The "what bike bits have you just bought" thread

[yellowjack]

Birdthom said:

One of these:



Collecting later this week.

Which model? Where from? How much?

Reason I ask is, I'm looking for a new bike right now. That could well fit the bill.


Edit: I can see now that it's a 2014 Giant Propel Advanced Sl 3 Isp - a £4,000 bike last year. TriUK have them at £2,600, but only stock is size M...

Edited by yellowjack on Tuesday 13th January 12:48

[Birdthom]

yellowjack said:

Which model? Where from? How much?

Reason I ask is, I'm looking for a new bike right now. That could well fit the bill.


Edit: I can see now that it's a 2014 Giant Propel Advanced Sl 3 Isp - a £4,000 bike last year. TriUK have them at £2,600, but only stock is size M...

Edited by yellowjack on Tuesday 13th January 12:48

Yes, that's the bike. £2299 from Rutland Cycles, but that was the last one.

Putney Cycles have the Propel Advanced 2 2014 in M/L and L at £1,999 which was a fallback option.

http://www.putneycycles.com/product/giant-ropel-ad...

{usual disclaimer about how I'm not connected to either business etc}

[yellowjack]

Well it looks like I won't be getting one, then. I need a size 'Small', to accommodate my short, fat, hairy legs...

[okgo]

yonex said:

Couple of thousan km, I measured the same chain which had done 8000km through all kinds with me, Mr unsympathetic crossing it up and it had stretched <0.5%.

Are you Tony Martin?

I've had this chain on for nearly a year and it still isn't showing its stretched to replacement point, I do wonder what MD is doing with them


@ Teebs, that looks nice, hope you don't have any issues. Two chaps I know have recently had cracks appear in their Speedmax TT bikes, not ideal.

[AyBee]

okgo said:

I've had this chain on for nearly a year and it still isn't showing its stretched to replacement point, I do wonder what MD is doing with them


@ Teebs, that looks nice, hope you don't have any issues. Two chaps I know have recently had cracks appear in their Speedmax TT bikes, not ideal.

And my 2012 Aeroad failed on the rake adjust so be careful. Otherwise, gorgeous bike!

[Teebs]

AyBee said:

And my 2012 Aeroad failed on the rake adjust so be careful. Otherwise, gorgeous bike!

Thanks for the nice comments guys. Hopefully I wont have any issues with it, luckily I have a half decent winter bike that I can use if this ever needed to go back to Germany..

The VFM is exceptional and all the reviews I've read have been glowing. I'm coming from a 2012 Scott Foil, so same principles and a similar set up. The only reason for not going for the lesser model is that I wanted Di2 & to try the Reynolds wheels.

[tobinen]

After experiencing some discomfort on last weekend's ride I've decided to try some chamois cream for the first time



And these looked ok for warmer weather so ordered a pair

[MadDad]

okgo said:

yonex said:

Couple of thousan km, I measured the same chain which had done 8000km through all kinds with me, Mr unsympathetic crossing it up and it had stretched <0.5%.

Are you Tony Martin?

I've had this chain on for nearly a year and it still isn't showing its stretched to replacement point, I do wonder what MD is doing with them


@ Teebs, that looks nice, hope you don't have any issues. Two chaps I know have recently had cracks appear in their Speedmax TT bikes, not ideal.

I wish I knew!!

[TheLemming]

MadDad said:

I wish I knew!!

I've a SRAM Red chain showing no stretch over 3000 miles on the Summer bike, and a pair of Apex chains completely beyond the wear gauge after 2.5k miles each on the Winter and CX bikes.

I suspect cheap chains may be a false economy.

How you're nuking the KMCs is another question

[Birdthom]

TheLemming said:

I've a SRAM Red chain showing no stretch over 3000 miles on the Summer bike, and a pair of Apex chains completely beyond the wear gauge after 2.5k miles each on the Winter and CX bikes.

I suspect cheap chains may be a false economy.

How you're nuking the KMCs is another question

Possibly has much to do with the way you're using them in different conditions rather than price/quality

[Superhoop]

Now I'm back on my bike, I've had somewhat of a resurgence in my spending...

Last night was a Tacx Vortex turbo trainer, a polar heart rate monitor, a frame sweat protector and a TT specific tyre to go on an old spare wheel.

Oh and a better front light... Only a Chinese Cree, but better than having an LED torch strapped to the bars.

[tuffer]

This for me:

And this for her:

[Jasper3.0]

Ditto the I-Vortex and the trainer tyre! Broken arm preventing going out. Black ice is a dangerous thing!

[jamiebae]

I finally gave into the Rapha sale emails, so a jersey, snood, seat pack and a couple of musettes will be waiting for me when I get back to England.

The musettes aren't strictly for cycling though, they are the perfect size to carry my laptop and iPad so I use one every day to go to work, but the pink stripe doesn't go with my red jumper so I need some other choices #tart

[Craikeybaby]

As my old trainers are falling to bits I have treated myself to a pair of five ten impacts for cycling in.

[Johnny]

Popped into Rapha for tea & cake yesterday. Left with 2 jerseys and a hat.







Didn't expect them to have anything in a medium, but pleasantly surprised. And £130 for the lot, not too shabby.

Never did get that cake though...

Edited by Johnny on Friday 16th January 10:11

[MadDad]

I like the cross jersey a lot, can't justify spending at the moment though.......

[drgav2005]

x2 of these in preparation for my attempt at the Knighthood of Sufferlandria on the 8th February

[tuffer]

Johnny said:

Popped into Rapha for tea & cake yesterday. Left with 2 jerseys and a hat.







Didn't expect them to have anything in a medium, but pleasantly surprised. And £130 for the lot, not too shabby.

Never did get that cake though...

Edited by Johnny on Friday 16th January 10:11

You are either very small or very large...I was also in there yesterday looking at those.

[Johnny]

Well the Medium fits me very snugly... 5'11" and about 88kg at the minute...

Unless you're talking about the hat. Not sure my head's that large