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

MonkeyMonster

Il Principe wrote:

Yeah and the "big" ring is a 48...

nowt wrong with 48... though I'm guessing given its not white or red you wouldn't want it anyway

cjcp

MonkeyMonster wrote:

Il Principe wrote:

Yeah and the "big" ring is a 48...

nowt wrong with 48... though I'm guessing given its not white or red you wouldn't want it anyway

Roastie - looks like you'll have company in that taxi. :P

MonkeyMonster

why you little...

cjcp

Roastie

MatHammond wrote:

I assume he'll be running an 11 tooth sprocket!

Don't you know it! It seems like I ride The Pig as a 2-speed most of the time. The smallest sprocket at the rear is always engaged, and I just swap between the middle ring :oops: and the "big" ring.

@CJ: There wasn't enough chainstay clearance to fit a road double . You can get a 50T in 104 BCD 4-arm, so when I have money to burn...

@IP: Don't you need to get Brun to sort out that avatar? :P

lost_in_thought

How cheap is this?

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/PriceDrop/12/ ... 360039676/

I mean, no, of course I don't need a racing double, but it's so cheap I almost feel I should buy it anyway, in case I MTFU at some point in the distant future...

Roastie

LIT, perhaps "cheap" is not the right word. My 15 quid FSA MTB crank rates as cheap. Over 300 for a crank, no matter how much of a bargain that may be, it ain't cheap ...

ps. You've never been shy of the big GI, what are you waiting for?

cjcp

Earth to LiT, Earth to LiT. Come in, LiT.

Aidy

lost_in_thought wrote:

How cheap is this?

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/PriceDrop/12/ ... 360039676/

I mean, no, of course I don't need a racing double, but it's so cheap I almost feel I should buy it anyway, in case I MTFU at some point in the distant future...

Do it, do it!
You know it makes sense.

lost_in_thought

Oh, it's all relative. Its RRP is £530, and it usually goes for £480-ish... I haven't found anywhere else selling them for £300-ish...

stuaff

lost_in_thought wrote:

Oh, it's all relative. Its RRP is £530, and it usually goes for £480-ish... I haven't found anywhere else selling them for £300-ish...

There is relative, and there is cheap. That is not cheap...I've bought (decent) whole bikes for less!

Aidy

lost_in_thought wrote:

Oh, it's all relative. Its RRP is £530, and it usually goes for £480-ish... I haven't found anywhere else selling them for £300-ish...

See, you should do it

rolf_f

lost_in_thought wrote:

How cheap is this?

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/PriceDrop/12/ ... 360039676/

I mean, no, of course I don't need a racing double, but it's so cheap I almost feel I should buy it anyway, in case I MTFU at some point in the distant future...

Go on, buy it, buy the Record, buy the Record, you know you want to, buy it, buy it, buy it.....

(you see what I'm doing here? )

always_tyred

lost_in_thought wrote:

Oh, it's all relative. Its RRP is £530, and it usually goes for £480-ish... I haven't found anywhere else selling them for £300-ish...

buy it, and then sell it on ebay.

MonkeyMonster

If it were a pair of shoes or a new handbag would you not have already bought it?

lost_in_thought

MonkeyMonster wrote:

If it were a pair of shoes or a new handbag would you not have already bought it?

Now, I can see what you've done there, and why you're doing it, but I'm afraid no gold stars have been issued for stereotypical comedy.

In summary, no.

Roastie

@ LIT: Have you bought them yet?

MonkeyMonster

Sorry, I should have said louis vuitton panniers or a pair of hand made, goretex winter boots with heels + hidden spd cleat housings

lost_in_thought

Roastie wrote:

@ LIT: Have you bought them yet?

Not yet, no. My massive incompetence on hills is what's standing in my way, you see. Also, I don't know that 50/11 will ever be too spinny a gear...

lost_in_thought

MonkeyMonster wrote:

Sorry, I should have said louis vuitton panniers or a pair of hand made, goretex winter boots with heels + hidden spd cleat housings

Fail on the louis vuitton as well...

But a gold star issued for the SPD heels! I actually bought a pair with a plan to put SPD cleats in them... now where did they get to?

oxoneil

http://www.parker-international.co.uk/ProductImages/fullsize/nm814318.jpg

One of these for my new fixed

MonkeyMonster

Boooo

But Yay...

That's the first row of 10 done - I can change that sheet in for a free pair of sealskins.

kyoukoku

lost_in_thought wrote:

Roastie wrote:

@ LIT: Have you bought them yet?

Not yet, no. My massive incompetence on hills is what's standing in my way, you see. Also, I don't know that 50/11 will ever be too spinny a gear...

I have 50/11 and there's been more than a few occasions when I've wished I had those three extra teeth to add a little bit more to the GI.

I've also been finding that I can easily get away with going up a moderate hill in 50/17 or 50/19.

Only time I'm down on the 34 upfront is when I'm either starting off or coming to a stop and that's only for a few seconds until I've got up to speed, then it's up into the 50 for cruising speed and laying down the rubber!

lost_in_thought

Rolf F wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

How cheap is this?

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/PriceDrop/12/ ... 360039676/

I mean, no, of course I don't need a racing double, but it's so cheap I almost feel I should buy it anyway, in case I MTFU at some point in the distant future...

Go on, buy it, buy the Record, buy the Record, you know you want to, buy it, buy it, buy it.....

(you see what I'm doing here? )

lost_in_thought

In all seriousness, how easy is it to swap from a compact to a double if you're a slightly incompetent girl who's a little afraid of breaking her bike? Do you have to do stuff with the front mech?

kyoukoku

lost_in_thought wrote:

In all seriousness, how easy is it to swap from a compact to a double if you're a slightly incompetent girl who's a little afraid of breaking her bike? Do you have to do stuff with the front mech?

think it depends on what front mech you currently have on whether you will need to upgrade that too.

this matches nicely if you do: http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Campagnolo_Record_11-Speed_Band-On_Front_Derailleur/5360039671/

edit: think it might also be an issue if the chainstays are shaped to allow for compacts as there might not be enough clearance for a double, although I'm not 100% on that.

lost_in_thought

I already have record 11 everything, but it's a compact 50/34 as opposed to a double...

jonginge

kyoukoku wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

In all seriousness, how easy is it to swap from a compact to a double if you're a slightly incompetent girl who's a little afraid of breaking her bike? Do you have to do stuff with the front mech?

think it depends on what front mech you currently have on whether you will need to upgrade that too.

this matches nicely if you do: http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Campagnolo_Record_11-Speed_Band-On_Front_Derailleur/5360039671/

Normally I'd say it's reeelatively easy, fit cranks and front mech adjustment a couple of mm up the hanger. But those two sets of cranks are ultra-torque. I seem to remember something about needing to get those fitted by a campag dealer. It may have just been the bearings rather than the cranks but my memory of the article is a bit hazy.
*goes off to google*

Edit:
Memory fail
http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index ... 78118.html
http://www.campagnolo.com/repository/do ... _05_07.pdf
http://mywheelsandmore.com/bicycleParts ... ankset.htm

You wanted a torque wrench, though, right? Mine was: http://www.parker-international.co.uk/7 ... rench.html

lost_in_thought

My cranks are ultra-torque too...

Edit: And it looks like there'd be room for a 53, but it'd be tight.

jonginge

I think you're good to go. I edited my post above.