The "what bike bits have you just bought" thread

[neenaw]

A set of Hunt 30 Carbon Gravel wheels and an entry for the Paris Roubaix Sportive....



The wheels will replace my current Hunt X Mason disc wheels that I'm running.
Just need to decide on tyres for them now, probably going to go for a set of Compass Bon Jon Pass as they will happily run tubeless.

[47p2]

R1gtr said:

...hoping the chap on here that bought a set will give us his verdict on them.

Can't answer you as I've not been out on that bike yet. The roads here are covered in muck, salt, grime so I've been using the single speed the past few weeks to reduce my maintenance time.

[neenaw]

R1gtr said:

Was seriously considering these but may go with a set of Hunt wheels, hoping the chap on here that bought a set will give us his verdict on them.

I can wholeheartedly recommend the Hunt wheels.
I'm running two sets of the Mason X Hunt wheels, one with knobbly tyres and the other with some slicks. The set with the knobblies has had quite a bit of stick and is still dead straight and hasn't missed a beat. They've been fantastic wheels.
I've just ordered a set of the Carbon Hunt wheels as an upgrade to the current ones, hopefully they'll be as good as I'm expecting!

[yellowjack]

Halfords 'click and collect' for me yesterday...


2 x Shimano CN-HG95 10 speed chains @ £11.99 each
1 x Shimano CS-HG81 10 speed 11-36t cassette @ £26.99


The current chain has worn scary fast. I've been using wet lube, though, as I ran out of 'Squirt' dry lube. I think that this might well make all the difference.

Bought 1 chain to go straight on, and another spare chain "because they were so cheap". Hopefully I won't need a fresh cassette with this chain as I've caught it early, I think.

[Teebs]

neenaw said:

I can wholeheartedly recommend the Hunt wheels.
I'm running two sets of the Mason X Hunt wheels, one with knobbly tyres and the other with some slicks. The set with the knobblies has had quite a bit of stick and is still dead straight and hasn't missed a beat. They've been fantastic wheels.
I've just ordered a set of the Carbon Hunt wheels as an upgrade to the current ones, hopefully they'll be as good as I'm expecting!

Same here, mason x hunt wheels and they've been good, hubs are doing their 2nd winter now and still roll well.

[demic]

Bargain Dolan Preffiso frameset just turn up. Got a factory outlet one with 20%. Off to the bike shop now to get it faced in preparation for building. Looks a nice frame for the money, decent paint, tidy welds and very little swarth.

[47p2]

3 x MX-30 freewheels for the single speed for less then the cost of one
My original one has over 3000 miles of winter cycling on it and I noticed it's starting to get a little notchy when I gave it a clean and lube last night

[AyBee]

47p2 said:

3 x MX-30 freewheels for the single speed for less then the cost of one
My original one has over 3000 miles of winter cycling on it and I noticed it's starting to get a little notchy when I gave it a clean and lube last night

Just go fixed, it's much less maintenance

[yellowjack]

demic said:

Bargain Dolan Preffiso frameset just turn up. Got a factory outlet one with 20%. Off to the bike shop now to get it faced in preparation for building. Looks a nice frame for the money, decent paint, tidy welds and very little swarth.

Link? Any more available?

[demic]

http://www.dolan-bikes.com/factory-outlet.html

Only 50 and 52cm left now. Worth keeping and eye out as I've found out whilst waiting for one to come up in my size that the stock changes quite rapidly

[yellowjack]

demic said:

http://www.dolan-bikes.com/factory-outlet.html

Only 50 and 52cm left now. Worth keeping and eye out as I've found out whilst waiting for one to come up in my size that the stock changes quite rapidly

Thank You!

20% off sounded good! But the Preffisio frames on there right now, although there are some the right size for shorty-pants here, are showing up as 10% off for minor cosmetic damage. Which is still £180, and probably still too much money to sneak past the wife at the moment. Shame, as I've got a bashed up frame just dying to give up it's gearset and finishing kit to a nice Preffisio build...


...bookmarked, though, to keep an eye on prices and availability. Limited income and bills to pay mean I can't commit right now. No matter how much I "Need!" a winter biased road bike.

[louiebaby]

The offers on Xmas day on Planet X frames were the best I've seen for a while. Although that place can be a bit of a pricing minefield...

The DFS of bike stuff...

[demic]

Yellowjack use the code OUTLET20 in the checkout. They work out at £143.99

[yellowjack]

demic said:

Yellowjack use the code OUTLET20 in the checkout. They work out at £143.99

OK. I'll give that a try later. I'm still going to have a job persuading my beloved that it's a good idea. She's the main earner, I 'contribute' with my pension, so she rightly holds the purse strings for "frivolous" purchases like this.

Thanks again. I've been hankering after a Preffisio for a while now, for the 'proper' mudguard eyes and the red/white/black colourway. I keep falling foul of the "how many bikes do you already have?" argument though.

[47p2]

yellowjack said:

OK. I'll give that a try later. I'm still going to have a job persuading my beloved that it's a good idea. She's the main earner, I 'contribute' with my pension, so she rightly holds the purse strings for "frivolous" purchases like this.

Thanks again. I've been hankering after a Preffisio for a while now, for the 'proper' mudguard eyes and the red/white/black colourway. I keep falling foul of the "how many bikes do you already have?" argument though.

Apply rule#5

AyBee said:

Just go fixed, it's much less maintenance

Already have 2 fixed

[wobert]

yellowjack said:

demic said:

Yellowjack use the code OUTLET20 in the checkout. They work out at £143.99

I keep falling foul of the "how many bikes do you already have?" argument though.

Try the "one less than I ideally need" answer......

[SoliD]

Spent a fair chunk this weekend!

One of these



Cannondale Super X Ultegra

Then ordered single chainring and some new bar tape today. Already swapped the saddle over and raced it for the first time Sunday. Was an absolute beast, so much better than my Pinnacle Arkose 4.

[yellowjack]

wobert said:

yellowjack said:

demic said:

Yellowjack use the code OUTLET20 in the checkout. They work out at £143.99

I keep falling foul of the "how many bikes do you already have?" argument though.

Try the "one less than I ideally need" answer......

...well I don't think I'll be getting that Preffisio frame anytime soon.

Last night a seal went between the toilet and the SVP upstairs. Water brought a small part of the kitchen ceiling down, and IF we're covered for 'making good' then between two home insurance policies it looks like we'll have to find £400 in excess fees. If we're not covered it'll be worse, and we'll be living with a hole in the ceiling for a while.

Looks like bike bits will be limited to "essentials only" and then "only if we can afford it" for the foreseeable future...

[GrantB5]

I'm halfway through building my bike.

Next on my list is Bottom bracket and crankset.

[daddy cool]

Went 1x10 recently, and 36T cassette is fine *most* of the time, but I'm not getting any younger, and £43 for this 40T 10spd cassette was too tempting...