The "what bike bits have you just bought" thread

[MadDad]

I had an Amazon voucher burning a hole in my laptop so ordered a pair of these;

[donfisher]

One of these to replace my ageing Cateye blinker:
http://www.spanninga.com/products/rearlights/o/


Seems solid and weatherproof. Not that bright though - probably more suitable for lit urban than unlit rural.

[47p2]

Titanium seatpost for the Volare

[loudlashadjuster]

47p2 said:

Titanium seatpost for the Volare

That is lovely.

[43655]

16" On One Parkwood 29er frame (I'm only 5'7)
X-Fusion Trace 110-140, Hope Pro2/Hope Flow EX, rest of the build was all robbed off my old Scandal
been on one half-ride so far but it's such a blast! until i noticed the puncture and walked back
Currently Plastidip'd as it was a raw frame.
Really bad finish so powdercoat and decals going on soon

Edited by 43655 on Thursday 13th November 20:35

[Craikeybaby]

New mud guard by Lewis Craik, on Flickr

I bought an Endure Guard, after getting a face full of mud last time I went out.

[Silver940]

donfisher said:

One of these to replace my ageing Cateye blinker:
http://www.spanninga.com/products/rearlights/o/


Seems solid and weatherproof. Not that bright though - probably more suitable for lit urban than unlit rural.

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/LIPHBPDRL/phaart-bleep-dual-05-watt-led-rear-light

Bought a couple of these a while back when they were about £3 I think. Stonking light for the money, rediculously bright. A match for my Smart Lunar R2 just the bracket is a little odd, like a plastic jubilee clip - works ok though.

[yellowjack]

Are 'On-One' and 'Planet X' one and the same?

I've got an 18 piece Shimano specific "Jobsworth" brand tool kit in my "basket" on a 'daily deal' at £21.99 on the Planet X website.

So, I check out the competition, to see if it genuinely is a 'deal'. And I find the exact same thing on the On-One site, same price, same £3.95 postage, same time-sensitive one day only price. So, are they the same parent company, and if so, is this common knowledge? I've not bought from either company before, so haven't thought about it.

I found the tool kit deal by following the link to the Phaart Bleep rear light (£4.99), as my son needs a back-up for his rear light, but I also found the Smart Lunar R2 at just under a tenner too...

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/LISMRTR2/smart-lunar-... Very similar to the Phaart, but I suspect the quality will be slightly better. Perhaps not worth a £15 premium over the Phaart, but certainly worth considering when it's only an extra fiver.

[gazza285]

yellowjack said:

Are 'On-One' and 'Planet X' one and the same?

They are the same company.

[Watchman]

Craikeybaby said:

New mud guard by Lewis Craik, on Flickr

I bought an Endure Guard, after getting a face full of mud last time I went out.

I've got something similar. I bought it to stop the crap going up the inside of the fork (mainly) but I'm not convinced it does much else.

I have a frame guard too - I bought that mostly because it matches the colour scheme of the bike. As soon as you steer to the side, you still get a face-full.

I like the principle of mudguards even though they're not very sexy. I don't see why the rider needs to get covered in crap just because we live in a wet country, and because mudguards are taboo on mountain bikes.

If only you could get them stiff enough that they don't wobble and rattle. To that end, I have long suspected carbon fibre would be the solution, particularly as my old Caterham mudguards were so stiff they wouldn't deflect at 140mph. So... I fancy one of these.



Particularly the long one.



From:

http://www.rockguardz.com/mudguardz/mudguard-cg570...

They don't do a matching rear one though. I'd probably ditch my others in favour of this if there was a rear one too.

[S13_Alan]

Woody said:

S13_Alan said:

I might have accidentally ordered one of these last night (same finish but not the same spec as the photo)... 2015 Rose Uncle Jimbo.

Looks to be a better designed frame than previous versions, seems to be getting good comments already, and is certainly great value.. so hope it's good

Nice!!!

Cheers No idea how long it's going to take, says a week in the order status but will see, and I will stick up some photos and my not so informed opinion as it's been a good few years since I did any mountain biking and things have moved on a fair bit.

Given I'm supposed to be buying a house and not another bike, I'm currently wondering how long I can hide it from my Mum before she notices...

Watchman said:

http://www.rockguardz.com/mudguardz/mudguard-cg570...

They don't do a matching rear one though. I'd probably ditch my others in favour of this if there was a rear one too.

Been looking at them myself, and thought the only decent looking rear thing I thought (from a functional and not quite as ugly as one of they things you bolt to your seat post point of view) was the Mudhugger rear one. Don't see why it couldn't be pretty solid mounting, and the reviews I read hint at it being not too bad.

Am I miles off with that guess? Just asking in case you've tried one (or anyone else has) and they flap about and make loads of noise.

