The "what bike bits have you just bought" thread

[MadDad]

Just ordered one of these from Merlin;



I get on really well with the Craft baselayers but they are not usually very cheap, however Merlin have 50% off most of the Craft baselayer range at the moment................rude not to!

[doolie]

Felt B12 TT Bike for £550 - Added New wheels ... Novatech hubs, 50mm clinchers inc tubes and tyres. £250

Before....



After.....




Keo Carbons came with the bike, awaiting new shoes. Currently using SPDs

New shoes from bike-discount.de. Mavic Pro Road

And of course, the Belkin Jersey/BIBs

Edited by doolie on Wednesday 3rd September 15:13

[Celtic Dragon]

One of these:



And £12 to have my rear wheel trued, after I found a pot hole immediate after a speedbump with my fat ass still on the saddle.

[S13_Alan]

Not really a bit I've bought, but bit I was going to before I remembered I own a lathe. So made one out some scrap nylon

Never knew these existed until I spotted one in a video the other day.

[Jonnny]

Is anyone still using the eBay Cree LED front lights?

[Watchman]

Yep. Still got one from my original batch some 3+ years ago, although the other one from that batch broke when its cable got wrapped around the spokes and yanked off.

3 more from my batch of about 2 years ago are still going strong. I have started using them again and am getting at least 4 hours from a charge (basically it hasn't run out yet) on low. High beam is a bit offensive for oncoming traffic.

[Jonnny]

Excellent!

Can't decide which ones they are on eBay that everyone got, as they've got 4 LED versions now.. But I'm sure these are a bit extreme?

[shogun001]

bakerstreet said:

Another call to Planet X this morning. Although their product is excellent value, their customer service isn't very good. Apparently my buying the frame through their ebay shop and then buying the crankset and the stem over the phone is causing lots of confusion

Wiggle can ship £50 orders in one day, yet Planet X struggle with orders of £600! I bought some wheels form lasty year and that took three weeks to and that was a product that was supposedly in stock!

Rant over.

I'm hoping this isn't their usual performance. Ordered a PlanetX N2A from them on Monday and their estimated build date is 21 days time. How long can it take to build a bike?

[Woody]

Just picked up one of these:


And some of these:

[CoolC]

Woody said:

And some of these:

I found those Park patches to be a bit rubbish tbh. The Lezyne ones I replaced them with were much better.

[Watchman]

Jonnny said:

Excellent!

Can't decide which ones they are on eBay that everyone got, as they've got 4 LED versions now.. But I'm sure these are a bit extreme?

Mine are the single "original" LED type. As I have to use them on low most of the time, I'd suggest multi-LED ones are not worth it, not least because of the reduction in usable time between charges.

[Rocksteadyeddie]

CoolC said:

I found those Park patches to be a bit rubbish tbh. The Lezyne ones I replaced them with were much better.

Really? I've always found the Park ones to be about the only ones worth having. Not tried Lezyne though.

[Gizmoish]

Watchman said:

Jonnny said:

Excellent!

Can't decide which ones they are on eBay that everyone got, as they've got 4 LED versions now.. But I'm sure these are a bit extreme?

Mine are the single "original" LED type. As I have to use them on low most of the time, I'd suggest multi-LED ones are not worth it, not least because of the reduction in usable time between charges.

Agreed - the "1000" lumen single LED ones are more than fine on road. I'd still be using Mine but the batteries stopped holding a charge. Just ordered one of the new twin lamp design with the later XM-L2 T6 emitter.

[richardxjr]

On the subject of lights I got fed up with the trailing wires & need to stash or hang the battery of the Chinese varieties. Bought a box and bar mount to self-contain my X2. Works better than it looks [who cares in the dark anyway ], can turn the lamp unit left and right too for dipping/centering.

[CoolC]

Acording to this morning's email my Endura 8 Panel Xtract Gel Bibshort will be delivered between 14:34 and 15:34, very precise.



Ready for my next century ride on Sunday.

[walm]

richardxjr said:

On the subject of lights I got fed up with the trailing wires & need to stash or hang the battery of the Chinese varieties. Bought a box and bar mount to self-contain my X2. Works better than it looks [who cares in the dark anyway ], can turn the lamp unit left and right too for dipping/centering.

"Number 5 - is alive!"

[mouseymousey]

S13_Alan said:

Not really a bit I've bought, but bit I was going to before I remembered I own a lathe. So made one out some scrap nylon

Never knew these existed until I spotted one in a video the other day.

Er, what is it?

[S13_Alan]

mouseymousey said:

Er, what is it?

When you take your back wheel off you attach that to the drop out so the chain can run on it and not across your chain stay.

Just means I can clean the chain or spin the cranks while the wheel is off and the bike up on the stand.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?site=&source=h...

[mouseymousey]

S13_Alan said:

When you take your back wheel off you attach that to the drop out so the chain can run on it and not across your chain stay.

Just means I can clean the chain or spin the cranks while the wheel is off and the bike up on the stand.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?site=&source=h...

Brilliant - something I never knew existed but suddenly now need.

[walm]

Finally pulled the 29er trigger.
2x of these, one for me, one for the missus.