What have you bought for the bike today ?

[FrothNinja]

On Sunday the plastic clamp for the camera mount on my CX broke at over 30 mph. Luckily I caught it before it decked out, but I was bloody annoyed because it had only done 400+ miles - shows how rough the roads etc are around here.
Anyhoo, today I splashed out on a half price K Edge machined aluminium one with a lifetime warranty. The last thing means nothing of course - one could argue the lifetime of its predecessor was 400+ miles...

 

[GeekDadZoid]

OK I treated myself and ordered a SPA Touring Triple and a new cassette, compatible not Shimano. Lets see how they play, will get a chain ordered too. Hopefully this will solve the slipping issues and will actually alter my gearing quite a bit, I am running a 22t on the small ring on the current setup but going to a 28 for now, so from 18 to 23 gear inches which I think will be fine for its current mostly road based activities but I may look at a 26t in the future. I used to tow my youngest on his Weehoo with this so the low gear was useful, but those duties have now been transferred to my GT.

Conversely my high gear will go from 105 to 115 gear inches which I think will be fab for the Manchester to Blackpool ride.

 

[Reynard]

I have the budget (40-something quid) Spa Cycles touring triple on one of my bikes. Does the job nicely.

 

[8mph]

An Osprey backpack, it packs down very small and weighs about 100g

 

[DCLane]

Bits;

- A couple of repair parts for a pair of Dura-Ace 9000 brakes.
- A new trainer floor-mat for son no. 2
- Two Garmin 520 rear casings, with rubber buttons for son no. 2's pair of broken ones
- A Fulcrum R5-218 rear drive-side spoke for the wheel I damaged yesterday

 

[Scotchlovingcylist]

New groupset and dub bb to breathe a bit of life back into my newly recommissioned mtb,
It'll be replacing a 3 x 9 drivetrain.
Never had sram components before never mind a 1x. Will see how it fairs on the lakes hills later this year.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

I treated myself to a 26" rear MTB wheel - out of a skip of course. The wheel was shagged but there was a useable Spesh 26"x 1.95" knobbly tyre fitted and the inner tube holds air. Not a bad result.

 

[Scotchlovingcylist]

Came quick, soooo pretty........

Won't be fitted for a while as I'm away next week, apparently packing for that and my nieces birthday is more important today or summat, whatever . Need to borrow some tools anyway.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Got yet another freebie 26" MTB wheel, a rear one this time with QR and a smooth sounding 7 speed freewheel. Why are people chucking these 26ers? This one looks decent quality too, didn't come off a very low end catalogue store model. Found it leaning against the fence outside some industrial premises. No other bike bits just the wheel. Cheapo Chinese knobbly with plenty of tread, tube flat and has a small puncture hole in it.

 

[Reynard]

Got yet another freebie 26" MTB wheel, a rear one this time with QR and a smooth sounding 7 speed freewheel. Why are people chucking these 26ers? This one looks decent quality too, didn't come off a very low end catalogue store model. Found it leaning against the fence outside some industrial premises. No other bike bits just the wheel. Cheapo Chinese knobbly with plenty of tread, tube flat and has a small puncture hole in it.

The vagaries of fashion, I suppose...

Mind, as a shortarse, a 26 inch wheel is as big as I want to go anyway, so stuff fashion. Because otherwise I'll need crampons and oxygen kit to get on the bike.

 

[Andy in Germany]

The vagaries of fashion, I suppose...

Mind, as a shortarse, a 26 inch wheel is as big as I want to go anyway, so stuff fashion. Because otherwise I'll need crampons and oxygen kit to get on the bike.

I know the feeling. Mind you, I am occasionally finding my drop bar tourer a tad small, to my surprise.

 

[Reynard]

I know the feeling. Mind you, I am occasionally finding my drop bar tourer a tad small, to my surprise.

Is that the lovely dark red bike you built up from scratch?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Is that the lovely dark red bike you built up from scratch?

Yes. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy with it, but the saddle is a tad lower than on the Xtracycle so I'm working on a 28" version just to see what it feels like...

 

[Reynard]

Yes. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy with it, but the saddle is a tad lower than on the Xtracycle so I'm working on a 28" version just to see what it feels like...

Well, if you never try, you never know, I guess. Have you tried longer cranks?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Well, if you never try, you never know, I guess. Have you tried longer cranks?

To be honest, no. We're a bit short on bikes in the InGermany household, so whatever happens the original will be used. Elder Son (20) will try and claim it under builders rights, but faces a challenge from Youngest Daughter (6 but highly ambitious).

If the bigger version is too big for me, then Elder Son will try for that instead on the basis he's taller than I am...