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

bendertherobot

This jersey,



and a shed load of their socks, and some arm warmers (the dotted ones)

elbowloh

Didn't want to start a new thread just for this and didn't know where else to out it.

Quite like the look of the Paul Powerglide.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2018/jun/07/10-weird-and-wonderful-derailleurs-and-how-they-changed-cycling

bmxboy10

Sram Etap for the Tarmac

All on Evans Ride to Work too!

dazz_ni45

S-Works Tarmac frameset and finishing kit
Ultregra R8050 groupset

The search now starts for a set of reasonably light and reasonably priced 45/50mm carbon clinchers

daniel_b

dazz_ni45 wrote:

S-Works Tarmac frameset and finishing kit
Ultregra R8050 groupset

The search now starts for a set of reasonably light and reasonably priced 45/50mm carbon clinchers

dazz, was it your goodself who wanted to know about the Bobike child seat thingy?
I finally fitted it a couple of weeks ago if so.

What do you term reasonably priced for the clinchers, and what weight are you prepared to accept?

shirley_basso

dazz_ni45 wrote:

S-Works Tarmac frameset and finishing kit
Ultregra R8050 groupset

The search now starts for a set of reasonably light and reasonably priced 45/50mm carbon clinchers

SL6? Jealous if so.

dazz_ni45

Daniel B wrote:

dazz_ni45 wrote:

S-Works Tarmac frameset and finishing kit
Ultregra R8050 groupset

The search now starts for a set of reasonably light and reasonably priced 45/50mm carbon clinchers

dazz, was it your goodself who wanted to know about the Bobike child seat thingy?
I finally fitted it a couple of weeks ago if so.

What do you term reasonably priced for the clinchers, and what weight are you prepared to accept?

Hi Daniel, yes it was as I was considering it for holidays last year, but our little girl is now past that stage too! Time goes too fast

Hoping for under 1500g for the carbon clinchers. I've a set of Mavic Cosmic Pro Carbon SL-C which I can use but I'd rather have something a bit deeper and I'd like to leave them on the Supersix Hi-Mod

dazz_ni45

Shirley Basso wrote:

dazz_ni45 wrote:

S-Works Tarmac frameset and finishing kit
Ultregra R8050 groupset

The search now starts for a set of reasonably light and reasonably priced 45/50mm carbon clinchers

SL6? Jealous if so.

Yes a SL6 in the Sagan Superstar colourway. It deserves Dura Ace but more than the budget can stretch to at the moment so the plan is to use Ultegra for a year and then move it to one of the other bikes if/when I can accord Dura Ace so more than likely it will end up staying on the S-Works!

chunkytfg

6months almost to the day and those pesky Italians finally bothered to pull there fingers out and supply me with what I ordered! Bike shop building it for me next week

[Its the Blue one in the middle by the way]

IMG_5014 by chunkytfg, on Flickr

dazz_ni45

dazz_ni45 wrote:

S-Works Tarmac frameset and finishing kit
Ultregra R8050 groupset

The search now starts for a set of reasonably light and reasonably priced 45/50mm carbon clinchers

Roval CLX 50s now bought so bar cages and garmin mount etc that's everything sorted

itboffin

move along nothing to see here, this MASSHOOF box has always been in the hallway

dhope

itboffin wrote:

move along nothing to see here, this MASSHOOF box has always been in the hallway

Alright, I'll bite :roll:
Whatcha got? Is it lunch?

itboffin

what box? there's no box

daniel_b

veronese68

dhope wrote:

itboffin wrote:

move along nothing to see here, this MASSHOOF box has always been in the hallway

Alright, I'll bite :roll:
Whatcha got? Is it lunch?

That would explain why it's so big.

dhope

Veronese68 wrote:

dhope wrote:

itboffin wrote:

move along nothing to see here, this MASSHOOF box has always been in the hallway

Alright, I'll bite :roll:
Whatcha got? Is it lunch?

That would explain why it's so big.

itboffin

is 25 set of road wheels and 3 sets of MTB wheels a bit excessive?

itboffin

too many MTB wheels right?

Wheelspinner

itboffin wrote:

too many MTB wheels right?

If they’re 29’ers they are really just wide road wheels anyway.

veronese68

dhope wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

dhope wrote:

itboffin wrote:

move along nothing to see here, this MASSHOOF box has always been in the hallway

Alright, I'll bite :roll:
Whatcha got? Is it lunch?

That would explain why it's so big.

