The "what bike bits have you just bought" thread

[shirt]

zefal fp50 track pump so i can get enough air in to cope with my lardy frame

[Matt_N]

Few new bits for the winter bike:

5600 shifters
5600 brakes
4600 chainset
4600 bottom bracket

And the frame has been dropped off to the powder coaters today

[47p2]

Deda Zero 100 Pista Stem

[HereBeMonsters]

Jimboka said:

Shimano 105 chain - currently £5 in Halfords..

They've got them in Winchester. Anyone want me to pick them up one? Garry?

[GarryDK]

HereBeMonsters said:

They've got them in Winchester. Anyone want me to pick them up one? Garry?

Yeah go on then

[bakerstreet]

PomBstard said:

Park Tools PCS10 workstand - should've bought one years ago

That looks quite good. I need to buy a workstand. At the moment, I use a bit of wood bolted to an old shelf bracket that attached to the garage wall. Its less than ideal.

[nigelpugh7]

PomBstard said:

Park Tools PCS10 workstand - should've bought one years ago

I have got the exact same one, it's brilliant, once you get one you wonder how you got by without one in the past.

The way it folds up means it's good enough to bundle in the back of our Disco 4, so when we go to Cannock trails, I can use it to clean the bikes before we come home.

I would recommend it to anyone!

[PomBstard]

nigelpugh7 said:

I have got the exact same one, it's brilliant, once you get one you wonder how you got by without one in the past.

The way it folds up means it's good enough to bundle in the back of our Disco 4, so when we go to Cannock trails, I can use it to clean the bikes before we come home.

I would recommend it to anyone!

Yep, all of that - really no idea why I waited so long to get one - AUD180 delivered to my door, so great value too

[GarryDK]

one of these for my commuter



some break pads for the roadie

some Aldi specials






and got this for my birthday next week


The navigation and performance bundle

so it led me to buy one of these

[anonymous-user]

Be wary of those silicon covers chap. In the pissing rain mine always managed to get water into the comms port. I never use it now. It also seemed to bks the elevation data, maybe blocking the window?

[neilbauer]

One of these....



Pod cnc led light

And a pair of red alluminium valve caps

[2DDav]

Bought a set of these after only going for a rear:



Realised the other night how poor my rear light was and these are easily interchangable between the bikes.

[Herman Toothrot]

XTR 180mm post to post calliper mount
Deore 180mm rotor

I had been riding my OnOne 456ti about thinking why on earth is the front brake so crap?? Bleed all fine, better pads, still no power compared to my other bikes, it was then it dawned on me other bikes run 203mm or 180mm rotors not the puddly little 160 it has, so fingers crossed this will fix it, bargin £12 delivered from CRC

Giro Savant road helmet

Next up I have been getting neck ache on my road bike, adjusted loads no improvement - then I noticed a post where someone said MTB peaked helmet responding to someone else's similar complaint. How bloody obvious, craning neck to see past peak. I feel silly and I'm sure this will be the fix. In the sale at Wiggle £51, so relatively inexpensive purchasing today that should make two bikes more fun.

[B1G GK]

Couple of the £2 Phart lights for the rear of my bike to run with my main rear, and the Autumn bundle, all from Planet X.

[Watchman]

I went to Aldi too - thought I'd give these a go over the winter:

[Stugots]

^^^ spocks gloves?? Wtf.

[Watchman]

Stugots said:

^^^ spocks gloves?? Wtf.

Oh yeah, they're properly weird but they make some sort of sense if you're drunk, hypnotised or just plain odd.

They were only a fiver. I like odd bike stuff so I thought I'd give them a go.

[Gruffy]

Having your fingers together keeps them warmer than individual fingers. There's method in the madness.

[stanthebiker]

I had a set of motorcycle gloves like that, they were nice on the cold days.

[anonymous-user]

Wider bars (700mm > 740mm), shorter stem (95mm > 53mm), and new gear cables for my MTB. No pics as these are boring purchases!