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Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5875 on: 02 March, 2021, 09:46:18 pm »
Cycling adjacent but I've ordered a pump up weed/water sprayer thingy for bike cleaning.
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Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5876 on: 05 March, 2021, 02:27:41 pm »
I caved.

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Karla

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Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5877 on: 19 March, 2021, 12:31:03 am »
Oooh, what?

Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5878 on: 22 March, 2021, 10:39:46 am »
I got the Assioma Duos but I might have to do the SPD hack as I'm really struggling with 3-bolt cleats.  ::-) :-[

Tim Hall

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Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5879 on: 22 March, 2021, 04:18:49 pm »
Handlebars for the Pino.

It's thin line between "reassuringly expensive" and "how bleedin' much!?"
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Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5880 on: 24 March, 2021, 07:26:21 am »
I got the Assioma Duos but I might have to do the SPD hack as I'm really struggling with 3-bolt cleats.  ::-) :-[

I can definitely recommend the SPD hack. Can't remember which X-Pedo (such a bad name) pedals I fitted, but I needed to use the threadlock trick to make sure they were in the correct position. Other than that, it was pretty painless and everything seems to work really well.

Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5881 on: 24 March, 2021, 08:09:51 am »
Hmm - did not know about the SPD hack.

https://gplama.com/2019/12/11/favero-assioma-xpedo-spd-hack-gravel-power/

That will be very handy if I end up with a square taper crank...

Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5882 on: 24 March, 2021, 09:34:08 am »
Apparently the original pedals that were used for the hack are no longer (readily) available so gplama did an update:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGz36c1yx-Q

zigzag

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Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5883 on: 24 March, 2021, 11:30:18 am »
there are now garmin rally pedals, compatible with shimano road and mtb cleats. how good they are - time will tell, but it's a welcome option for many (provided they work as they should).

Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5884 on: 24 March, 2021, 01:30:27 pm »
Just arrived from Italy a new De Marchi heritage jersey



https://www.demarchi.com/en/product.php?ID=108&IDXCOL=0

I hope they don’t mind me linking their image as advertising. Special offer email on Saturday, ordered and arrived today.

Karla

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Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5885 on: 24 March, 2021, 08:59:34 pm »
There's also the SRM SPD power meter if you wanted to pay £300 more!

I hadn't seen the SPD hack, interesting.  Did you want the pedals so you could switch them between bikes?  Otherwise the Quark and Power2Max/FSA options cost similar money and let you use whatever pedals you like?

Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5886 on: 29 March, 2021, 02:28:00 pm »
A Minoura Swing Grip, so that I can use my Garmin and handlebar bag at the same time (only a month to go until, fingers crossed, I can do some camping!).

rogerzilla

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Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5887 on: 26 April, 2021, 06:48:10 pm »
Some lightly-used M323 pedals for nostalgia's sake.  They are so lightly used that the bearings still have that Shimano entry-level toothy feel that takes 100 miles of riding to smooth out, and the seals (usually long gone) are supple and uncracked.

My TL-PD33 is useless on these but, given that they seem to have done mere tens of miles, I just purged them with fresh grease using the common trick of filling the end of the pedal and the dustcap, then pushing the dustcap on.  After about five rounds of this, fresh Phil Wood grease spewed from the crank end.  There was no evidence of factory grease, which probably evaporated last century.
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.

Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5888 on: 07 May, 2021, 03:10:24 pm »
These 



https://www.wiggle.co.uk/dhb-pro-triple-lens-sunglasses?sku=5360308464

(I was going for Oakley radar


but they look over-engineered)

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Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5889 on: 07 May, 2021, 03:19:54 pm »
Nice!  I bought some Oakleys last week (50% reduction) but had buyers regret and sent them back for a refund.  They really aren't that special and the prices are inflated IMO largely because they are made (or sometimes assembled) in the USA.  Who cares (apart from Proud Boys)!

I bought a replacement mech hanger for my Cervelo today which I fully expect never to use but you never know. No excitement value  :(
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Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5890 on: 07 May, 2021, 04:39:52 pm »
Nice!  I bought some Oakleys last week (50% reduction) but had buyer's regret and sent them back for a refund.  They really aren't that special and the prices are inflated IMO largely because they are made (or sometimes assembled) in the USA.  Who cares (apart from Proud Boys)!

I bought a replacement mech hanger for my Cervelo today which I fully expect never to use but you never know. No doubt they will end up rarer than hen's teeth at some future point. No excitement value  :(
The sound of one pannier flapping

rogerzilla

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Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5891 on: 20 May, 2021, 05:07:33 pm »
A pair of almost-free Shimano PD-7810 pedals.  These are the best SPD-SLs ever made but people never service them as it needs a couple of unusual tools, viz. a 20mm cone spanner and a small circlip spanner.  The water sealing is poor so they can often be rusted out if they were ridden in the rain.

Anyway, the LH pedal was perfect, with clean green factory grease, but the RH one smelt like an old steelworks when opened up and water has got in, leaving brown rust-stained grease.  The vulnerable inboard bearing race has actually survived well, with no real pitting, but the balls have left stains on the raceways.  A new axle unit can be had for only £20 now (plus £20 postage from the USA!) which is just about economic given that good PD-7810s can go for almost £100.
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.

Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5892 on: 07 June, 2021, 02:27:02 pm »
Bought myself some new wheels to cheer myself up. Because when life is shit, shiny things are the answer. :facepalm:

Gattopardo

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Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5893 on: 11 June, 2021, 04:09:58 pm »
Not sure if this should be here or I'm a div thread.

Bough a purple rapha logo t shirt in size Large...but it is a womans shaped top...noted the purple t shirt but not that it was a ladies shape.


Bought a a cycling skinsuit thing suspect that is ladies too

Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5894 on: 13 June, 2021, 07:04:04 am »
From Topeak. An under-saddle bracket so I can move the wedge pack between bikes more easily.

Of course the nut fell on the floor..
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T42

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Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5895 on: 13 June, 2021, 02:30:16 pm »
50g of 1.6µ PTFE powder.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

rogerzilla

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Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5896 on: 13 June, 2021, 03:31:23 pm »
Not sure if this should be here or I'm a div thread.

Bough a purple rapha logo t shirt in size Large...but it is a womans shaped top...noted the purple t shirt but not that it was a ladies shape.


Bought a a cycling skinsuit thing suspect that is ladies too

I noticed a long time ago that women (average woman-sized, anyway) can go full Rapha for a fraction of the usual price, since the small sizes are always on sale.
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.

rogerzilla

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Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5897 on: 13 June, 2021, 03:33:18 pm »
50g of 1.6µ PTFE powder.
You know that won't get stuck in the post.
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.

T42

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Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5898 on: 13 June, 2021, 03:43:33 pm »
50g of 1.6µ PTFE powder.
You know that won't get stuck in the post.

Might slip off the back of the lorry though.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

rogerzilla

  • When n+1 gets out of hand
Re: Bought any cycling stuff today?
« Reply #5899 on: 13 June, 2021, 07:09:38 pm »
Some 20mm aluminium rod to slice up and slip inside the ends of the Brompton S-bars, so I can tighten bar ends with impunity.  A ghetto version of the Bontrager B.E.R.T. for readers old enough to remember.
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.