bikingdad90
Guru
Pannier rack and pannier bags,
or water bottles, some nice elite bottle cages, or my personal favourite
speed sensor and cadence sensor.
What have you bought for the bike today ?
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or water bottles, some nice elite bottle cages, or my personal favourite
speed sensor and cadence sensor.
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
Disc brake pads and a new seat post that will play nicely with my carradice saddlebag support. Bought from Spa.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
Some Halfords tools could be quite good.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
This ^^^
One can never have enough decent tools.
Don't bother with swarfega - sugar & washing up liquid works better, and fewer "nasties" to flush down the drain.
One can never have enough decent tools.
Don't bother with swarfega - sugar & washing up liquid works better, and fewer "nasties" to flush down the drain.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
Never thought of the Sugar+washing up liquid. Our local version uses lemon and sawdust because we're a bunch of tree hugging hippies.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
It's a tip I picked up from here on CC funnily enough, can't remember from whom though. But it does a good job of getting oily muck off.
Jameshow
Veteran
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Didn't really need these but they're been hanging around at the recycling center for a couple of weeks now. Paid £1
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Just as they were closing this arrived.
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Summer is always better with a build!
Right up my street, 8 speed era, retro steel bargain (£10)
Our dump doesn't allow swaps or sales having said that I got some uPVC windows someone was chucking!!
Jameshow
Veteran
My son's eyeing up a 3/8 socket set for use on the mini!🤣🤣
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Everything is fine in moderation I guess. I have sensitive skin, and it doesn't bother me. You could always swap for liquid hand soap, but the formulation of washing up liquid means it's better at lifting stubborn grease thanks to its anionic surfactants.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
I've been a bit spendy this past week, all in the name of upgrading some bikes / sourcing parts for spares / getting ready for a bike build for son no. 2 - we're doing a hillclimb bike swap from his 5kg PlanetX Nanolight to a Ridley Helium as the PlanetX is just too on edge. So, today I've picked up:
- An Ultegra 6800 front derailleur cheaply
- An 11-36 cassette for the Ridgeback Platinum
- A Dura-Ace 7900 rear derailleur for the Ridgeback Platinum
- A pair of Tioga bars for the Woodrup
- A couple of lime green jockey wheels for the Viner Mitus
That'll get the Ridgeback ready for a better gear range, get the bars changed (hopefully) on the Woodrup and a play-about for the Viner.
The Ridley will be sorted in the next few weeks hopefully, but no rush for that one.
- An Ultegra 6800 front derailleur cheaply
- An 11-36 cassette for the Ridgeback Platinum
- A Dura-Ace 7900 rear derailleur for the Ridgeback Platinum
- A pair of Tioga bars for the Woodrup
- A couple of lime green jockey wheels for the Viner Mitus
That'll get the Ridgeback ready for a better gear range, get the bars changed (hopefully) on the Woodrup and a play-about for the Viner.
The Ridley will be sorted in the next few weeks hopefully, but no rush for that one.
fritz katzenjammer
Der Ubergrosserbudgie
- Location
- Deepest Darkest Canada
Pizza fixin’s!... and the bike loves ‘em...
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
Now all I need to do is find someone who can solder lugs onto the frame...
Nibor
Bewildered
- Location
- Accrington
I use washing up liquid and an old spontex
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