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

keef66

Daniel B wrote:

Just received this from PBK, £120 down to £54 - Ale kit continues to be the one that fits me best, they size up small though.
Also a more than half price pair of Ale R-EV1 bibshorts, with yellow detailing.

Are you not plagued by greenfly in the summer? My first car was a Renault 5 in a sickly yellow, and that was a magnet for all manner of winged insects

daniel_b

keef66 wrote:

Are you not plagued by greenfly in the summer? My first car was a Renault 5 in a sickly yellow, and that was a magnet for all manner of winged insects

lol, no not had that issue, bees and wasps sometimes yes, but I guess that comes with the territory

darkhairedlord

Daniel B wrote:

keef66 wrote:

Are you not plagued by greenfly in the summer? My first car was a Renault 5 in a sickly yellow, and that was a magnet for all manner of winged insects

lol, no not had that issue, bees and wasps sometimes yes, but I guess that comes with the territory

I wore a flouro yellow adidas shirt once on the coast path summer before last. Once! fly magnet...

Longshot

darkhairedlord wrote:

Daniel B wrote:

keef66 wrote:

Are you not plagued by greenfly in the summer? My first car was a Renault 5 in a sickly yellow, and that was a magnet for all manner of winged insects

lol, no not had that issue, bees and wasps sometimes yes, but I guess that comes with the territory

I wore a flouro yellow adidas shirt once on the coast path summer before last. Once! fly magnet...

In France this summer, whilst cycling to Paris, we discovered that any fluorescent yellow was a midge magnet. One poor guy looked like Pig Pen from Charlie Brown.

bendertherobot

bendertherobot wrote:

I've ordered the Rapha shake dry

Its superb. But I could fit my legs in the arms. Back it goes.

bigmat

bendertherobot wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

I've ordered the Rapha shake dry

Its superb. But I could fit my legs in the arms. Back it goes.

I don't get this. The fabric is down to Gore. The cut sounds terrible, so what about it is "superb"?

edward.s

the price

bendertherobot

BigMat wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

I've ordered the Rapha shake dry

Its superb. But I could fit my legs in the arms. Back it goes.

I don't get this. The fabric is down to Gore. The cut sounds terrible, so what about it is "superb"?

The fabric. It's a proper game changer, as everyone says. The torso, shoulder fit is excellent. But they've messed up the arms in my view. Parachute style.

The price would otherwise be excellent compared to the Gore. I'll try the Gore instead.

bendertherobot

Here is what the fit is like.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/5gZuFAgA9nWqyYyC9

bigmat

Is it a lot cheaper? Hadn't really picked up on that. Not sure what sizing I would go for with one of these. Would normally go race fit, but then it could be useful to size up so you could just use it over a normal winter jacket. I think I would probably need two, one for warmish weather and one for deep winter.

bendertherobot

20 quid cheaper at respective rrp. My issue is that the L deffo wont fit. So no opportunity to see if the arms would be tighter. In the stick pics, but not the road.cc review, the arms loom more race fit. Maybe it's an xl issue?

itboffin

bendertherobot wrote:

Here is what the fit is like.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/5gZuFAgA9nWqyYyC9

wow that's terrible, surely its not meant to be like that?

bendertherobot

Dunno. It's really odd

mrb123

MrB123 wrote:

https://www.wiggle.co.uk/dhb-aeron-equinox-thermal-jersey/?lang=en&curr=GBP&dest=1&sku=100605171&kpid=100605171&utm_source=google&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Shopping+-+All+Products&utm_medium=base&utm_content=mckv|sFohFsRNx_dm|mcrid|295297463276|mkw||mmt||mrd|100605171uk|mslid||&mkwid=sFohFsRNx_dm&pcrid=295297463276&prd=100605171uk&pgrid=60973418042&ptaid=pla-523628262383&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0aWWnLD15AIVzbHtCh1IEg8tEAUYASABEgKQE_D_BwE

Been after a new long sleeved jersey so giving one of these a try in the purple colour.

This was sent back. Jersey seems nice enough though the purple colour wasn't as bright as I'd hoped. Might have exchanged for the orange but it was immediately apparent upon trying on that the sleeves were going to be too short.

Ordered one of these base layers today in anticipation of colder times ahead. Knowing Prendas it will be delivered first thing tomorrow...
https://www.prendas.co.uk/collections/u ... -baselayer

daniel_b

bendertherobot wrote:

BigMat wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

I've ordered the Rapha shake dry

Its superb. But I could fit my legs in the arms. Back it goes.

I don't get this. The fabric is down to Gore. The cut sounds terrible, so what about it is "superb"?

The fabric. It's a proper game changer, as everyone says. The torso, shoulder fit is excellent. But they've messed up the arms in my view. Parachute style.

The price would otherwise be excellent compared to the Gore. I'll try the Gore instead.

I would have thought you'd get more success with the Castelli Idro or 7mesh oro.

Edit: Wiggle have the high vis one in large for £219, plus a £40 off code to use.

ryan_w-2

I have an Idro Pro, it's a serious race cut. No flap at all.

daniel_b

Ryan_W wrote:

I have an Idro Pro, it's a serious race cut. No flap at all.

From what I have read, the 7mesh version is even more so, think I would need an xs.

