Author Topic: Bought any cycling stuff today? (Read 874862 times)

GruB · « **Reply #1150 on:** 19 June, 2011, 09:10:13 am »

2 x Scwalbe Durano Plus tyres for the Etape.
Hope ceramic bottom bracket in gold for the TCR - expect more photos one day

Quint · « **Reply #1151 on:** 19 June, 2011, 02:00:53 pm »

North Face jacket reduced by 50% at Blacks in Oxford, I know it isn't a cycle jacket but the flaps on the pocket flaps are in the right direction for a bent and the main zip is double storm flapped, first dry rides on a beny for absolutely yonks.
The Madison is being sent back with "frank comments"

Feline · « **Reply #1152 on:** 20 June, 2011, 10:41:42 am »

Myself, my 2 new pixeo rear lights arrived.

Got home to find my son has N+1 parked in the hall. He bought it from a bike recycling scheme in Cheddar. Frame is a BSA Shadow, I have no idea what that is! He says he loves it already though

Saddle needs to go up a fair bit. I tried to get on it but frame much to big for me so I won't get a test ride

Ian H · « **Reply #1153 on:** 20 June, 2011, 10:46:57 am »

Frame looks too big for me. How tall is he? It would make a good fixed-wheel.

Feline · « **Reply #1154 on:** 20 June, 2011, 11:01:06 am »

Quote from: Ian H on 20 June, 2011, 10:46:57 am

Frame looks too big for me. How tall is he? It would make a good fixed-wheel.

He's 6 foot 3

LittleWheelsandBig · « **Reply #1155 on:** 21 June, 2011, 03:08:31 pm »

Audax England jersey, a very slick multitool and several AAA batteries for various taillights.

dasmoth · « **Reply #1156 on:** 22 June, 2011, 12:04:41 pm »

New tyres for the audax bike (Duranos)

Latest candidate for 26"-tandem-holy-grail tyres (Marathon Supremes). Now wondering whether to risk fitting them for a 200 on Saturday, or try them locally first...

Computer for Emily's bike (I tried to convince her she needed a GPS)

New cassette for the tandem (not actually needed yet, but saw it at a good price, and I've got a few concerns about how long it will remain easy to get nice 9 speed components given the fairly rapid switch of MTBs to 10 speed stuff).

Speshact · « **Reply #1157 on:** 25 June, 2011, 07:24:09 pm »

A pair of Lidl's 'pretend Ortlieb' panniers from their sale bin today. £3 each.

Jaded · « **Reply #1158 on:** 28 June, 2011, 10:43:39 pm »

A Tri-bag.

To keep all my tris in.

mcshroom · « **Reply #1159 on:** 28 June, 2011, 10:45:16 pm »

Lots of stainless steel bolts to replace the bolts going orange on my tourer

Deano · « **Reply #1160 on:** 28 June, 2011, 10:47:32 pm »

A chainring and a front mech. I hope this guarantees that I will now find the front mech which is somewhere in the house (but at three quid it may be worth a punt anyway!).

rower40 · « **Reply #1161 on:** 29 June, 2011, 06:44:59 am »

Quote from: Feline on 20 June, 2011, 10:41:42 am

Good to see that the bottle cage is of the UK Standard Stroppy Cat size.

jogler · « **Reply #1162 on:** 29 June, 2011, 10:48:34 am »

Quote from: Jaded on 28 June, 2011, 10:43:39 pm

A Tri-bag.

To keep all my tris in.

you should have 3 of 'em:tri's not bags.

jogler · « **Reply #1163 on:** 29 June, 2011, 10:49:28 am »

Quote from: Deano on 28 June, 2011, 10:47:32 pm

A chainring and a front mech. I hope this guarantees that I will now find the front mech which is somewhere in the house (but at three quid it may be worth a punt anyway!).

interzen · « **Reply #1164 on:** 29 June, 2011, 10:57:34 am »

A JTek 8-speed, canned-gear friendly bar-end shifter ... £80 quid

Heart-stopping cost aside, it does mean that I can move my Alfine wheelset onto the Genesis and keep the shallow-drop bars which I happen to find extremely comfortable. Also means that I'll likely be carpet-bombing the classifieds with stuff that I take off my old Marin that is surplus to requirements - need to make room for the arrival of Pugsley in September/October

Andrew Br · « **Reply #1165 on:** 30 June, 2011, 11:43:39 pm »

I ordered a Deda Dog Fang from Wiggle.
Occasionally the chain drops when I change down onto the small ring. The mechanic at the LBS says that the stops are properly set and it's one of the drawbacks of a compact. He recommended a chain catcher.
He was disappointed that I went for the Dog Fang; he wanted me to get a blingy aluminium chain catcher "available in a variety of colours".
My argument that it was £8 v. £30 didn't cut any ice...................

mcshroom · « **Reply #1166 on:** 01 July, 2011, 12:11:41 am »

Some A530 touring pedals currently in the post from Northern Ireland so that I can ride in normal shoes sometimes, and also have a bigger pedal area to try and relieve the hot-foot I've started to develop on longer rides.

Also some square taper crank bolts as the current ones on my tourer are going a bit orange

andrewc · « **Reply #1167 on:** 01 July, 2011, 12:41:22 am »

Back in early May I bought a Kryptonite mini U lock with cable for a good price on Ebay. It never arrived..... as the dealer had consistently good feedback I assumed it had been stolen from the post room at work*.

It turned up today... all paperwork for the purchase date enclosed

* I've lost several items this way, but as I'm not supposed to have stuff delivered to work can't complain about it. I now need to get a train in my lunch break to get to the out of town post office depot as well

tiermat · « **Reply #1168 on:** 01 July, 2011, 05:41:47 am »

Oh dear

I appear to have agreed to buy an Orbit tandem...

clarion · « **Reply #1169 on:** 01 July, 2011, 09:04:05 am »

Jord · « **Reply #1170 on:** 01 July, 2011, 10:46:07 am »

Some Ortlieb panniers to go with the Sabbath September I've just ordered

Gus · « **Reply #1171 on:** 01 July, 2011, 12:07:21 pm »

Just ordered a Avid disc brake and a couple of headsets.

plus a Spank tweet tweet frame and a seatpost for it.

PaulF · « **Reply #1172 on:** 01 July, 2011, 07:55:31 pm »

A can of gears. Just need them built into a wheel.

interzen · « **Reply #1173 on:** 01 July, 2011, 08:28:47 pm »

Gear cables (inner and outer) for OrangeGina's Alfine-isation - of the shopping list I took to the LBS, these were the only bits I came away with.

The Alfine anti-turn washers are on back-order until the end of July(!) so the conversion will be going precisely nowhere unless I can source some sooner. The one possible up-side to this is that my orange bar tape will arrive early next week

Quint · « **Reply #1174 on:** 01 July, 2011, 10:10:57 pm »

some Middleburn cable lube thingys, no more frozen cables in winter