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

The_Wicker_Man

Rapha MIPS helmet for £160

wolfsbane2k

Lancew wrote:

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The bike workshop begins...

Deciding whether to order a vice and a desk based bike stand to replace my freestanding one...

How are you getting on with that? I've finally managed to get space in the garage for a workshop.

gabriel959

Wrecked my cheap lifeline pedal wrench so went ahead and bought a Park Tool PW4 Pedal wrench. It cost £20 so it better be good
Also bought two Michelin lightweight butyl tubes (around £4.50 each from Ribble too)
And a Token chain keeper in blue for my Jamis (£8 from Wiggle)
And some For Goodness Shakes vanilla powder for work (£18), for when I do longer rides to work.

meanredspider

gabriel959 wrote:

Wrecked my cheap lifeline pedal wrench so went ahead and bought a Park Tool PW4 Pedal wrench. It cost £20 so it better be good

If it's anything like the Park one I have, it's reassuringly industrial.

davis

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Lancew wrote:

Deciding whether to order a vice and a desk based bike stand to replace my freestanding one...

How are you getting on with that? I've finally managed to get space in the garage for a workshop.

Actually, while we're on the subject (kinda), does anyone want a big mechanics vice?

Bit like this

Except I think the photo is of a No. 4 whereas I've got a Record No. 6 (6" / 150mm wide jaws) to be getting rid of... To be honest it's probably a bit big for bike work.

Reason I'm asking here is because it weighs something like 30 kilos and the prospect of shipping that much metal via eBay things doesn't really appeal...

gabriel959

meanredspider wrote:

gabriel959 wrote:

Wrecked my cheap lifeline pedal wrench so went ahead and bought a Park Tool PW4 Pedal wrench. It cost £20 so it better be good

If it's anything like the Park one I have, it's reassuringly industrial.

That exactly what I want, I could have spent £10-£15 and bought something that probably would have lasted me 10 years, like the one I had, but I think this one would probably last me a lifetime.

k1875

davis wrote:

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Lancew wrote:

Deciding whether to order a vice and a desk based bike stand to replace my freestanding one...

How are you getting on with that? I've finally managed to get space in the garage for a workshop.

Actually, while we're on the subject (kinda), does anyone want a big mechanics vice?

Bit like this

Except I think the photo is of a No. 4 whereas I've got a Record No. 6 (6" / 150mm wide jaws) to be getting rid of... To be honest it's probably a bit big for bike work.

Reason I'm asking here is because it weighs something like 30 kilos and the prospect of shipping that much metal via eBay things doesn't really appeal...

I have just looked up how much a vice costs. Holy **** :shock:

luv2ride

Park Tools rear hanger alignment tool (DAG 2.2)
FSA Energy Wing Pro compact bars with grey decals (42cm ctc) - to replace the stock bars on my Solace. Prefer this size, the slight flare to the drops and the flat top.
Both from CRC, and with BC discount just over £100..

Oh, and a sleeveless "performance" base layer from Aldi for 7 quid. I have two of their compression long sleeve variants which work really well as a winter base layer. This also looks incredibly good for the money. Size small gives a good compression fit on my 38" frame

wolfsbane2k

Blasted Halfords 20% off sale, and hopefully another 10% BC and 10% through prepaid gift card...
Super Tourist DX Disc rack:a steal at what should be under £20 (i'm well into the MTX Quicktrack ecosystem already...)
KMC X10-73 x2
KMX X9-93 x2
They had no cassettes or studded winter tyres which I wanted though, which annoyed me.

Taylor-Wheels MTB wheelset
https://www.taylor-wheels.com/taylor-wh ... m525-black
https://www.taylor-wheels.com/taylor-wh ... m525-black

2x of Shimano RT66 6 bolt disc rotors.

And that's my signature proven yet again for this month.

gabriel959

Yep the Halfords sale was too good and couldn't resist. 20% off, plus 15% off via cycling vouchers through my work plus 7% cashback via Quidco. Basically I have paid £71 for all of this

Continental GP 4000S II in 700x23 x 2
KMC X10-73 x 1
Shimano PD-A530 SPD Pedals

An absolute bargain!

wolfsbane2k

gabriel959 wrote:

Yep the Halfords sale was too good and couldn't resist. 20% off, plus 15% off via cycling vouchers through my work plus 7% cashback via Quidco. Basically I have paid £71 for all of this

Continental GP 4000S II in 700x23 x 2
KMC X10-73 x 1
Shimano PD-A530 SPD Pedals

An absolute bargain!

Pedals.
Arse, I knew I needed something else. M424s...
15% via vouchers is cracking, max I normally get is 7, so was happy to get 10.

gabriel959

Yep, I am on IBM Rewards and they are coincidentally having a 15% off Halfords vouchers this week. I don't have BC so your saving is pretty similar to mine.

N0bodyOfTheGoat

Part of the reason I held back on Conti tyres last night from Halfords flash sale was because I was deliberating my first dedicated GPS cycle gizmo, which after traditional agonising for ~24 hours, has been made...

https://www.probikekit.co.uk/bicycle-co ... 46427.html

£102.95

wolfsbane2k

4 Marathon Winter studded tyres at 14.51 each. I've never seen them so cheap.
2x 26x2" for the MTB
2x 700x35c for the CX bike i'll be buying next year..

N0bodyOfTheGoat

Finally got round to checking out Lidl's bike gear, although while starting to write this, I've just realised I forgot to look for the bibs and jersey!

Oh well, five £4 tubes of three flavours of electrolyte tabs, plus two pairs (redundancy planning) of the tri-lens glasses after my 10-year old Aldi pair died at the weekend.

