What are your best 3 cycling purchases?

[Blue Hills]

I'm also a coffee head.

On your third machine?

You're buying the wrong ones - good Italian coffee machines are pretty much built for life.

You're not buying pod "machines" I hope.

 

[MontyVeda]

As I was riding today I got to thinking what my best cycling related purchases have been. I reckon my top 3 are probably:

1) my road bike!
2) my Garmin edge 520
3) a good pair of bib tights for winter

I'm curious about other peoples lists!

1 - the bike
2 - the saddle bag
3 - the bell

 

[Blue Hills]

Glad to hear it mr queasy - agree with you totally about the carbon/steel analogy - in fact, great minds think alike, I was also going to use it myself but was afraid that I might over-offend you on two counts - coffee and bike frames - I can recommend the Gaggia Classic by the way:

http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/Gagg...nw:g|rnd:9909392928132589521|dvc:c|adp:1o2|mt:

Nice and heavy - none of this lightweight plastic nonsense though it does need regular descaling - particularly good if you want to do cappucinos. Must admit I haven't used mine in a while though and am usually fuelled through the day/rides by a good old fashioned Bialetti stove top thing.

I can recommend the Gaggia burr grinder - handy if you have regular access to cheap beans.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Of all time, I couldn't possibly limit my 'best of' selection to just 3. My best purchase of last year was a pink Rapha gilet, of which I am inordinately pleased !

 

[Pale Rider]

Brompton
Dynohub lighting
£12 Decathlon barbag

1) My Spa Steel Audax bike.
2) My Decathlon handlebar bag. What a fantastic bit of kit. Cost about £15. Pork pie quarters, money, phone and malt loaf always at hand.
3) My Aldi long sleeve jersey. I have lots of jerseys, but outside of the summer this is my go-to top.

The pair of you wuz robbed - it's now a fiver.

I think mine was about £10.

Handy bit of kit, not least because it's easy to remove/fit to any of my bikes.

A banana can be tucked under the elastic of the top flap, solving the knotty problem of bruise-free banana carriage.

Although I managed to lose a banana from the top of my bag.

Didn't see it go, which you'd think I might have done given that it was literally under my nose.

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/500-bik...&ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-eiEomMV5ZeQb2juBNmE8gQ

 

[Fab Foodie]

The pair of you wuz robbed - it's now a fiver.

I think mine was about £10.

Handy bit of kit, not least because it's easy to remove/fit to any of my bikes.

A banana can be tucked under the elastic of the top flap, solving the knotty problem of bruise-free banana carriage.

Although I managed to lose a banana from the top of my bag.

Didn't see it go, which you'd think I might have done given that it was literally under my nose.

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/500-bik...&ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-eiEomMV5ZeQb2juBNmE8gQ

Must order another at that price!
Thanks!

 

[Mb49]

Had a lot , but ones that stick out are
A brand new set of Rockshox lyrik rc2l for £300.
A brand new set of dt Swiss E2200 wheels for £140.
A brand new Codeine 650b frame kit( purchased as one kit/unit) which came with Rockshox Monarch plus rc3 debonair shock and Fox 34 fit4 2016 forks for£750

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

That's a tough question!
Top three of mine would be:
1. Gabba jersey
2. Di2
3. Powermeter.

 

[Tom B]

1. My commuter bike
2. good gloves
3. good lights

 

[CanucksTraveller]

1: The B-Twin 700 warm cycling jacket from Decathlon, and their 700 Roubaix tights. Cheap as chips, and perfectly effective.
2: Flexalan, as recommended by @jay clock which made my many-years old Brooks B17 saddle actually rideable and comfortable, for the first time. Before that it was like sitting on polished oak.
3: A pair of Le Col bib shorts that were a bit of a random purchase from a cycling shop in Devon. Normally £100 plus, these were around £40 as they were actually the local club kit, and they have a bit of obscure advertising on the thighs and no external Le Col branding (though they do have branding on the internal labels and on the tags). They're mega comfy.

 

[Nibor]

1 Kask Mojito helmet in XL ( first helmet that really fitted my massive bonce)
2 Park Tools work stand
3 Brooks C17 my bum loves it.

 

[Tojo]

1. Mountain Bike
2. Road Bike
3. CX bike

NB: above not in any relevant order of preference.

Anything else that bolts onto them is irrelevant when you have the basics to build on.......

 

[freiston]

1. My Jamis Aurora bike
2. Hub dynamo lighting system
3. SKS Longboard mudguards (since I bought my Aurora, Jamis have re-specced the mudguards to something more useful than the ones that came with my bike)

I've just swapped out the handlebars for some Modolo Gran Fondo bars - which I am hoping will prove to be a contender for this list. The original pair were quite shallow and had next to no reach. The new bars step back either side of the clamp to put the tops behind the clamp and give extra long and flat ramps - a whole hand's worth between the tops and the hoods.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Upgrades to my 1995 Cannondale M500...
1 new back Mavic wheel
2 New XT cassette
3 new Avid brakes

She's an even better ride than before

 

[Blue Hills]

she?

careful now