Yes, that's obvious now. I was clearly suffering with a larger dose of stupid that normal. :oops:

Bought a couple of small bits recently, nothing exciting. Need to buy some more stuff in the not too distant, really want something that I don't think exists though. I want a Shimano 1x hydraulic disc CX groupset but it looks like I'll have to lash something together.

daniel_b

Not bought anything yet, but have tried a speculative price match with Tredz, to see if they will price match Sigma Sports on the Mavic Pro Carbon Cosmic Exalith wheels.
Have asked of they will match with the TRI100 code lopping them down to £766.
Plus if I go through Tredz, will get circa £15 cashback through TCB.
I was going to wait until next year to go through C2W, but there are no guarantees that the price will be £766, or £866, and it could be over the 1k limit.
Frustratingly Evans no longer price match Sigma :-(

The reason I want these specifically, is that I currently run Mavic wheels with Exalith wheels, so would not need to faff about with changing brake pads.

Any other manufacturer out there sell a rim braked wheel but with an enhanced braking surface?

roger_merriman

Some PD-M520 since i'm finding both the gravel and commute MTB i'm getting a hot spot on my right foot, always have been prone to it, but I've a tendency to grind in big gears etc.

the newer commute shoes i've fitted the cleats to, and we'll see how these fare.

apreading

roger merriman wrote:

Some PD-M520 since i'm finding both the gravel and commute MTB i'm getting a hot spot on my right foot, always have been prone to it, but I've a tendency to grind in big gears etc.

the newer commute shoes i've fitted the cleats to, and we'll see how these fare.

Should try M530 - might help with the hot spots.

MisterMuncher

Daniel B wrote:

Not bought anything yet, but have tried a speculative price match with Tredz, to see if they will price match Sigma Sports on the Mavic Pro Carbon Cosmic Exalith wheels.
Have asked of they will match with the TRI100 code lopping them down to £766.
Plus if I go through Tredz, will get circa £15 cashback through TCB.
I was going to wait until next year to go through C2W, but there are no guarantees that the price will be £766, or £866, and it could be over the 1k limit.
Frustratingly Evans no longer price match Sigma :-(

The reason I want these specifically, is that I currently run Mavic wheels with Exalith wheels, so would not need to faff about with changing brake pads.

Any other manufacturer out there sell a rim braked wheel but with an enhanced braking surface?

Hed
DT Swiss.

roger_merriman

apreading wrote:

roger merriman wrote:

Some PD-M520 since i'm finding both the gravel and commute MTB i'm getting a hot spot on my right foot, always have been prone to it, but I've a tendency to grind in big gears etc.

the newer commute shoes i've fitted the cleats to, and we'll see how these fare.

Should try M530 - might help with the hot spots.

Only been on the 520 for 8 miles it’s only my right foot, I’m generally a flat pedal, but combination of a tenancy to push higher gears plus more awkward to keep track of gears on road shifters ie no indication.

I for some reason also end up clipping the chain stay with flats on that bike, been a good 6/7 years since last time I went clipless, this far it’s like riding a bike or something!

keef66

The support and stiffness of the shoe is more important than the pedal if you're trying to avoid hot-spots. My old SPD touring shoes were fine for years, but I think they started to flex more as they grew older and I could feel the small contact point of the M520 / M540 pedals especially in my right foot.

I've just bought some stiffer 3 bolt shoes / SPD-SL pedals and first impressions are good. Bit trickier clipping in initially, and clearly no good for walking, but they feel like the pressure is well distributed over the entire fore-foot.

If you want walkability and double sided SPD pedals you could try a stiffer, possibly carbon soled MTB type shoe

apreading

keef66 wrote:

The support and stiffness of the shoe is more important than the pedal if you're trying to avoid hot-spots. My old SPD touring shoes were fine for years, but I think they started to flex more as they grew older and I could feel the small contact point of the M520 / M540 pedals especially in my right foot.

I think that is a valid point to a degree but the smaller you make the contact point the more likely a hot spot is surely?

Either way is distributing the load over a larger area - wider pedals or stiffer soles. One may be more effective than the other but either will help.

I have had floppy hike-a-bike shoes and proper shimano mtb shoes and never had a hot spot but I had M424s and M530s which have a cage so give a bigger contact point. I do have some M520s on the mountain bike now as an experiment and they seem OK so far but when they wear out I will replace with one of the two I normally use with a cage. I wouldnt like to use the M520s with floppy shoes that is for sure.

lettingthedaysgoby

Specialised Power Expert saddle.

smokey_bacon

Rapha doing a 25% off code at the moment so nabbed a pair of core bibshorts.

daniel_b

May have to get me some yellow decals though........ thinking one per side, and leave the other two as is.