What have you bought for the bike today ?
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Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
A Charge Ladle saddle, bought from someone on here. The saddle that came with the Hotrock offends my bottom.
Some craft cadence TPU tubes, a variety of sizes and lengths - they also have removable cores, not always a good thing.
They currently have an offer of buy 3 get 1 free, so works out at about £13 each.
I now have 4 makes of TPU tube, Pirelli, Craft Cadence, RideNow, and Schwalbe Aerothan - only the RideNows I have yet to fit to anything, the other 3 will all be in use in a variety of bikes, and or carried for spares.
Craft Cadence TPUs
They currently have an offer of buy 3 get 1 free, so works out at about £13 each.
I now have 4 makes of TPU tube, Pirelli, Craft Cadence, RideNow, and Schwalbe Aerothan - only the RideNows I have yet to fit to anything, the other 3 will all be in use in a variety of bikes, and or carried for spares.
Craft Cadence TPUs
grldtnr
Veteran
Or a Concept 2?
Not quite the same thing tho', ok for gym bunnies, but can't beat being out on open water in a proper skiff, it's the reason I go cycling, over riding a static bike, much better being in the elements.
grldtnr
Veteran
Or a Concept 2?
Not quite the same thing tho', ok for gym bunnies, but can't beat being out on open water in a proper skiff, it's the reason I go cycling, over riding a static bike, much better being in the elements.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
No doubt true, but I can't see (nearly) 70 year old me rowing up and down the Rochdale canal!
I cycle along the Exe Estuary Trail several times a year. The young people I see rowing up and down the river seem to be having a lot of fun. Even at my age, I would be tempted to have a go if I actually lived there.
Punkawallah
Veteran
Well, they fit, and (bar a hub service) they work. Hurrah!
Just a cola/tinfoil job to get the rust off, clean, dish to bring the freewheel clear of the chain stay, true and adjust the axle on the rear wheel to give more space for the wheel nut to do its thing.
No problem :-)
sevenfourate
Devotee of OCD
- Location
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
Promo Titanium crank pinch bolts. And Stainless crank-cap bolts for the ongoing BMX build. Looking at / tightening those supplied Black Oxide articles on what’s an expensive crank set-up did my head in….
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fwgx
Guru
Bought a new helmet as the existing one was getting quite long in the tooth.
I also assembled the bike rack for the garage. As you can see, I have quite a bit of tidying and sorting to do before it can be placed where it's going to go.
I also have a ground anchor I'll place near the rack once everything is in place.
I also assembled the bike rack for the garage. As you can see, I have quite a bit of tidying and sorting to do before it can be placed where it's going to go.
I also have a ground anchor I'll place near the rack once everything is in place.
SteveO69
Senior Member
- Location
- S.W. London / Surrey
Raceblade Pro XL’s for my singlespeeed.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
A cheapo saddle with a cutout to try and alleviate the severe NNS*** that I have been suffering from when using my turbo trainer.
A small frame bag to hold my phone, snacks, cash etc. Tools and spares are in a backpack but it's a nuisance to keep having to ferret around in that for my phone every time that I want to take a photo.
*** Numb Nuts Syndrome
A small frame bag to hold my phone, snacks, cash etc. Tools and spares are in a backpack but it's a nuisance to keep having to ferret around in that for my phone every time that I want to take a photo.
*** Numb Nuts Syndrome
It may come as a surprise to plenty of you, but I tend to have a thing for yellow bikes, and yellow kit in general.
Back in the day (2007 ish) when I started out with road cycling, I was very tempted to ordering some of the Assos yellow bib shorts, but never got around to it, and in the end it came to light that the only Assos shorts I ever tried, were not suited to me.
Earlier this year I noticed Gobik (Who I have never bought any kit from) had these shorts below for sale:
They were 125 euros, but seemed to be very scarce in a small size.
Then they seemed to out of stock everywhere and I thought I had missed the boat.
On the Gobik website I set up a stock alert anyhow, but didn't hold out much hope.
