What have you bought for the bike today ?

[HLaB]

I usually uses carb drink (with caffeine) but I've found a quite often this summer I've been using electrolyte tabs and I'd ran out so I ordered some more.

Although is it false advertising with regards to carbohydrates

0.9g of Carbohydrates is not zero in my book

 

[C R]

I usually uses carb drink (with caffeine) but I've found a quite often this summer I've been using electrolyte tabs and I'd ran out so I ordered some more.

Although is it false advertising with regards to carbohydrates

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0.9g of Carbohydrates is not zero in my book

It is within the margin of error, and I imagine it is likely to be cellulose used to stabilise the formulation, so for practical purposes it is zero.

 

[richardfm]

A shorter stem for my straightbar bike, in the hope that being a bit more upright will help relieve numb hand syndrome.

 

[ColinJ]

I bought zero, ten, or twenty TPU tubes on AliExpress!

I think that it is zero, and it is unlikely to be ten!!

 

[Milzy]

I usually uses carb drink (with caffeine) but I've found a quite often this summer I've been using electrolyte tabs and I'd ran out so I ordered some more.

Although is it false advertising with regards to carbohydrates

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0.9g of Carbohydrates is not zero in my book

I also bought these!! My club don’t drink or eat much even in the heat & I watch them die as I keep fueling like a pro.

 

[HLaB]

I didn't actually buy them today bit they came today, a new pair of kicks. My old (size 43.5) Sidi's were a little too close after chemotherapy changed my feet 6 years ago (tbh I should have changed them then but I actually liked the glove like fit and never had discomfort and having the toe vent closure was good for me). So when a minor spill broke off the top of the sidi (BOA esk) closure I replaced them with (size 44) Sidi Sixties which had the same vent. They came today.

 

[Baldy]

I lost the little plastic widget that holds my front light. Evan's had replacements in a sale £1.50. I ordered one, they sent me a mount for a handlebar bag. I could send it back but for £1.50 it would cost me more in postage so I just through it in the bin.

 

[grldtnr]

A new set of V-brakes , the old one broke a spring, I had a pr of cantilevers, but no straddle cable to fit, by the time I factored the costs I volved ,I might as well just buy a new brake set complete with pads!
Alright not super duper quality , but it's only for the 'pub' bike ,cum service bike for general purpose.
And a 500A tyre for my Peer Gynt, the old one is cream crackered , it's so old it's stuck the rim, so it's no good, I only hope the 37 mm tyre width will be ok, meantime ,I'm still on the look out for a pukka 28mm size width,

 

[Punkawallah]

I lost the little plastic widget that holds my front light. Evan's had replacements in a sale £1.50. I ordered one, they sent me a mount for a handlebar bag. I could send it back but for £1.50 it would cost me more in postage so I just through it in the bin.

Post a picture of the product - I might have one.

 

[Baldy]

Post a picture of the product - I might have one.

It's Ok I've found one with another online shop now.

 

[DCLane]

A pair of Shimano A530 flat/SPD pedals which will go onto the Giant FCR I bought in early May. The pedals cost more than the almost-unused bike

 

[sevenfourate]

Not exactly ‘for the bike’. But: my latest BMX Freestyle related magazine arrived from the USA today.*I’m trying to collect as many different titles from 1984-1989 as I can. **This is when I rode Freestyle bitd.

This latest one gets me to 14 different titles. Not a cheap exercise to date; but the chase is fun. And the memories are after all - priceless.

 

[richardfm]

This arrived today after I decided a shorter stem is needed.
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/stems/60-zoom-alloy-1-18-ahead-stem-plus7-deg-254mm-clamp-satin-black/

 

[ColinJ]

One of these...

I am just going to test it. Hang about...

PS I like it! There is a bit of a knack to using it, but after a bit of practice it did what I wanted it to... I overpressurised my tyres with my track pump, then used the meter in constant mode to watch the pressure as I dabbed the orange button to release puffs of air corresponding to about 0.1 bar at a time. I found that if I am careful when putting the meter on and removing it I can keep the pressure loss to about 0.1 bar each time. [It is important to line the head up properly and push it on firmly and quickly so the seal engages with a minimal loss of pressure. The same applies when removing it - quickly pull it straight off so the valve closes immediately. I hold the valve with the other hand to avoid potentially damaging the join between valve and tube.]

While I am still using butyl tubes, topping up and adjusting pressures once a week will probably be fine. If I switch to TPU tubes I will see how often they need looking at.

TBH, I could easily do both tyres on a bike in less than 2 minutes so I might do them every few rides just to be sure. That would detect any slow punctures that otherwise might not be noticed until I rode over a big bump.

 

[grldtnr]

I sometimes get selective dyslexia, for a moment I read that as spelled with an 'R' , 'E'. & , 's'