What have you bought for the bike today ?

[Gwylan]

A new front light. Outrageous expense, but necessary as the darkness draws on.

Purchased via the eBay slush fund.

See my fettling adventures

 

[Alex321]

Chainset from Merlin 105 11 speed 50/34, 175mm cranks.,

 

[chriswoody]

I've got a potential brand new bike project that I've been mulling over involving a beautiful hand made steel MTB frame and building it up myself.

Then today I spotted Hunt are offering a 40% discount on some of their wheels, so I pressed buy it now, on a pair of their Trail Wide 29" MTB wheels. I know Hunt get mixed reviews, but I decided to take the plunge, only time will tell if I've just made a rash impulse purchase!

Looks like I'm going to have to go ahead with buying the rest of the bike now as well.

 

[Shearwater Missile]

Prologo Kappa saddle for the winter bike. A bit miffed with RM. The seller on Ebay posted it forthwith, it got transported across the country. It ends up at the local sorting office and should have been delivered yesterday. They gave me a 4hr time span and so we waited and kept an eye out. I get at email to say they could`nt deliver and one from ebay to say that they were sorry they missed us ? It gets left on our front doorstep this morning. Just as well I checked my emails. Hey ho !

 

[mrushton]

Smart Tyre Lever. We shall see if it lives up to its hype

 

[mrushton]

A lightweight mesh summer cap.

I wore such a thing today but was a bit cold under it.

 

[sevenfourate]

My clear garage lasted one whole night 🤦‍♂️

I’d wanted to do a Restomod / Cafe Cruiser build on an old Steel frame MTB. And someone bought this on my behalf yesterday - knowing I’d mentioned doing one ages ago. Not entirely sure I want it now……🤨🙄

What size is this anyone ?

 

[VinSumRox]

New DT Swiss rear wheel and SKS angled adaptor for mudguard stay, to replace crash damaged bits.

 

[sevenfourate]

Cateye Aamp 900 front light I’ve been happily using for 2 years appears to be dying 🙁

So courtesy of somewhat of a bargain: I’ve had an upgrade today 😁

 

[Raging_Pixie]

New inner tubes. I've had two recent failures where the tube has gone at the join to the valve. I've chalked it up to the tubes having been in my spares drawer for 10 years

I still haven't pulled the trigger on these though https://www.wolftoothcomponents.com/products/alt-xc-clipless-pedal?variant=40874268262435

 

[Jenkins]

An 11-30 cassette to replace the 11-36 version that came on the new bike. I don't need the bigger gears round here and on the current cassette I'm constantly changing between the 15 & 17 tooth cogs as neither seems right while the 11-30 has a 16 tooth cog.

 

[Shearwater Missile]

An 11-30 cassette to replace the 11-36 version that came on the new bike. I don't need the bigger gears round here and on the current cassette I'm constantly changing between the 15 & 17 tooth cogs as neither seems right while the 11-30 has a 16 tooth cog.

That cog makes a big difference. I did`nt realise that until after I bought a Sunrace 11-28 9 speed cassette. My previous and other cassettes had a 17 tooth. So after a few rides I went back to Sram 11-28. Problem solved.

 

[All uphill]

What size is this anyone ?

It's size is too small for you, perfect for me

Looks like a 51 -small.

 

[Jenkins]

That cog makes a big difference. I did`nt realise that until after I bought a Sunrace 11-28 9 speed cassette. My previous and other cassettes had a 17 tooth. So after a few rides I went back to Sram 11-28. Problem solved.

It's not just the gaining of a 16 tooth cog which seems to be my go-to on the road bikes, it's losing gears that I'll never use (who needs a 34/36 or 34/32 gearing option in this part of Suffolk?) and gaining a better spread of useable ones.