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

meanredspider

meanredspider wrote:

Daniel B wrote:

I bought a likely identical kit from Tredz for around £25. It's now sunning it up in Mauritius with my parents, and will hopefully be sufficient to fettle our two aging bikes that were sent across by sea.
First time used in anger will be June.

That's where I got mine (Tredz rather than Mauritius )

Well - I ordered it from Tredz but those idiots at DX failed to deliver it. I tried tracking the package and got a message to say that they neeeded more information. I then phoned the number, entered all my details again on the automated system, and was told they needed more information. Waited for 10 minutes on the phone (at 7p a minute....) Gave up. Called Tredz. They called DX and DX told them (eventually) that, although they had a postcode, they didn't have "Chippenham, Wilts" on their system so "couldn't deliver" :roll: WTF? Enter the postcode and it will land you at the end of my drive - exactly like the Dutch removals guys did....

Tredz have lost a customer because I won't order stuff from anybody that uses DX. I've told them to return the parcel and refund me.

daniel_b

Sorry to hear that MRS - DX are ummmm, pretty special it has to be said.
The antithesis of DPD.

I have just ordered a couple of these badgers for extra garage security.

meanredspider

I've had a root about tonight and found that I have a set of RS80s here fitted with a 12-23 cassette. I've also found a 12-30 cassette that I could fit to my C50 RS80s. I do need something to tighten that cassette onto that wheel. I might pop to Halfords tomorrow to ask if they'll do it for me.

Even if I was vaguely fit, 12-23 might be ambitious for the hills around here. As it is, I'm 10kg too heavy right now and supremely unfit having done less than 100k this year (thanks again, cancer). Halfords is the way to go.

meanredspider

All sorted and, I have to say, my local Halfords (Chippenham) was excellent.

Dropped by with my wheel to see if they'd tighten my cassette. They were very happy to do it but noticed that the locking ring I'd fitted was too small (who knew the locking ring for an 11T was smaller than a 12T). Tried to find me an old 12T locking ring but didn't have one. Anyhow, they sold me a new 12-28 105 10-sp cassette for £15 (shop price £50), fitted it AND cleaned my old cassette gratis too. Well done, Elliot - top service, sir.

indyp

Ultegra 6870 Di2 Groupset :shock:

was umming and arring whether to go mechanical or electronic for new build and up popped Di2 for a great price so went for it.

now looking forward to setting it all up when delivered midweek

markgoldstein

indyP wrote:

Ultegra 6870 Di2 Groupset :shock:

was umming and arring whether to go mechanical or electronic for new build and up popped Di2 for a great price so went for it.

now looking forward to setting it all up when delivered midweek

Where was the great price?

daniel_b

Will hazard a guess at Vanillabikes? Cashback through tcb available too.

rubertoe

meanredspider wrote:

All sorted and, I have to say, my local Halfords (Chippenham) was excellent.

Dropped by with my wheel to see if they'd tighten my cassette. They were very happy to do it but noticed that the locking ring I'd fitted was too small (who knew the locking ring for an 11T was smaller than a 12T). Tried to find me an old 12T locking ring but didn't have one. Anyhow, they sold me a new 12-28 105 10-sp cassette for £15 (shop price £50), fitted it AND cleaned my old cassette gratis too. Well done, Elliot - top service, sir.

Halfords is not all that bad....

itboffin

arc 31 wheels have arrived wow they're wide, like MTB wide i hope they fit the CAAD12, i havent weighed them yet but they do feel very heavy

N0bodyOfTheGoat

The disc arc31s were supposed to be ~2kg and 19mm inner rim width iirc.

I came close to buying a pair just in case i bought a Boardman cx or Arkose this year, but sense came back in the nick of time!

dinyull

Didn't understand the "bargain" element to those wheels.

Whilst I've had a run in with Mavic wheels, you can get Aksium Disc's for the same (reduced) price at approx the same weight.

itboffin

hand built ultra wide and cheap £140, Aksium are horrible wheels even the older better made one. Mind you i could have gone fulcrum disc or the new zonda disc, which i might still do, but for now these (if they fit) will do

dinyull

Wasn't there a thread on here a while back discussing the "hand-built" nature of Superstar wheels?

Superstar themselves had someone commenting on the thread.

Hand-built didn't mean hand-built if I remember correctly.

itboffin

phew they fit but my spiked 38c are not going to clear that rear stay

itboffin

Dinyull wrote:

Wasn't there a thread on here a while back discussing the "hand-built" nature of Superstar wheels?

Superstar themselves had someone commenting on the thread.

Hand-built didn't mean hand-built if I remember correctly.

