What have you bought for the bike today ?

[HLaB]

To replace the ones that went missing last week, new Endura bibs and and Gore knee warmers.

After trying them on I got a good fit (small waist, M/L thighs) and I was happy to cut the labels off. On my legs the knee warmers are a bit long but radius wise they are a good fit and I might get some use out of them before the longs season starts.

 

[cyberknight]

pair of zaffiro pro 28 mm tyres £12.99 each on decathlon

 

[Gwylan]

A new front bag. For tools, pump, spare tube and waterproof.

Fits, holds all the bits and didn't break the bank.
Test outing tomorrow., hopefully

 

[Punkawallah]

A new front bag. For tools, pump, spare tube and waterproof.

Fits, holds all the bits and didn't break the bank.
Test outing tomorrow., hopefully

Last year I bought an expensive (for me) rain jacket, and it has proved to be worth every penny. Have not needed it since I got it.

 

[further]

A pair of pedals from ebay £1.13

 

[DCLane]

Picked up a couple of bits recently:

- A Campag 10 speed square taper crankset for the Carrera Vengeance magnesium build.
- And a pair of Hutchinson Fusion 5 tyres

 

[Binky]

Cateye VIZ450 rear light as my last light fell off and got lost last week in Mallorca.

I can confirm just by testing the 450 is MEGA bright! If there's life on other planets, well they know I'm here.

 

[pjd57]

Going to collect one of mine from the workshop soon.
I'm not 100% sure what I'm getting for £103 .
Place I use and trust so when I put a bike in I just tell them to do whatever is needed + If it's doubtful do it anyway.

 

[sevenfourate]

Not just today, but recently:

Skyway flanged Grips, Unite CNC seat clamp, Odyssey clear pedals, Odyssey Slic cables, Odyssey clear brake pads, Source inner tubes, KMC chain, Primo Titanium crank arm bolts, Stainless crank spindle bolts, Source Velcro cable ties, Thick Aluminium and Stainless; front and rear axle washers, various sorts of cable adjusters, Dia-Compe headset spacers, ODI bar ends blah blah

**Just getting the smaller stuff out the way before I make a decision / seeing what BMX frames appear in Black Friday sales.

 

[ColinJ]

I bought a bag of electrolyte powder to use on long rides on hot days. It's a mix of sodium chloride / potassium sulphate / magnesium oxide / dicalcium phosphate. I usually add a small pinch of common salt (sodium chloride) to my hot weather drinks but this mix of salts will probably be better. The cost will end up at around 10p/litre. If I feel any benefit I will buy a bigger bag next time and get it down to around 7p/litre, but TBH at my age and with a shortage of hot UK cycling days, this first bag might outlast me!

The other thing, sorry, things that I bought (they came as a pair) were short USB C (male) to USB A (female) OTG (On-The-Go) adapter cables. The plan is to use one to allow me to download route files from my phone or new Android tablet to an old Garmin GPS. (I have a Wahoo Elemnt Bolt v2 GPS which has been fine for navigation about 95% of the time, but let me down a few times for no apparent reason, so I now also take the Garmin on new routes as a backup navigation device.) The Wahoo can connect via Bluetooth but the Garmin only uses a USB connection. Up to now I have been carting my tablet and a laptop on my regular trips to Devon but I am carrying too much so I would like to leave the laptop behind. I am about to see if this new setup works...

And the result is... (Eventually) SUCCESS! I hadn't pushed the USB C plug in far enough, which didn't help. Even then, the tablet couldn't see that the Garmin was connected. 1 minute of searching on YouTube found the answer though - OTG needs to be enabled in the tablet's settings. That done, this is a straightforward process: upload a TCX route file to the Wahoo via Bluetooth, then upload the GPX version of the route to the Garmin via the OTG cable.

 

[Punkawallah]

Well, that’s easy for you to say :x)

 

[DCLane]

Three 11 speed chains as they're all used up plus a pair of Dura-Ace 7900 brake calipers. Technically I only need the rear for the Raleigh SP retro bike, but as a pair they were worth having price-wise.

 

[bikingdad90]

Discovered another issue with my new to me bike, the wheels hubs are beyond economical repair - there is lateral play and the bearings make a horrible noise when you rotate them. I don’t think a service would fix them either so I’ve sourced a set of quando basic wheels for the sum of £45 in total. They’ll do the trick and get me rolling.

 

[HLaB]

Ordered my self an Ekoi padded softshell jacket last night and ordered some sun glasses for my holiday next year if I get it sorted out, so I'd get free postage.

 

[DCLane]

Some bits for projects via eBay auctions/purchase/discounts:

• A pair of Microshift Arsis carbon 10 speed shifters for the Carrera Vengeance build, meaning it'll have a Campag/Microshift/Shimano groupset combination which offers many possibilities for disaster.
• A pair of Campagnolo Veloce brake calipers for the same build.
• A lime green Fabric saddle for the same build. Might use it. Might not.
• A pair of Dura-Ace 9100 brake calipers. They'll come in use somewhere. They were less than the usual price for one so hopefully OK.
• Plus, a pair of thumb shifters for the steering-wheel equipped Giant Rock SE MTB. A change of plan for the gear shifter location means we'll try these first.