[Watchman]

S13_Alan said:

Been looking at them myself, and thought the only decent looking rear thing I thought (from a functional and not quite as ugly as one of they things you bolt to your seat post point of view) was the Mudhugger rear one. Don't see why it couldn't be pretty solid mounting, and the reviews I read hint at it being not too bad.

Am I miles off with that guess? Just asking in case you've tried one (or anyone else has) and they flap about and make loads of noise.

I haven't tried the mud-hugger rear guard although my little front one (like the one at the top of the page) is from mud-hugger. That one is securely mounted, and I understand uses the same mounting principle as their rear guard so it ought to be very secure. However, the plastics they use are inherently "floppy" compared to carbon fibre so I'd expect a little "wagging" from side to side. Nothing too serious though. My seat-post mounted guard isn't too bad in this regard so I'd expect better from the mud-hugger.

I just want a matching pair that are rigid and provide decent coverage. Rock Guardz are definitely on the right path.

[neilbauer]

[quote=neilbauer]One of these, don't need it just liked it



Disappointed with this light, with seat posts being angled back and the clip not angled to compensate for this the light points down too much. The main reason I bought it was to clip onto my rucksack or clothing and the clip is next to useless the slightest bump and it would fall off!

[Watchman]

I have ordered 6 of these. Total cost just over a tenner. Thought I could experiment with sticking them on different parts of the bike like the chainstays (maybe) as well as the seatpost.



As they're coming half way round the world, I won't get them until sometime later this month.

[Hippohiphooray]

New bar tape for the roady.

[JustinF]

Watchman said:

I have ordered 6 of these. Total cost just over a tenner. Thought I could experiment with sticking them on different parts of the bike like the chainstays (maybe) as well as the seatpost.



As they're coming half way round the world, I won't get them until sometime later this month.

I bought a load of these many pages back, they are nice and bright, I had three on my seatpost, one steady, one slow blink, one fast blink.
Unfortunately they aren't weatherproof, by the end of the DunRun this year one wasn't working, one wouldn't turn off and the other was fine.

[ode]

Watchman said:

I have ordered 6 of these. Total cost just over a tenner. Thought I could experiment with sticking them on different parts of the bike like the chainstays (maybe) as well as the seatpost.



As they're coming half way round the world, I won't get them until sometime later this month.

I've got a few of those on various bikes and some have lasted ages, others have died within a couple of rides. Seems to be a bit of a quality lottery, but they're so cheap and small I'm going to keep on using them.




I've ordered myself one of these today..... going to try a 1x10 setup on my hardtail. Strangely looking forward to the extra effort I'll need to put in up some of the more vertical climbs!

[donfisher]

JustinF said:

Unfortunately they aren't weatherproof, by the end of the DunRun this year one wasn't working, one wouldn't turn off and the other was fine.

That's why I went for the Spanninga - I was hoping it would be a bit more weatherproof than the cheapies.

My cateye has honesty been been brilliant but after 3 years it's starting to play up. I've just refreshed the batteries + cleaned and tweaked the contacts and it's back to full strength though so it'll probably do the rest of '14 and the dark bit of '15.

http://www.noahsark.co.uk/cateye-rear-lights-c251/...

If at any point in my commute I was in total darkness with traffic behind me I'd get a splitter for the cree and get one of those light-of-a-thousand-suns rear lights I've been seeing recently. As it is I'm hoping that just something blinky and relaibale will be up to the job.

I've also got a Fibre Flare which apart from the lack of round the corner style brightness is probably one of the best bits of winter cycling kit I own.

Edited by donfisher on Friday 14th November 15:57

[Watchman]

JustinF said:

Watchman said:

I have ordered 6 of these. Total cost just over a tenner. Thought I could experiment with sticking them on different parts of the bike like the chainstays (maybe) as well as the seatpost.



As they're coming half way round the world, I won't get them until sometime later this month.

I bought a load of these many pages back, they are nice and bright, I had three on my seatpost, one steady, one slow blink, one fast blink.
Unfortunately they aren't weatherproof, by the end of the DunRun this year one wasn't working, one wouldn't turn off and the other was fine.

I run full mudguards over winter so I hope they'll last long enough to change the batteries. Regardless, I have other lights - I've a couple of Knog Skinks on the seatpost, and Knog Strobe on my helmet. I really don't need any more but at that price I thought I'd have a play. I may end up giving them to the kids.

I previously bought some bar end lights which were fun but I suspect more useful on dropped bars. On flat bars, they get ruined when the kids rest their bikes against walls. On my bike they won't fit because I have those ergonomic grips which are closed ended.

[keith2.2]

Light tech has improved in the last couple of years..

£36 cat eye thing on the bottom, £30 Knog Blinder 4 on top. Both fully charged batteries.