Yeah i remember that, anyway I have to say the two other sets I have are very good and a steal at the time £80 i think they were, £140 for MASSHOOF rimmed disc, i'll try the 25c Michelin v2 endurance in a minute, those things are closer to 28c on narrow ish campag rims :roll:

dinyull

Yeah, they measure 28mm on my 19mm rims.

timothyw

Yeah, Superstar are machine built:

All of our wheels are built in the UK using the best equipment in the world. We work with Holland Mechanics who are leaders in wheelbuilding machinery and we commissioned a custom high end build line from them which hits our high standards for build quality and accuracy. The computer uses direct drive torque readings and 3 lasers to know exactly what is happening at every point of the rim, so with our equipment we know every single wheel is built within 0.2mm accuracy, with zero spoke twist and even spoke tension.

from - http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/about-us/

The weakness of the machine process is that there is no stress-relief applied to the spokes, and spoke tension is being measured from torque at the nipple - this is subject to too many unknowns about the friction between the nipple and spoke - wheelbuilders use dedicated spoke tensiometers which measure spoke deflection under a known force.

dhope

itboffin wrote:

phew they fit but my spiked 38c are not going to clear that rear stay

On the CAAD12 Disc?

Lbs reckoned the GP4000S 28s would have trouble on mine...
On deep section rims which seem to make them bulge a bit but still

vimfuego

Dinyull wrote:

Didn't understand the "bargain" element to those wheels.

Whilst I've had a run in with Mavic wheels, you can get Aksium Disc's for the same (reduced) price at approx the same weight.

Had Aksium's in the past - bloddy awful things. Nothing but trouble.

Been running the Arc31s for a couple of weeks now & all seems well - as moaned about/mentioned above they are probably on the heavy side, but running very nicely & no noticeable drop in speed / increase in effort to accompany them thus far. If they're anything like as reliable as my other Superstar wheels then it's looking good. Spokes don't seem to have immediately turned to wet spaghetti like on the former Aksiums yet anyway. Each to their own I guess - I'm only using them on the commuter (hybrid with 28s) rather than one of my road bikes, so maybe that's why I'm happy enough with em. Wouldn't be sticking them on the summer bike.

dinyull

Was questioning the bargain bit, nothing else. £140 for a disc wheelset at that weight was the norm when I was looking at buying my wheels.

daniel_b

I posted it as a £45 bargain, and then couldn't resist :? :oops:

bendertherobot

the orange and yellow 'pairs'

N0bodyOfTheGoat

Dinyull wrote:

Was questioning the bargain bit, nothing else. £140 for a disc wheelset at that weight was the norm when I was looking at buying my wheels.

The rim brake ARC wheels were a much better deal IMO, ~1500g for £140 in that Superstar payday deal, but I'd expect the disc version to be a decent upgrade over sub £1k off the peg bike default wheels.

daniel_b

bendertherobot wrote:

the orange and yellow 'pairs'

I'm liking the yellow pair - obviously - where did you get them from if you do not mind me asking, and what kind of thickness?

itboffin

dhope wrote:

itboffin wrote:

phew they fit but my spiked 38c are not going to clear that rear stay

On the CAAD12 Disc?

Lbs reckoned the GP4000S 28s would have trouble on mine...
On deep section rims which seem to make them bulge a bit but still

i was hoping they'd squeeze in but now i have it in the flesh i see that's not happening

itboffin

actually now the michelins are on they look good, no bulge but then 25 which measure 28 shouldnt, if however i do venture off road the first sign of mud and i'm going to be digging out the frame stays.

the CAAD12 is going to be very much a road disc bike, which is fine by me. Also to note the ARC31 max pressure is 80psi, i've been running those types at 100/95 on my campags with about 1mm clearance each side

bendertherobot

Daniel B wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

the orange and yellow 'pairs'

I'm liking the yellow pair - obviously - where did you get them from if you do not mind me asking, and what kind of thickness?

They'll be here tomorrow but summer weight apparently. Got them from leisure lakes.

itboffin

itboffin wrote:

actually now the michelins are on they look good, no bulge but then 25 which measure 28 shouldnt, if however i do venture off road the first sign of mud and i'm going to be digging out the frame stays.

the CAAD12 is going to be very much a road disc bike, which is fine by me. Also to note the ARC31 max pressure is 80psi, i've been running those types at 100/95 on my campags with about 1mm clearance each side

oh and they're tubeless ready which most budget road disc are not

Man Of Lard

vimfuego wrote:

Had Aksium's in the past - bloddy awful things. Nothing but trouble.

I echo that remark. Freehub made of Camembert.

apreading

itboffin wrote:

itboffin wrote:

actually now the michelins are on they look good, no bulge but then 25 which measure 28 shouldnt, if however i do venture off road the first sign of mud and i'm going to be digging out the frame stays.

the CAAD12 is going to be very much a road disc bike, which is fine by me. Also to note the ARC31 max pressure is 80psi, i've been running those types at 100/95 on my campags with about 1mm clearance each side

oh and they're tubeless ready which most budget road disc are not

Sounds like they are not just tubeless ready but almost tubeless mandatory with a max PSI of 80, unless you are light.