The "what bike bits have you just bought" thread

[tenohfive]

Sorely tempted by these dhb Pro Triple's:






Trying to talk myself out of them but at the price I reckon I'll cave the next time the sun comes out.

But on the actual, 'things I've bought' front - 3 of these:

http://www.gearbest.com/headlights/pp_294543.html

29g each and the plan is to leave one at home recharging by microUSB, one at work recharging and a third one on the bike. Or remove one from the mount and carry as a spare. Saves the faff of CR2032's with the Femto style lights. And it worked out £8 for 3 of them so throwaway cost.

Edited by tenohfive on Thursday 26th May 13:09

[cirian75]

my allez needs a new fork

Planet X has a frame sale on.

can have a new frame for only a smige more than a fork bought and fitted


mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[louiebaby]

cirian75 said:

my allez needs a new fork

Planet X has a frame sale on.

can have a new frame for only a smige more than a fork bought and fitted

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

If you're not in a rush, watching the prices of frames on Planet X is an interesting hobby. The best day to have bought in the last 6 months would have been Christmas Day. They really do move around a lot.

I might be a nerd, and it might not be that interesting.

[tenohfive]

The budget impulse buying continues. Couple of pairs of Aldi/Crane sunnies at £1.99 each. Still going to end up with those dhb Pro's as I love how they look.

[ED209]

CoolC said:

Black can man said:

This looks a tidy bit of kit, really looking forward having a play with it.

I'd be interested to hear your views on it. I saw that advertised recently and also thought that it looks like a nice neat piece of kit.

£199 at start fitness at moment, got an email about it today.

[Black can man]

ED209 said:

CoolC said:

Black can man said:

This looks a tidy bit of kit, really looking forward having a play with it.

I'd be interested to hear your views on it. I saw that advertised recently and also thought that it looks like a nice neat piece of kit.

£199 at start fitness at moment, got an email about it today.

£199.00 at Freeborn bikes too. Mines coming today fingers crossed.


Even better news for me is my that my knackered Hero 4 is going to be replaced, happy days

[pembo]

So heat moulding the Bont Riots was a bit more complicated than I expected. I have a gas oven! How on earth do I keep it at 70degC when gas mark 1 is almost double that? I've given it a go but being over cautious I don't think I got them malleable enough to properly mould. Visiting my parents next weekend so I will use their electric oven and see how that goes!

[Matt_N]

Some Defeet cyclismo wool socks, a Sportful SS base layer and a Clif peanut butter bar to take me over £30 to get £5 off as a new customer.

[idiotgap]

Pair of 700cx25 gator hardshell for puncture prevention.

[T6 vanman]

A late night yesterday on fleabay


I'm sure I have a nice set of Giant (brand not size) handlebars in the shed
Ready for the WTF comments when I get to work on Tuesday

[dreamer75]

My first foray into road riidng (i ride an MTB) so no doubt there will be lots of bits to buy! But for now.....

[Magic919]

This is not the bike thread ^

[tuffer]

Fitted a new 11-32 Cassette to replace my 11-28, also had to fit a longer cage derailleur. I have to say, even a complete spanner mong like me can set up and index a Di2 derailleur. Brilliant bit of kit and made today's lumpy ride a little more pleasurable.

[ALawson]

Di2 rear mech, bet that wasn't cheap!

Is that on the S-Works?

[tuffer]

ALawson said:

Di2 rear mech, bet that wasn't cheap!

Is that on the S-Works?

€166 from Bike Discount, its on an SL4 Pro. May put the other one on EBay as its only done 600 miles.

[dreamer75]

Magic919 said:

This is not the bike thread ^

Oops there's a bike thread ? SorrY! Will be back once I've bought bits for it then !

[Magic919]

Yes, we have one for each. Honestly, I'd probably just merge them. I watch both instead.

Here http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Watchman]

Planet-X has dropped the price of the London Road frameset to £169, so I've nabbed one for my son




When he's ready to move up a size, we'll build it together. I have everything to build it up as a flat-bar CX bike - suitable for forests and towpaths.

[Black can man]

ED209 said:

CoolC said:

Black can man said:

This looks a tidy bit of kit, really looking forward having a play with it.

I'd be interested to hear your views on it. I saw that advertised recently and also thought that it looks like a nice neat piece of kit.

£199 at start fitness at moment, got an email about it today.

It's finally arrived , looks the dogs tbh ,Just going to charge & sync it to my phone it & hopefully use it tomorrow,


Seems decent so far.

[Gilhooligan]

I'm doing the Open cycling c2c in a day (anyone else on here doing it?) at the end of June. As a practice we did a 50 mile loop round the Lakes, including Hardknott pass. Which was just an awful experience trying to get up haha. So I've chicken out and changed the standard 12-30 for an 11-34. I've never mucked about with gearing before so hope it makes a difference!