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

fatandwheezing

big haul of new stuff for me after just turning 30, new Kwik-E mart Foska jersey, camelback, and some evans vouchers that mostly payed for a Selle Italie Flight Gel Flow saddle. Then treated myself to some Gore Xenon bib shorts, and will be getting a new Giro Atmos helmet this week.

Leaving work early today to go and start wearing out my new stuff.

cjcp

prawny wrote:

Bit late now, but you should have drilled the cleat out, they had a how to in MBUK every spring when I was a kid. :P

I did consider that, but it didn't look feasible. Perhaps I should have given it a crack though. I wanted to saw through the screw, but couldn't get between the sole and cleat.

@ITB - ta for the tape reference.

AndyManc

One of these

http://250084.spreadshirt.net/en/GB/Shop/Article/Index/article/5823156

Can't put a pic up cos it's a .png file thingy :roll:



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freehub

Just bought

Michelin Krylion Carbon in yellow
Garmin handlebar mount
topeak bottle holders.

60 quid for that.... :roll:

Paul E

I had to buy a new rear wheel and ended up with an M-wheels built one, a dt-swiss xr4.2d rim, dt swiss spokes and a shimano hub, I managed to destroy the previous dt swiss wheel that had a spesh hub in which the bearings decided to give up.

Apparantly it's a bit lighter than the 4.45 rim my rockhopper pro had so not too bad.

blu3cat

while not strictly all bike gear, they will be used on the bike, and have just arrived.

1 x 2xu triathlon top (f*ck me it's tight, yeah right that's an XL size, and according to your size guide I'm a L)
1 x race belt
1 x elastic laces
1 x cleats for spds (my left foot keeps unclipping)

Cheered me up on an already good day.

biondino

One of these sexy cut-off numbers, bluecat?

il_principe

A set of 7 Allen keys from PBK. Less than a tenner.

markybhoy67

Il Principe wrote:

A set of 7 Allen keys from PBK. Less than a tenner.

Cheers for the link, just bought a set there.

jonginge

Damn wiggle's eyes for their sales:

Superleggera in black

Partenza in black

biondino

JonGinge wrote:

Damn wiggle's eyes for their sales:

Superleggera in black

Partenza in black

A sale doesn't count unless it's at least 50% off AND it brings the price down into your budgetary range. hence me not buying either of the above

AndyManc

This .................



from ...........

http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=c8081


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blu3cat

biondino wrote:

One of these sexy cut-off numbers, bluecat?

with care instructions that include only wash in pixie tears (or something like that), I expect this: to turn into your above picture after 3 washes.

On the plus side, does hold a beer gut in check nicely. Haven't had such a flat stomach in about 5 years

itboffin

JonGinge wrote:

Damn wiggle's eyes for their sales:

Superleggera in black

Partenza in black

Phew! for a min there I thought those weren't Castelli

jonginge

itboffin wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

Damn wiggle's eyes for their sales:

Superleggera in black

Partenza in black

Phew! for a min there I thought those weren't Castelli

You can talk :P
I felt I had to make up for wearing some non-castelli items at the SCR summer drinks.

prawny

Some nalini bib shorts, £17.55 from PBK. Ooh get me big spender!

stuaff

n+1. I'm actually going through with this one, unlike last time (with hindsight, even more glad I didn't get that Spesh Tarmac- wrong spec, would have cost me more to get it as right as I could for me). Better price for a better bike IMHO. I think LiT might approve of my choice
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 586wt_1140

prawny

StuAff wrote:

n+1. I'm actually going through with this one, unlike last time (with hindsight, even more glad I didn't get that Spesh Tarmac- wrong spec, would have cost me more to get it as right as I could for me). Better price for a better bike IMHO. I think LiT might approve of my choice
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 586wt_1140

Oooh that's nice

Aidy

prawny wrote:

StuAff wrote:

n+1. I'm actually going through with this one, unlike last time (with hindsight, even more glad I didn't get that Spesh Tarmac- wrong spec, would have cost me more to get it as right as I could for me). Better price for a better bike IMHO. I think LiT might approve of my choice
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 586wt_1140

Oooh that's nice

Yes Is approval restricted to just LiT?

stuaff

Aidy wrote:

Yes Is approval restricted to just LiT?

Indeed not by any means. But she is rather fond of hers Seller phoned this morning, will meet him Sunday morning to do the deal.

Oddjob62

Nice purchase Stu. She's purdy.

andrewlwood

Hurrah hurrah. After 15 years of mountain bikes, I just bought my first bike with drop handlebars - a Cannondale CAAD9 Tiagra Compact, in matt black (or BBQ, as Cannondale would have it - um... why?). Would have gone for the 105 version, but our cycle to work scheme has a cap of £1000. I know the 2010 range is about to come out, but I think a man of my build probably wouldn't notice the difference. Very excited! Back to leg-powered commute (rather than the Bonneville).

So anybody want to buy a virtually unused '08 Rockhopper Comp?

prawny

andrewlwood wrote:

Hurrah hurrah. After 15 years of mountain bikes, I just bought my first bike with drop handlebars - a Cannondale CAAD9 Tiagra Compact, in matt black (or BBQ, as Cannondale would have it - um... why?). Would have gone for the 105 version, but our cycle to work scheme has a cap of £1000. I know the 2010 range is about to come out, but I think a man of my build probably wouldn't notice the difference. Very excited! Back to leg-powered commute (rather than the Bonneville).

So anybody want to buy a virtually unused '08 Rockhopper Comp?

You would notice the difference with the 2010 model, it will likely be more expensive and a worse spec 8)

Congratualtions on joining the fold, I'm also a lapsed MTBer

il_principe

StuAff wrote:

Aidy wrote:

Yes Is approval restricted to just LiT?

Indeed not by any means. But she is rather fond of hers Seller phoned this morning, will meet him Sunday morning to do the deal.

Excellent - so you'll be bringing a proper bike to Wales then?

King Donut

All in Black/grey







God I hope the wife never searches my internet history and finds this page

stuaff

Il Principe wrote:

StuAff wrote:

Aidy wrote:

Yes Is approval restricted to just LiT?

Indeed not by any means. But she is rather fond of hers Seller phoned this morning, will meet him Sunday morning to do the deal.

Excellent - so you'll be bringing a proper bike to Wales then?

Of course my Dahons (both little and large) are proper bikes. They're made in Taiwan, just like the Prince. Perfectly capable of any kind of road riding, just like the Prince. Don't have a problem with teeny weeny ickle bits of gravel.....OK, you got me

biondino

One nil to StuAff there...

il_principe

biondino wrote:

One nil to StuAff there...

Nope not biting! Now a Viner, that's aproper bike, congrats on the new purchase Stu. I believe Italian carbon will now outnumber all other on the Wales trip...

stuaff

Il Principe wrote:

biondino wrote:

One nil to StuAff there...

Nope not biting! Now a Viner, that's aproper bike, congrats on the new purchase Stu. I believe Italian carbon will now outnumber all other on the Wales trip...

Yes, two Viners Taiwanese carbon may still have the numerical edge though

symo

Just ordered the Garmin 705 road performance package from wiggle.

oh and a pair of these as I have just losta nother pair of the dhb triple lens ones again. Honestly I will never trust myself to buy those Oakley infra red jawbones, I just would lose them.[/url]