The "what bike bits have you just bought" thread

[Rich_AR]

Usget said:

Nice - interested to know how you find them - I might get some of the 45mm ones next year.

I read quite a few reviews and chatted to people in the UK who have been running them. All are happy with and no complaints so far. For the price point, they seem hard to beat. Only 12 months warranty however.

http://road.cc/content/review/173352-cosine-45mm-f...

Steve vRS said:

I wonder if the logo can be removed easily or spec'd in grey? They look good and I am looking to build a bike so will be having a closer look at these, again maybe in 45 mm for a bit more all weather ability.

The logo is under the lacquer unfortunately . Not sure if you could spec the logo in grey, I'm guessing not (assume they are all built to this single design for Wiggle)

Edited by Rich_AR on Monday 31st October 11:48

[ChunkyloverSV]

+ Cree Solarstorm lights.
+ Fluro socks

Keeping a watch out on ebay for some cheap road shoes to batter through winter.

[Craikeybaby]

Craikeybaby said:

Mavic Crossride FTS-X rear wheel, to replace the cracked one that came with my bike.


Also tools for swapping my cassette over.

Wheel has arrived, but tools haven't yet, so can't swap the cassette over an use my bike.

Edited by Craikeybaby on Monday 31st October 21:45

[JEA1K]

WinstonWolf said:

All those with Northwaves, I've just remembered you'll probably need to buy some odour eaters spray if you use them and it's above freezing

Probably best if they live in the garage when not in use then?

[torqueofthedevil]

K50 DEL said:

Gruffy said:

ALawson said:

K50 DEL said:

Courtesy of our very own Gruffy, I am now the proud owner of a Garmin 810....

Just have to learn how to use it now!!

The irony being that the unit you have just bought of him will probably last forever!

I'm pretty sure I give off some kind of electromagnetic death rays. I could make a black box crash. Hopefully you'll have nothing but good times with the ghastly piece of st

Well so far I've managed to charge it, does that count?

I've just sent mine back to wiggle for an exchange after having it about 4 months - never connected well with Bluetooth and then ended up completely locking up / not turning on.

I don't know why somebody - ideally strava - doesn't just make a good bike computer app that does everything a garmin does - the screen / interface / everything is better on a phone. If there is one please let me know and then I'll sell my garmin!

[Celtic Dragon]

First part of winter project number 1.Will save me 1.5 kgs of batteries I took to Italy this year.

[richardxjr]

1.5kg? That's 100 Lithium AA's.

Dynamos are great, but won't work when walking up mountains!

[Celtic Dragon]

Yep, I need to be doing a minimum of 12 kph to get any decent current out of it. Thankfully the horrible mountain is when i will have full batteries on everything, and when I need to use this, I'll be in the flatter sections.

Last year, my lights ran off powerbanks (500g each x2) which is why the weight shot up, plus 200g in extra ones for the phone, ipod and 810, this year I've invested in Exposure's Race, which is considerably lighter and better.

[WinstonWolf]

JEA1K said:

WinstonWolf said:

All those with Northwaves, I've just remembered you'll probably need to buy some odour eaters spray if you use them and it's above freezing

Probably best if they live in the garage when not in use then?

Nah, they'll be bloomin cold when you put them on

[AyBee]

Johnny said:

My laces arrived. I like them.

Ooh. I quite fancy the new Propel Advanced SL 1 and those shoes would match it perfectly

[Johnny]

Perfect

[Craikeybaby]

Herman Toothrot said:

RenOHH said:

Resisting the urge to give you a roll eyes for this.

That weighs 14kg and needs 230V power.

The brilliance of Airshot is it doesn't require any power. It's also small and light.

You won't be hauling an air compressor onto a flight when you MTB abroad!

But the airshot for £50 will sit on a shelf in the garage doing nothing except for the once a year when you may change your tyres. A compressor you will find you use all the time, every time want to pump up your bike tyres, car tyres, decide you want to spray paint something, clean dust out of something, etc etc. Overall it's a far more useful tool to have In your garage. Why worry about having to take it on a plane, just stick an inner tube in if you are unfortunate enough to have to completely reseat a tyre when away from home.

Given how much trouble I've had getting my rear tyre seated onto a new wheel, even with the Airshot, I probably should have got a compressor. I wish I'd known that it wasn't going to be much more expensive - certainly less than one of those track pumps with built in air chamber.

All sorted now though.

[nammynake]

After struggling to find a decent fitting pair of shoes (Specialized too narrow, Bont slightly too roomy) I took a punt on these from Decathlon. They're a slightly understated version of the blue/pink combo worn my JC Peraud a couple of years ago (and a slightly wider version too I believe).

Had to size up to an 8 (usually wear a 7) but the fit is spot on. Really comfy, light and super-stiff carbon sole. Bloody brilliant value at £80, and comparable quality to my £150+ Specalized shoes.

[47p2]

Arriving tomorrow apparently

[Usget]

47p2 said:

Arriving tomorrow apparently

Ooh nice, I was looking at either those or the Mason x Hunt wheels for my Grade. Are you going to run them Tubeless?

[Sandersports]

[47p2]

Usget said:

Are you going to run them Tubeless?

Not running them tubeless at the moment, I've already got some nice hand made Challenge Strada Bianca tyres which unfortunately are not tubeless, I might however use latex tubes in them and see how they are.

Wheels arrived as promised




The Challenge Strada Bianca tyres are completely flat when you buy them, they look like a large rubber band with no shape so I decided to pre-fitted to some old rims to get them into shape whilst waiting on the wheels arriving

[Rsdop]

Tripster atr v2. Arrived 4 months earlier than expected so the build will have to wait but it's lovely.

[JEA1K]

CoinSl0t said:

I have a pair of these, or very similar. Excellent, I found them slightly bigger than my other set of NW boots specifically so you can wear thicker socks.

Found the same, these are a 45 (wear a 45 in Giro) and am usually a 10 UK but these seem large, so perfect for winter under thicker or two pairs of socks.

WinstonWolf said:

Nah, they'll be bloomin cold when you put them on

[Johnnybee]

Mudguards, to hopefully keep me and also the bike a bit cleaner when heading along the wet and muddy trails/canal paths.