The "what bike bits have you just bought" thread

[Johnny]

Picked this up last week

[yellowjack]

ALawson said:

Elite's answer to the Camelbak Podium? Where from? Wiggle is showing a good price (£6.95), but currently out of stock until mid June
It has a bigger fluid volume than the Podium, and looks like a decent colour match for my bike. I'd be interested to know how the self sealing silicon valve works in practice, as competition for the 3 Podium bottles in my house often leaves me to ride with leaky old bottles without a proper delivery valve seal, and squash running down the downtube to wash the grease out of my bottom bracket

[yellowjack]

Johnny said:

Picked this up last week

Ooh! A Grade!

I wanted one of those, but wasn't prepared to wait for one in my size, so bought a Trek Emonda instead. I was after the Ultegra version with Shimano hydraulic brakes. If/when I get a job sorted, it'll be first on my list of things that I 'need' to buy with my first wages.

[ALawson]

yellowjack said:

Elite's answer to the Camelbak Podium? Where from? Wiggle is showing a good price (£6.95), but currently out of stock until mid June
It has a bigger fluid volume than the Podium, and looks like a decent colour match for my bike. I'd be interested to know how the self sealing silicon valve works in practice, as competition for the 3 Podium bottles in my house often leaves me to ride with leaky old bottles without a proper delivery valve seal, and squash running down the downtube to wash the grease out of my bottom bracket

I think I bought the last 2 in stock, to be honest the ones I bought are all smoke black hopefully. As you say every decent bottle in the house now goes to school or nursery! Will let you know how they are but for £6 a bottle they were almost a give away.

[tuffer]

louiebaby said:

tuffer said:

Popped into the Rapha outlet at Shepton Mallet......Pro Team jacket, short sleeve jerseys x 2, shorts, plus the wife picked up a Pro Team jacket, couple of merinos and two jerseys. All half RRP or close to it.

The wife asked me what I wanted to do for my impending birthday. She was puzzled by me saying I wanted a trip to Shepton Mallet.

It's worth it if you live within about an hour, good sized store with plenty of stock, few other shops there but not a lot to them.

[Johnny]

yellowjack said:

Johnny said:

Picked this up last week

Ooh! A Grade!

I wanted one of those, but wasn't prepared to wait for one in my size, so bought a Trek Emonda instead. I was after the Ultegra version with Shimano hydraulic brakes. If/when I get a job sorted, it'll be first on my list of things that I 'need' to buy with my first wages.

It's for Mrs Johnny... If I'm honest I'm pretty jealous! I'd love one, especially a Carbon Ultegra. I had a little play outside the shop before it went in the car and it felt so good to ride.

Saying that despite its being a small frame I reckon I could still get away with riding it with a few adjustments...

[Gruffy]

tuffer said:

louiebaby said:

tuffer said:

Popped into the Rapha outlet at Shepton Mallet......Pro Team jacket, short sleeve jerseys x 2, shorts, plus the wife picked up a Pro Team jacket, couple of merinos and two jerseys. All half RRP or close to it.

The wife asked me what I wanted to do for my impending birthday. She was puzzled by me saying I wanted a trip to Shepton Mallet.

It's worth it if you live within about an hour, good sized store with plenty of stock, few other shops there but not a lot to them.

Limited sizes?

[louiebaby]

tuffer said:

louiebaby said:

tuffer said:

Popped into the Rapha outlet at Shepton Mallet......Pro Team jacket, short sleeve jerseys x 2, shorts, plus the wife picked up a Pro Team jacket, couple of merinos and two jerseys. All half RRP or close to it.

The wife asked me what I wanted to do for my impending birthday. She was puzzled by me saying I wanted a trip to Shepton Mallet.

It's worth it if you live within about an hour, good sized store with plenty of stock, few other shops there but not a lot to them.

I'm about an hour away by car, or when the kids are a bit older, a 3 hour ride and a lift home in the car...

[TonyHetherington]

louiebaby said:

tuffer said:

Popped into the Rapha outlet at Shepton Mallet......Pro Team jacket, short sleeve jerseys x 2, shorts, plus the wife picked up a Pro Team jacket, couple of merinos and two jerseys. All half RRP or close to it.

