The "I have just ordered..." thread

cat_with_no_tail

Yeh I've had the thickys before and they're very good. I tend to wear thickys on the bike and thinnys off it, although I'll wear thinnys when we finally get some weather worthy of it :P

DodgeT

DCR00 wrote:

Some of these



and some of these



and some Nikwax

Be interested to know what you think of both.

Current "waterproof" gloves are good at keeping the water out, but are completely soaked with sweat on the inside.

Have the original freeriders which have lasted pretty good for 3 years, but could do with replacing soon, and these look as they may hold the water off pretty good.

DCR00

Testing both tonight at Degla

Will let you know how i go

spongtastic

A pair of white Fizik R3s, just in case I didn't already look gay enough on the white road bike with white wheels and a cheap compressor and airbrush from ebay so that I can spray plastic aircraft and live down to my role as a sad middle aged person.

Gazlar

DodgeT wrote:

DCR00 wrote:

Some of these



and some of these



and some Nikwax

Be interested to know what you think of both.

Current "waterproof" gloves are good at keeping the water out, but are completely soaked with sweat on the inside.

Have the original freeriders which have lasted pretty good for 3 years, but could do with replacing soon, and these look as they may hold the water off pretty good.

I had a pair of those freeriders for birthday and they felt really grippy and comfortable in the 3 minutes I've spent on a bike since I had them, they'll get a good workout next week though

DCR00

I have used them on the trainer, and they seemed pretty grippy. They have a lot less padding than the older Freeriders too.

DCR00

Some relatively boring stuff, that will allow me to run Pikes on Tracey

Chris King Devo reducer bearing plate, 1.5 crown race, 1 1/8 top cap and a star nut

The Northern Monkey

Shimano SLX M675 Brakes. As much as I wanted saints/zee, I just couldn't justify it with SLX going for £100 on CRC.



Need some new 203mm disks now though.

mcnultycop

Epic Bleed Solutions Magura kit, as the brake lever seems to be getting a bit close to the bar.

mcnultycop

And some superstar Kevlar pads, to stop the metal on metal sound that I enjoyed for the last 10km of my last ride.

Cookeh

mcnultycop wrote:

Epic Bleed Solutions Magura kit, as the brake lever seems to be getting a bit close to the bar.

I bought their Avid Elixir kit. Well designed and works perfectly. Realised they might need bleeding when the level was hitting the bar and I wasn't really slowing down

DCR00

DodgeT wrote:

DCR00 wrote:

Some of these



and some of these



and some Nikwax

Be interested to know what you think of both.

Current "waterproof" gloves are good at keeping the water out, but are completely soaked with sweat on the inside.

Have the original freeriders which have lasted pretty good for 3 years, but could do with replacing soon, and these look as they may hold the water off pretty good.

OK so I used both the new gloves and the new shoes tonight. Conditions were pretty crap; 2 degrees and raining/sleeting.

Gloves - cold hands to start but warmed up nicely and very waterproof. Didn't notice just how wet my gloves were till I took them off. V happy with them.

Shoes - bag of sh*te. Not very waterproof. I guess they were never going to be 100% waterproof, but they are marketed as being more water resistant than standard 5 10 s, but as far as I can tell they let in just as much water. The insulation layer doesn't do much to keep your feet warm once wet either. I wore them with the same seal skinz socks I always wear but my feet were far colder than the last time I rode, in similar conditions, but with my standard 5 10 shoes. New stealth rubber is sticky, but almost too much. Fine once you get the right position, but then harder to shift that position. On its own, not enough to justify £85 over standard 5 10s.

I'm actually pretty p*ssed about the shoes as they don't really do what they claim to do. Going to drop 510 an email tomorrow to complain.

Briggo

I could have told you they weren't going to be very waterproof just by looking at that marketing photo.

What were you expecting.

DCR00

Maybe I should come to you for advice before I buy new bike stuff

You clearly know what you're talking about

thekickingmule

I'm with Briggo on that, I'm afraid. They look like you can stand in a puddle and they'll be dry, but anything that goes on top of the shoe will find its way inside. The problem with waterproof shoes, is that when water gets into them, the water doesn't get out, hence why your feet will have felt colder than normal

russyh

Just bought me a set of dem der rock shox pikes. In white flavour rct3's

Can't wait to fit them to the covert. Should save 400g as well over the old 36's she was wearing before!

pilch

mcnultycop wrote:

Epic Bleed Solutions Magura kit, as the brake lever seems to be getting a bit close to the bar.

One of these but in Shimano flavour

mcnultycop

mcnultycop wrote:

A 2" Beaver.

Another 2" Beaver.

A pair of Teva Links Mids in Black and Red.

A Stans Kit, to go tubeless on the HT with both Beavers.

A presta valve core remover.

It appears that after almost 7 weeks of not being paid, due to my firm paying me early before Christmas, I now have some cash. Hurrah.

pilch

Sora compact chainset

Tiagra 12/27 cassette

dubious non branded 9 speed chain off ebay

Am in the right thread?

arran77

Some of these to go with a light I already have

buddy_club

arran77 wrote:

Some of these to go with a light I already have

How much? Was looking at cheapo lights the other day, ended up getting a couple of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CREE-XML-XM-L-T6-LED-1800-Lumens-Cycle-Bike-Bicycle-Rechargable-Head-Lights-Lamp/140919263215?rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D286%26meid%3D4212894430568437842%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D1048%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D321244439921%26

arran77

buddy_club wrote:

arran77 wrote:

Some of these to go with a light I already have

How much? Was looking at cheapo lights the other day, ended up getting a couple of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CREE-XML-XM-L-T6-LED-1800-Lumens-Cycle-Bike-Bicycle-Rechargable-Head-Lights-Lamp/140919263215?rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D286%26meid%3D4212894430568437842%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D1048%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D321244439921%26

£29.99 on eBay

buddy_club

Haha same price as two of mine were then Been using cheapo lights for a while now, even offroad on my local trails, its fun but its beginning to get a bit scary now, ive been falling off why to much, and nearly ran over a dog the other night!

gt-arrowhead

New cranks courtesy of my mum, after i got good results in my test, and i built a cupboard for her. And because it was on sale on CRC.

Ill be storing them away for when i get my new frame. Currently saving up for one, im not fully decided on what frame to get, but my first choice is a GT Zaskar at the moment.

Cookeh

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

New cranks courtesy of my mum, after i got good results in my test, and i built a cupboard for her. And because it was on sale on CRC.

Ill be storing them away for when i get my new frame. Currently saving up for one, im not fully decided on what frame to get, but my first choice is a GT Zaskar at the moment.

Should be thanking me, think you'll find I payed for them, in a roundabout way...

gt-arrowhead

If you get a mint Zaskar frame i will happily trade you my mum for it.

Kowalski675

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

New cranks courtesy of my mum, after i got good results in my test, and i built a cupboard for her.

You locked her in the cupboard and stole her credit card?

Kowalski675

£99 shorts for just under £39.

NORTHERNSHAGGY

TLD Air gloves £22.50



2014 osprey raptor 14 £60



Lezyne Mini Drive XL 'Loaded' Front Light £33

Stevo_666

Kowalski675 wrote:

£99 shorts for just under £39.

Good price - where did you get them from?