What have you bought for the bike today ?

[T4tomo]

Vernier calipers and ordered some spray paint

 

[Andy in Germany]

Finally arrived...

 

[Panscrank]

 

[Toe Clip]

Garmin Out Front thingimajig for my new cycle

 

[Alex321]

Ordered Sunday Evening, arrived just now - One KMC 11 speed chain, two sets of Prime Carbon compound road disc pads. From Wiggle.

 

[razabbs]

A couple sets of different stickers. I was looking for a set of stickers with the flag on and with my bike being Dark Blue didn't think I could go for a standard colour Union Flag. With the text on my bike (Planet X etc.) being a light blue I've gone for Cyan. Hoping it looks okay. While I was browsing I saw that 'Shut up Legs' sticker so I had to grab one.

I'm also just back from a ride today. Went with the fleecy leggings and gloves (standard T-shirt though, I don't like a heavy top) which kept me perfectly warm but not hot. Furthermore I'm still getting to grips with my Garmin Edge 830 so I worked out before this ride how to broadcast my HR from my Garmin smartwatch to the Edge; that worked fine so all the data is encapsulated in one 'workout'. The wind wasn't as bad or as head-windy as I was expecting and the road I had a great tailwind on was recently resurfaced. Because of that and the bike frame being the only sound breaking the silence was the road noise from the tyres and wheels.

I enjoy cycling of course, but I really enjoyed that ride.

 

[vickster]

SRAM Apex 1x crankset, rear mech (Tweeks, I had hoped to use Amex points at Wiggle ), 11-42 Deore Cassette (Balfes, small discount with some of their loyalty points)

 

[GeekDadZoid]

A couple sets of different stickers. I was looking for a set of stickers with the flag on and with my bike being Dark Blue didn't think I could go for a standard colour Union Flag. With the text on my bike (Planet X etc.) being a light blue I've gone for Cyan. Hoping it looks okay. While I was browsing I saw that 'Shut up Legs' sticker so I had to grab one.

I'm also just back from a ride today. Went with the fleecy leggings and gloves (standard T-shirt though, I don't like a heavy top) which kept me perfectly warm but not hot. Furthermore I'm still getting to grips with my Garmin Edge 830 so I worked out before this ride how to broadcast my HR from my Garmin smartwatch to the Edge; that worked fine so all the data is encapsulated in one 'workout'. The wind wasn't as bad or as head-windy as I was expecting and the road I had a great tailwind on was recently resurfaced. Because of that and the bike frame being the only sound breaking the silence was the road noise from the tyres and wheels.

I enjoy cycling of course, but I really enjoyed that ride.


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I have that shut up legs sticker in a fab orange 🍊 the guy who sold them only lived round the corner so he dropped it off with a free one as he had saved on postage.

 

[ColinJ]

I'm heading down to Devon to stay with my sister and need to work on the bike I keep there. I have looked everywhere up here but cannot find my Shimano cassette tool. I reckon that I might have lent it to a mate but he claims not to have it. Life's too short to spend any more time trying to track it down so I am getting Amazon Prime to deliver a new one down there. It should get there before me.

 

[DCLane]

It's getting chillier so a pair of toe covers and a new skull cap from Galibier. My current one's a bit

Also a Park chain tool as the one I share with son no. 2 has disappeared with him to university.

Plus a couple of KMC chains since the stock's getting a bit low.

 

[fossyant]

A couple of cheap Ali-Express 'self contained' bike lights. I don't need more but with VAT/delivery they were £20 each. Should arrive in a few weeks !

Why ?

These are the reflective type - i.e. beam cut off - should be useful for the Fallowfield Loop as my other lights don't have a cut off and I won't blind other cyclists/walkers. Down side is, I'll probably be blinded by others, but at least with these the light will be on the ground in front of me.

 

[DCLane]

Two pairs of Shimano road cleats, to replace worn-out ones.

A set of Elite Arion rollers, with two cracked rollers. Why buy broken rollers? Well ... we've a set with a broken frame, but nice solid rollers and I'll make a working one out of the bits of both for £30. Plus a lunch out with SWMBO en route to collect them.

 

[Jameshow]

I'm heading down to Devon to stay with my sister and need to work on the bike I keep there. I have looked everywhere up here but cannot find my Shimano cassette tool. I reckon that I might have lent it to a mate but he claims not to have it. Life's too short to spend any more time trying to track it down so I am getting Amazon Prime to deliver a new one down there. It should get there before me.

Enjoy he steep hills!

Must catch up sometime.

How far are you from Bude??

 

[ColinJ]

Enjoy he steep hills!

I will be avoiding most of them this visit! I might nip down to Exmouth and/or Dawlish, both easy rides from here. I have some other equally undemanding routes to keep me occupied too.

Must catch up sometime.

Yes - see the Cheshire thread.

How far are you from Bude??

Closer than I guessed but still quite a long ride - around 80 km/50 miles each way. (From Crediton area.)

 

[8mph]

Popped into the recycling center and snapped up an eXotic 26" carbon disk wheelset, with Rapid Rob tyres - £2