Plus two 2l bottles of diet cola for 17p each... 17p!!!1! :shock: :P

hopkinb

27mm Vittoria Open Paves in all black, which I've just levered onto my tubeless-ready rims with no small degree of difficulty. The outgoing tyres were more cut than rubber.

Miniature Ortlieb saddlebag with ICS clip to replace the fizik one whose zip had bust. No zip on the Ortlieb, so hopefully greater longevity.

daniel_b

Not in stock for a week, but order placed, to replace my now struggling 305 which has served me well for a number of years.



Embrace its inate black and yellowness.

davis

redvee wrote:

Grant2307 wrote:

Just bought a Camelbak Podium water bottle from wiggle.

It's the only bottle I use now, nozzle can be pulled off to clean and have a Podium Chill on it's way from Wiggle along with a pair of bib shorts.

Just came on here to say thanks. It's not the most exciting item in the world but the Camelbak Podium is Just Better (tm).

luv2ride

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

4 Marathon Winter studded tyres at 14.51 each. I've never seen them so cheap.
2x 26x2" for the MTB
2x 700x35c for the CX bike i'll be buying next year..

Where...? ACycles? Just looked at the 700 x 35mm, but at 920g per tyre I wasn't so sure :shock: Have often been tempted, but at the weight are they THAT worth it?

wolfsbane2k

Luv2ride wrote:

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

4 Marathon Winter studded tyres at 14.51 each. I've never seen them so cheap.
2x 26x2" for the MTB
2x 700x35c for the CX bike i'll be buying next year..

Where...? ACycles? Just looked at the 700 x 35mm, but at 920g per tyre I wasn't so sure :shock: Have often been tempted, but at the weight are they THAT worth it?

Yeah, Acycles. I got Snow studs(same weight, less studs) for this price last year and they were "just" adequate, but the marathon winters were £35 each, and i wasn't sure i would ride every day even if it was icy. Turns out i did, but still came off 3 times on sheet ice as I couldn't stay in a straight line with them fitted on the ice and ended up in "tank slapper" situations.
I did 900 miles on them - they hurt, but i got to work in one piece when the temp was subzero in the shade for days at a time through fords and flooded rivers that i wouldn't have even tried without them.
So for £30, less than the price of a taxi to work and back ( no viable other PT route) it's worth it.

thepeopleschamp

Luv2ride wrote:

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

4 Marathon Winter studded tyres at 14.51 each. I've never seen them so cheap.
2x 26x2" for the MTB
2x 700x35c for the CX bike i'll be buying next year..

Where...? ACycles? Just looked at the 700 x 35mm, but at 920g per tyre I wasn't so sure :shock: Have often been tempted, but at the weight are they THAT worth it?

I already own the 700x35c for my main commuter. These got me to work fine for the past two winters, they've heavy but not uncomfortably so, you just go a bit slower.

pro tip: keep a track pump at work. I ran low pressure on the way in, on the way home the ice was usually gone so I always pump again before I leave.

& thanks to whoever spotted this as I just ordered 26x2" for the MTB. Two reasons - I only have one set of wheels and I can't always to a*sed to swap tyres over in the morning, so now the MTB becomes the ice bike.

And I do feel a bit sketchy on ice on the CX bike, I think it's the body position or being higher up, or just that 35c isn't that wide, who knows but I'm happier knowing I'm on the MTB this year!

wolfsbane2k

ThePeoplesChamp wrote:

I already own the 700x35c for my main commuter. These got me to work fine for the past two winters, they've heavy but not uncomfortably so, you just go a bit slower.

pro tip: keep a track pump at work. I ran low pressure on the way in, on the way home the ice was usually gone so I always pump again before I leave.

& thanks to whoever spotted this as I just ordered 26x2" for the MTB. Two reasons - I only have one set of wheels and I can't always to a*sed to swap tyres over in the morning, so now the MTB becomes the ice bike.

And I do feel a bit sketchy on ice on the CX bike, I think it's the body position or being higher up, or just that 35c isn't that wide, who knows but I'm happier knowing I'm on the MTB this year!

Glad to be of assistance . That was my setup last year with the inferior "Snow studs" , and will be this year with these.

asprilla

A chain lock.

Bought a u-lock to leave at work yesterday in anticipation of my first ride to this office. Turns out the racks don't include anything that allows you to attach the frame to the rack with a u-lock.

greg66_tri_v2.0

2018 Bora One 35 tubs.

For winter.

Excited

itboffin

Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:

2018 Bora One 35 tubs.

For winter.

Excited

ha! :roll:

greg66_tri_v2.0

I know, right! I can already hear all that wet gritty wintry goodness grinding into the brake track.

As I don't slow down...

At all...

grant2307

As I mentioned recently I bought a Camelbak Podium and was impressed, I then found they do a 4 wall insulation bottle version.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/camelbak-podium ... er-bottle/

One of the reviews mentioned he stuck some ice in and 2 hours later there was a couple cubes left, not sure how truthful it is, but if my drink stays colder for longer than half hour I will be happy.

daniel_b

I have one ice, and four chills, and very good they are too. Makes a big difference when riding in hot conditions.

bendertherobot

A Canyon Endurace CF 9.0 (Ultegra)

Cos I am doing the Marmotte see. And cos I needed to swap to a compact, and get lighter wheels. And it's cheaper to sell the Supersix and get a brand new bike than doing that.

reformedfatty

Pre-ordered a 2018 Diamondback Heist 3.0 to try out these new fangled standards like 1*11, 27.5+ boost hubs, stealth dropper etc. Selected on the basis that I'm pretty sure a hire bike I rode near Aviemore was a DIamondback Heist and it was good.

Wife was not thrilled about it, especially when I pointed out that it was her fault for stealing my Cotic Soul for her own use.