A couple of weeks ago a mail pinged through to say they had stock, I clicked in some 15 minutes later, but it had already gone!
Then Friday as I came off the turbo it happened again - this time I had already configured an account with my payment address, and my parents Spanish address (So I can avoid the import costs plus lovely admin fees) and managed to place the order - wasn't still 100% it was going to work, as I had e-mailed them in the meantime, and they had replied to say it was a limited run and they weren't making anymore!
It was delivered yesterday to my parents, so I'll get to see them and try them next month when I visit.
The other bonus is they were on offer for 85 euros, and as I have a cc that has no penalty for paying in a foreign currency, I did actually pay in Euros, which is only £75 - plus it was free postage to Spain.
For the price I'm not expecting it to be an all day short, but as a little novelty and for shorter rides I think it will be a little bit of fun.
My club mates know I love yellow, so this will make them chuckle. I'd likely pair these with yellow shoes, black socks, black jersey and mitts, yellow glasses, and black helmet
Going all yellow would also be a potential.
Back in the day (2007 ish) when I started out with road cycling, I was very tempted to ordering some of the Assos yellow bib shorts, but never got around to it, and in the end it came to light that the only Assos shorts I ever tried, were not suited to me.
Earlier this year I noticed Gobik (Who I have never bought any kit from) had these shorts below for sale:
They were 125 euros, but seemed to be very scarce in a small size.
Then they seemed to out of stock everywhere and I thought I had missed the boat.
On the Gobik website I set up a stock alert anyhow, but didn't hold out much hope.
A couple of weeks ago a mail pinged through to say they had stock, I clicked in some 15 minutes later, but it had already gone!
Then Friday as I came off the turbo it happened again - this time I had already configured an account with my payment address, and my parents Spanish address (So I can avoid the import costs plus lovely admin fees) and managed to place the order - wasn't still 100% it was going to work, as I had e-mailed them in the meantime, and they had replied to say it was a limited run and they weren't making anymore!
It was delivered yesterday to my parents, so I'll get to see them and try them next month when I visit.
The other bonus is they were on offer for 85 euros, and as I have a cc that has no penalty for paying in a foreign currency, I did actually pay in Euros, which is only £75 - plus it was free postage to Spain.
For the price I'm not expecting it to be an all day short, but as a little novelty and for shorter rides I think it will be a little bit of fun.
My club mates know I love yellow, so this will make them chuckle. I'd likely pair these with yellow shoes, black socks, black jersey and mitts, yellow glasses, and black helmet
Going all yellow would also be a potential.
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Which rack did you buy and what is your opinion of it? It looks like this one but that seems to get bad reviews?
I've done things the other way round. I have the ground anchor in place but no rack. I now have 4 or sometimes 5 bikes chained up via a 2m chain with the first against the garage wall and the rest leaning against the next bike. It's sometimes like a 3d puzzle trying to get them all in place, with the pedals and bars overlapping neatly and without bending mudguard stays etc etc!
It seems a rack would make things easier by supporting the bikes but also it might reduce the spacing options - you can't move a bike back a little for its bars to clear its neighbour's. Also one of the bikes has 2.6" knobbly tyres which won't fit between the bars of the linked rack (stated 5.5cm gap).
I have a similar rack - mine fits 3 bikes. They are ok, but I don't put any best bikes in there, it's reserved at the front of the garage for frequently used bikes, such as the boardman hybrid that both me and my partner use, her gravel bike, and my daughters road bike.
I'm able to put them in situ that they have something to lean against on one side, and then they can kind of lean against each other, so the idea being the full weight of the bike is not being handled by the spokes
Two bikes are drop bars, so I have those with the front wheels in the rack in spaces 1 & 3, then the boardman flat bar goes in rack 2 with the rear wheel in the slot, which means it doesn't clash with the two sets of drop bars, the only caveat being so the RD cage clears the rack part, I have to put it in one of the 2 top most gears, ie smallest cogs on the cassette.
It serves a purpose for sure, not massively elegant or anything, but it's useful imho.
