Cycling purchases 2019

[Blue Hills]

Yes, it seems fine - excellent value.

Can I ask which one?

Mine is this:

https://www.spacycles.co.uk/m2b0s109p2000/SPA-CYCLES-XD-2-Touring-Triple-Chainset

A sugino I believe. And nice minimal styling with no pathetic bling branding attempts to impress.

All is fine so far though mine does have one of the chainwheel bolts behind the crank arm - have yet to discover if this presents any problems.

 

[Alan O]

Can I ask which one?

Mine is this:

https://www.spacycles.co.uk/m2b0s109p2000/SPA-CYCLES-XD-2-Touring-Triple-Chainset

A sugino I believe. And nice minimal styling with no pathetic bling branding attempts to impress.

All is fine so far though mine does have one of the chainwheel bolts behind the crank arm - have yet to discover if this presents any problems.

I got this one...

https://www.spacycles.co.uk/m2b0s109p2657/SPA-CYCLES-104-Touring-Triple-Chainset

I wanted to go even smaller at 22/32/44. My old one is 28/38/48, and I can't remember when I last used the big ring - but I can remember painfully when the 28 wasn't low enough with my old-style 6-speed 14-28 freewheel. With four bolts there's no crank arm issue. And yes, I much prefer the understated no-bling look.

 

[Blue Hills]

May get one of those in future - to clarify, my 48T one is used on a build which isn't used for heavy loaded use. My near future build of an identical frame will be for more traditional touring and will have a 44T top. Which I like. I find a 42T top a bit low, even fully loaded.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I have the 26,36,46 triple. Works great for me and means I don't need to change the front much but when I do I can find the perfect gear.

 

[DCBassman]

Once I've done the mods on the Trek 800, consumables only, I hope...

Oh, and as the need was caused by cycling, a new right reverse shoulder joint...

 

[ZeCycliste]

Finally bought a serious rockville MTB on a french site working with bikester, a rear rack and a u lock from tredz and muddyfox panier at sportsdirect.
BTW the price gap between the UK and France is so huge on accesories and with the pound going down...

 

[booze and cake]

I missed out on some lovely wheels on eBay yesterday, booo.

So far I've bought 3 packs of Skabs puncture patches, a cycling cap from 1986 from Switzerland and a 1985 jersey from the Ukraine to match one of my bikes. I'm not exactly embracing the 2019 vibe