The "what bike bits have you just bought" thread

[tuffer]

Went out for a spot of lunch with the wife. Somehow managed to buy a pair of NorthWave GTX boots, a Torque Wrench and bit set, a high viz vest for her and a pair of over boots.

[Dowks]

A bit more expense this month, cracking EUR/GBP means Starbike got hit for these tubs and some Veloflex Carbons

[ALawson]

Dowks they look splendid!

[mcelliott]

[MadDad]

ALawson said:

Dowks they look splendid!

+1

[neilbauer]

MadDad said:

ALawson said:

Dowks they look splendid!

+2

[tuffer]

neilbauer said:

MadDad said:

ALawson said:

Dowks they look splendid!

+2

+3

[Matt_N]

Despite being off work and the bike with a broken femur I'm still spending money on bits:



New saddle as I was swapping one between my Tarmac and Master, likewise the pedals.

New stainless bottle cage for my Master and a new Cinelli cap.

And finally some new lightweight tubes for my new wheels which have just I been built and will be picking up once I'm back on my feet - Archetypes on DT240 20/24 with CX-Rays. Noice.

Need a new cassette, ti skewers and chain for the wheels so will get those idc.

[Justin S]

A nice new Giro lid to replace my old Giro. In that blue as per the link.

http://www.pedalon.co.uk/acatalog/giro-phase-helme...

[bakerstreet]

New bar tape for the new bars on my Giant Defy. I'm trying something different from my usual tape. I liked the look of this logo print tape. Hope its comfy



I need to buy mudguards too, but not sure what to buy.

[ferrisbueller]

Recommend crud road racer.

20 quid-ish, 10 mins to fit and highly effective IME.

[bakerstreet]

ferrisbueller said:

Recommend crud road racer.

20 quid-ish, 10 mins to fit and highly effective IME.

Will have a look later. I have SKS Raceblades. Fine on the back, but I just can't get it to work on the front and I've tried cutting the guard and making spacers out of modelling clay and it still won't fit properly.

The bike actually has eyelets for proper guards, but I wanted the clip on ones, so I could use them with other bikes in the future. Turned out to be a waste of time

[neenaw]

Just ordered a set of these as they're doing a pretty good deal on them on the Rose Bikes site at the moment.

[S13_Alan]

Finding it a right pain in the arse stopping and changing height all the time, and having my saddle lower than normal during pedally bits gives me sore knees so can't really go for an in-between compromise.... so just ordered a dropper post

[Craikeybaby]

I've ordered another Finisterre merino base layer not strictly cycling related, but I've been wearing my existing one out on the bike a lot this winter.

[nammynake]

ferrisbueller said:

Recommend crud road racer.

20 quid-ish, 10 mins to fit and highly effective IME.

They're great if you have the clearance, but will take a lot more than 10 minutes to fit, particularly the first time. If you've not seen them being fitted before, it will take you at least an hour. Once they're built then you can remove and re-attach pretty quickly. I take mine off in the Spring and refit in Winter. Takes probably 20 minutes or so.

[okgo]

neenaw said:

Just ordered a set of these as they're doing a pretty good deal on them on the Rose Bikes site at the moment.

You 'must' use a torque wrench to install, or the figures will be miles out. I'm sure you were going to but just so you know

[dogbucket]

Craikeybaby said:

The footage from the chest mount was crap, but I think that was more down to user error and forgetting to account for leaning forward whilst riding the bike. Most of the footage is of my knees.

I didn't take any footage using the bike mount, but I will next time I'm out, I was quite pleased with this picture though:

Ewan and Masashi at Cannock Chase by Lewis Craik, on Flickr

I dont know if you are talking about GoPros, but when using a chest mount, mount the GoPro upside down with the hinge at the top which allows it to be angled upwards. There is then a setting in the GoPro to flip the video.

[Craikeybaby]

That is what I was doing, but I just didn't agile the GoPro enough.

[neenaw]

okgo said:

You 'must' use a torque wrench to install, or the figures will be miles out. I'm sure you were going to but just so you know

Yep, just ordered a new one.