What have you bought for the bike today ?

[Baldy]

Yes that is a consideration. I tried putting them higher up on the holes for a bottle cage on the forks. As they're carbon forks the threaded inserts are recessed in a bit (maybe 5mm) and the screws I had weren't long enough. At the moment we don't really need light here in Scotland so there's no rush. I really mostly use them off road anyway.

Thanks.

 

[sevenfourate]

Chrome plated; 175mm CroMoly crank arms. And American to 19mm Euro: BB / bearing adaptor kit for my ongoing GT BMX build.

Damn I’m getting close now…..😁

 

[Dadam]

Yes that is a consideration. I tried putting them higher up on the holes for a bottle cage on the forks. As they're carbon forks the threaded inserts are recessed in a bit (maybe 5mm) and the screws I had weren't long enough. At the moment we don't really need light here in Scotland so there's no rush. I really mostly use them off road anyway.

Thanks.

Bolts in standard sizes (guessing those are M4 or M5) are cheap as chips, like 6 or 7 quid for a 10 pack on ebay.

 

[sevenfourate]

Decal set for my GT BMX build. £38 including postage from Australia - from one of very few: licensed sellers of replacement GT decals. So quality should be ace. And they are £15 cheaper all-in than from the UK 🤦‍♂️

 

[sevenfourate]

I'm done. Done-in that is....

Headset, Odyssey (Long) Upper Gyro cables, CNC Gyro Top plate, Cable Knarps, Snafu Gyro, Front brake Caliper, Dia-Compe Headset Spacers.....etc purchased today.

EVERYTHING needed to complete my latest BMX build.......**Infact bearings / cups knocked out; and F+F going for Painting today

Cant wait to ride my first ever (Owned) BMX with a modern Gyro.

 

[PaulSB]

Two of these little plastic widgets
https://restrap.com/collections/accessories/products/light-mount

When I have my handlebar bag on there's no room for the lights. These let me mount them on the forks instead.


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Came today.

I have these Restrap fixings on my Kinesis ATR but mounted at the top of the forks. An excellent little gadget at a very good price.

 

[YMFB]

MTB type SPD power meter pedals for my best bike.

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If they don’t work out, can I take them off your hands for say £20 😂

 

[Saracenlad]

A Helmet or Handlebar Camera. Phew!

 

[YMFB]

New DT Swiss G1800 wheels with discs and cassette fitted with continental Grand Prix 32 slicks

Picked these up today, only up the road and back but feel great.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

After my little incident with a Mercedes the other day I have got a new rear view mirror

The old one snapped when I was fixing the other bits that got banged out of kilter

Managed to get the same make and model - only £9.99 - bar end thingy

means I have spare bits for anything that might break - except for the bit that actually did break!

 

[DCLane]

Some bits over the past week:

- An Ultegra triple crankset for the Giant FCR. It'll mean a bottom bracket change but the old Tiagra one's a bit rusty. Inexpensive for what one normally is.
- A track crankset I picked up cheaply. Looks like a lovely Velo Orange copy and is extremely light.
- A pair of Dura-Ace 9001 shifters.
- A Fabric Elite saddle, which will be trialled on the audax bike.
- An unpainted Ridley Fenix fork.
- Some Kranx Stretta Primo bar tape for the Merida Cyclo-Cross.

 

[All uphill]

A seat post for my new Genesis Smithfield.

After years of adjusting seat posts to the nearest 5mm I couldn't get on with the supplied bouncy post that changed my seat height by two or three cm every few seconds.

 

[sevenfourate]

A thread right here on CC recently; reminded me some of the reason I’ve not ridden my Trek FX3 Hybrid:

……much of late. Being the fact it sometimes feels half a hair short. In terms of seat to bars distance. A quick Google found me this:

And a bit of searching then found me this post (With 26mm setback - being 14mm more than the current stock post)

Which would look like this fitted:

And if I slid the seat back on the rails 5-6mm - I’d basically then have upto a 20mm ‘Setback’ to play with. So duly purchased.

Is it here yet 🤣

 

[Jenkins]

A used 42 tooth X-sync chainring as a spare 'just in case'.

 

[HLaB]

Just getting round to replacing things after a spill earlier this summer. I just took collection of some new hoods, some new nameplates will arrive later. Although I must admit I'm tempted to leave the old hood on as it's nice and tight and I barely notice the scrapes on the left hood which would be replaced.