The "what bike bits have you just bought" thread
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It's been an expensive month!
For the MTB:
after I mashed the last one.
And another Elite Ciussi bottle cage having broken every other type of cage I've had...
For the roadie:
Some of these before last week's triathlon which helped massively given the 30+mph wind we had
Xero Maravillosso wheelset:
A new lid (Specialised Propero II)
And to try and encourage my other half instead of her old hybrid
.
A 2012 Forme Longcliffe 3.0 (not the women's version as it's dearer for the same spec.), but with a shorter (80mm) stem & women's saddle. Cycles UK had it suitable reduced, and were good as gold at changing bits and letting her try it to get it setup right for her. Surprisingly the first time I've bought a new bike from the LBS having always used bike shows then ordered from online retailers before, a very pleasant experience
For the MTB:
after I mashed the last one.And another Elite Ciussi bottle cage having broken every other type of cage I've had...
For the roadie:
Some of these before last week's triathlon which helped massively given the 30+mph wind we had
Xero Maravillosso wheelset:
A new lid (Specialised Propero II)
And to try and encourage my other half instead of her old hybrid
.A 2012 Forme Longcliffe 3.0 (not the women's version as it's dearer for the same spec.), but with a shorter (80mm) stem & women's saddle. Cycles UK had it suitable reduced, and were good as gold at changing bits and letting her try it to get it setup right for her. Surprisingly the first time I've bought a new bike from the LBS having always used bike shows then ordered from online retailers before, a very pleasant experience
Edited by HughG on Thursday 27th September 07:36
Thought I'd upgrade the roadie so scored some Mavic Ksyriums and some red Schwalbe Ultremo Zx's. Rode the wheels today on my old tires and they feel so much faster than my old Shimanos. Made the mistake of swinging past my LBS and I might have mistakenly ordered a SRAM Rival groupo for it
Magic919 said:
MadDad said:
To compliment my new RS80's and match my white/red Felt F75, a pair of these;
Must put the credit card away now, its been an expensive month......
What will they say to the RS80s?Must put the credit card away now, its been an expensive month......
I am hoping they say something like 'you are a very nice, lightweight pair of wheels that look fantastic!' - but it is more likely they are going to say 'is this the fastest this fat arsed rider can go?'.....
TheGreatSoprendo said:
Do you have a link, per chance?
I do! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140744146377Purchased last friday eve and arrived on tuesday
metalsteve said:
Would be great to have a mini review/couple of pictures if you don't mind please? 
MadDad said:
To compliment my new RS80's and match my white/red Felt F75, a pair of these;
Must put the credit card away now, its been an expensive month......
Was being a bit thick, but I have now found them on the Planet-X website. NiceMust put the credit card away now, its been an expensive month......
http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/WSPXTISTQR/pla...
suspension seatpost arrived today and im pretty impressed.
iv got to have a bit of a play with the preload adjustment to set it for my weight but its doing the job better than i expected.
i payed 35 quid off the bay but its gone up to 40 in the week since ordering.
finaly got sensible and bought a sweed protector.
just ordered a 1200lm front light out of the winter lights thread too.
all this and the aldi purchases its been an expensive week.
iv got to have a bit of a play with the preload adjustment to set it for my weight but its doing the job better than i expected.
i payed 35 quid off the bay but its gone up to 40 in the week since ordering.
finaly got sensible and bought a sweed protector.
just ordered a 1200lm front light out of the winter lights thread too.
all this and the aldi purchases its been an expensive week.
Hope F20 flat pedals, being released this month, on back order
http://shop.18bikes.co.uk/products.php?plid=m10b0s...
http://shop.18bikes.co.uk/products.php?plid=m10b0s...
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