There were some decent offers in the earlier part of this year, but now they seem to all be £250 across the board, which is too much for me.

mrfpb

Cycle to work voucher spent. I requested £675 to get the Boardman ADV 8.8 with 10% BC discount.

As it happens my local Halfords had an ADV 8.8 in my size in the clearance section reduced to £600, and they agreed to still give me the BC discount. So I needed to get some accessories to meet the value of the voucher.

Left the store with

Boardman ADV 8.8 (rrp £750)

Bike Hut commuter mudguards (£20)
Bike Hut Mini track pump (£18)
2x Elite bottle cages (£16.)
Bike Hut 1500 lumen front light (£50)
Bike Hut 50 lumen rear light (£20)
Bike Hut SPD/Flat combo pedals (£32)

Rrp of £896, I'll pay about £460 of take home pay on it.

The only problem is the track pump won't go under a bottle cage, so I have to lose a cage on the bike. As its a commuter it shouldn't be an issue as I tend to only use one cage to carry my tool and spares bottle.

I have one of these on order:

TranzX anti-shock stem 80mm

To further reduce the vibration and bumps to my hands.

mrfpb

MrB123 wrote:

MrB123 wrote:

https://www.wiggle.co.uk/dhb-aeron-equinox-thermal-jersey/?lang=en&curr=GBP&dest=1&sku=100605171&kpid=100605171&utm_source=google&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Shopping+-+All+Products&utm_medium=base&utm_content=mckv|sFohFsRNx_dm|mcrid|295297463276|mkw||mmt||mrd|100605171uk|mslid||&mkwid=sFohFsRNx_dm&pcrid=295297463276&prd=100605171uk&pgrid=60973418042&ptaid=pla-523628262383&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0aWWnLD15AIVzbHtCh1IEg8tEAUYASABEgKQE_D_BwE

Been after a new long sleeved jersey so giving one of these a try in the purple colour.

This was sent back. Jersey seems nice enough though the purple colour wasn't as bright as I'd hoped. Might have exchanged for the orange but it was immediately apparent upon trying on that the sleeves were going to be too short.

Ordered one of these base layers today in anticipation of colder times ahead. Knowing Prendas it will be delivered first thing tomorrow...
https://www.prendas.co.uk/collections/u ... -baselayer

I really like the purple dhb Merino Jersey - I have the long sleeve. It is dark, but I tend to use a high viz filet in low light. I have the short sleeve merino in orange.

Both have a smooth inside that I don't associate with merino, but they are really nice to wear, and warm. I wore the LS for Parkrun yesterday (cold and windy) and was regretting it halfway round as it was too warm even as a single layer.

liamblack

I bought a tent for traveling on a bicycle Terra Nova Voyager and for hiking without it Winterial Double.

luv2ride

A couple of bits from EBay for the gravel bike. Sram Apex 1x chainset with 40t (from the Wiggle ebay outlet), and new bars with a more pronounced flare, and which should mean the levers don't interfere so much when the loaded bar bag is attached. Not exactly sure why given I'm almost certain to buy a new gravel bike between now and the January sales which will probably have both items fitted as OE, but a bargain is a bargain in the meantime

luv2ride

Lizard Skins DSP duo bar tape, in neon pink and black as reduced to £15, plus some SRAM supercork tape in plain black if I chicken out!

itboffin

11 speed R8000 shifters and medium rear mech, early Christmas present for the Scott in preparation for an early season training camp.

itboffin

front R8000 mech for 10% less than list after postage, seriously ebay auctions are stupid, just the cassette left to get and i'll have the whole R8000 groupset for c. £250

redvee

itboffin said:

front R8000 mech for 10% less than list after postage, seriously ebay auctions are stupid, just the cassette left to get and i'll have the whole R8000 groupset for c. £250

R7000 cassettes can be picked up for under £30, but if you want an itboffin aged leg friendly 11-32 then you're looking at £31.19.

itboffin

yep 11-32T is the only way for them there MASSHOOF mountains, never heard anyone look down and say I dont need that tiny gear as they're grinding their way up a col in the blazing hot sun.

wolfsbane2k

Splurged my Cycle2work voucher at Cycle Republic - no LBS was really able to help out at an acceptable price with the voucher, so they'll get some cold hard cash for servicing the bike and a second hand wheel truing stand instead.
So, from CR: - Fly12 CE.
- Nightvision 4 Jersey
- Kryponite D-lock to keep at work
- Overboard dry bag to keep in my panniers to prevent me killing yet another laptop
Not what I wanted to spend my £250 cycle 2 work voucher on, but the driving around me this morning was f'ing appalling.

itboffin

R8000 kit arrived and I'm impressed how much better it looks than any of the previous generation from ShimaNO, for half a second it crossed my mind to swap the campag off the R5

wolfsbane2k

Rather than faff about trying to find the right BCD chainring for priaxis stuff, just bought a 4700 double 50/34t chainset.
Which having double checked, is likely to need a new chain, as the bike is meant to be 48/32T.

elbowloh

Some of these for the winter months:



https://www.bikeradar.com/reviews/shoes/mountain-bike-shoes/mavic-crossmax-elite-cm-shoes-review/

Got them via the cycle2work scheme (via tredz) plus some more winter bibs, a LS thermal jersey and 3 pairs of merino socks.