large last year and was just a tad too big. Lovely bit of kit, and eye-searingly bright. Back to Evans it goes....typical I'm between sizes as have been after the jacket for ages.

This arrived too. Colour is marmite, and probably highly impractical, but got it for only 65 quid. Really can't decide whether to keep, but not blown away by it given everything I've read....bought in medium and slightly baggy around the midriff. Hmmm....

bendertherobot

Sounds too big. Alpha's are definitely not baggy round the midriff!

hopkinb

Uvex sportstyle 202 race vario. Photochromatic glasses in the Canyon clearance sale. Seem great for £32.

luv2ride

bendertherobot wrote:

Sounds too big. Alpha's are definitely not baggy round the midriff!

That's what I thought, but doesn't look as fitted on me as the picture above. My Perfetto SS in medium is quite a bit tighter in comparison. Remember going through a few Gabbas before getting a good fit, seemed stated sizes differed between Castelli factories. This Alpha jersey is "made in Moldova" :?

apreading

Luv2ride wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

Sounds too big. Alpha's are definitely not baggy round the midriff!

That's what I thought, but doesn't look as fitted on me as the picture above. My Perfetto SS in medium is quite a bit tighter in comparison. Remember going through a few Gabbas before getting a good fit, seemed stated sizes differed between Castelli factories. This Alpha jersey is "made in Moldova" :?

You just need to eat a few more pies!

bendertherobot

I do think Castelli are very variable even between the same garment. Do you have an Evans close by to try a small?

Ben6899

A direct drive turbo and an Ambrosio cassette (Shimano spline, Campagnolo pitch) to go on it.

And a 7-day free trial of Zwift.