The wife asked me what I wanted to do for my impending birthday. She was puzzled by me saying I wanted a trip to Shepton Mallet.

I'm going in a couple of week's time... is it good then? Sounds even less money than the sale section of the website was

[louiebaby]

TonyHetherington said:

I'm going in a couple of week's time... is it good then? Sounds even less money than the sale section of the website was

There's a cuppa and a bacon sarnie if you're in the direction of Honiton, although probably not worth going out of your way for them!

[TonyHetherington]

Thanks very much for the offer! I do like a bacon sarnie . Is that west? I'm going to the Wilton car show, so driving 45mins west of it to go to the outlet on the Saturday morning, then back east to the show for the weekend.

[TonyHetherington]

Oh, and I just found that Rapha have an official eBay outlet now

Deep winter tights for £75 ! (small or x-small)

[tuffer]

Gruffy said:

tuffer said:

louiebaby said:

tuffer said:

Popped into the Rapha outlet at Shepton Mallet......Pro Team jacket, short sleeve jerseys x 2, shorts, plus the wife picked up a Pro Team jacket, couple of merinos and two jerseys. All half RRP or close to it.

The wife asked me what I wanted to do for my impending birthday. She was puzzled by me saying I wanted a trip to Shepton Mallet.

It's worth it if you live within about an hour, good sized store with plenty of stock, few other shops there but not a lot to them.

Limited sizes?

Not for me, I'm fat so Large or Extra Large. Wife had trouble finding Ladies Medium though.

[tuffer]

TonyHetherington said:

louiebaby said:

tuffer said:

Popped into the Rapha outlet at Shepton Mallet......Pro Team jacket, short sleeve jerseys x 2, shorts, plus the wife picked up a Pro Team jacket, couple of merinos and two jerseys. All half RRP or close to it.

The wife asked me what I wanted to do for my impending birthday. She was puzzled by me saying I wanted a trip to Shepton Mallet.

I'm going in a couple of week's time... is it good then? Sounds even less money than the sale section of the website was

Yes, £190 jacket was £110, Jerseys half price.

[tuffer]

louiebaby said:

TonyHetherington said:

I'm going in a couple of week's time... is it good then? Sounds even less money than the sale section of the website was

There's a cuppa and a bacon sarnie if you're in the direction of Honiton, although probably not worth going out of your way for them!

I live near Salisbury, what is the qualifying criteria for the Bacon Sarnie? Happy to drive down one weekend for free food.

[louiebaby]

tuffer said:

I live near Salisbury, what is the qualifying criteria for the Bacon Sarnie? Happy to drive down one weekend for free food.

Best of three up some local hills?

[tuffer]

louiebaby said:

tuffer said:

I live near Salisbury, what is the qualifying criteria for the Bacon Sarnie? Happy to drive down one weekend for free food.

Best of three up some local hills?

Poke that.

[Matt_N]

Gruffy said:

Limited sizes?

I went back in April, my findings:

Hard shells £130
Pro team bibs £100
Grand tour shoes £150
Pro team jersey £100
Imperial Works SS jersey £40
Etc

Yes they were a little light on the normal sizes, ie medium and large but they did have one or two of most things versus four or five xs, s, xl, xxl.

[SixPotBelly]

richardxjr said:

Phase one of another £500 build. Winter bike/gravel/crosser/do anything Planet X London Road.
Frameset takes full guards & rack, with carbon fork is in clearance at £150 (silver/blue only),
Headset from wiggle £20.

Will have CX Discs, BB7s, Ultegra/105 10s, 40c tyres, and lashings of polished silver bits.



https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/FRPXLONROD/planet-x-...

Edited by richardxjr on Saturday 16th May 16:17

This has started me thinking... If I put 105 5800 compact on my (square taper) Synapse, I could put its Sora 3500 triple on one of these. I'd need some finishing kit - but I've already a spare saddle, handlebars, pedals lying around - and a wheelset. Presumably it's a disk only frame and my winter R501s wouldn't fit? Otherwise I could upgrade my road bike and get a winter/gravé bike for not much more. Hmmm...

[Celtic Dragon]

Just been shopping at On One. That website should come with a wallet warning!

http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/ZXSTEELIN/on-one-inbre...