What have you bought for the bike today ?

[Alex321]

And what happens is that the front tyre was flat this morning. Pumped it back up, but 10 minutes later flat agsin, not riskinga commute on that.

I'll be giving Ride Bike Wales a ring this morning,see what they say.

Having rung them, they will sort it out, they'll have to order in the right tyres, but should be there tomorrow.

Finally got this sorted yesterday (They are not open Sunday or Monday, and I was busy Saturday).

They hadn't managed to get the replacement Pirelli P-zeros delivered, so they fitted Continental GP5000 S TR instead, which are more expensive, but they replaced at no charge.

Nice ride to work on them this morning, my quickest commute of the year, by 1.1mph.

 

[All uphill]

Some ripstop bags for my forthcoming tour.

For the last x years I've wrapped spare clothing in supermarket bags, but they have little holes in them, and my Carradice bags are not entirely waterproof.

It will be a treat to have dry clothes after a wet day on the bike (does it rain in the Netherlands?)

I bought these for the bike, 'cos if I'm happy the bike's happy.

 

[chriswoody]

OK this make rank as a silly purchase, time will tell. I've been struggling a bit with keeping my water bottles hygienic, a combination of off-road muck and my forgetfulness in cleaning them immediately after a ride. I do pop them in the dishwasher, but muck still seems to build up especially in the cap. So I decided to pick up this bottle sterilizer from the same company that makes my water bottles, Elite. It was only €16, so I figured it was worth a punt, time will tell if that was a good decision.

 

[G-Zero]

A pair of orange Ortlieb back rollers, ready for the hols 😎 I’ve been glueing my 15 year old Altura panniers since last year, but the fabric stitching has eventually given up.

 

[Elybazza61]

Pair of folding pedals for the Tern folder that will be up for sale.

 

[EckyH]

A mate for Sabinchen:

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