The "what bike bits have you just bought" thread Vol 2

[ED209]

eBay tt bike purchase. Not got it set up yet and probably won’t be able to ride it properly but bought it to see if I can improve my triathlon bike split

Hopefully I will be able to fit some 25c tyres on and set the wheels up tubeless. They are mavic cosmic sl with the exalith brake track.

[SomersetWestie]

A Cateye Volt 1300 to replace an ageing Volt 800 which now becomes first back up ! Not so bothered about top end brightness, they are all too bright at that level anyway, but wanted longer mid range power, so I now go from 400 lm for 2 hours to 500 lm for 5 hours...... much easier !

[MockingJay]

The Huub black Friday sale started early - buy one get one free so trying out the core summer + winter jerseys. Never had their gear before but really like the design so fingers crossed it's decent.

[Handbag]

New boots for the Ruby & new winter boots for the Diverge.

[Bathroom_Security]

Hookless Tires, talk to me?

Rode GP5000s the last 6 months and think they are great in all conditions. Ive suffered one glass-slash which I glued and patched other than that they have done fairly well

Considering new rims, the Zipp 303s or Firecrest at the top of my list. Means I cant use GP5000, are the Pro 1 TLE the GP5k equivalent?

[Master Bean]

Bathroom_Security said:

Hookless Tires, talk to me?

Rode GP5000s the last 6 months and think they are great in all conditions. Ive suffered one glass-slash which I glued and patched other than that they have done fairly well

Considering new rims, the Zipp 303s or Firecrest at the top of my list. Means I cant use GP5000, are the Pro 1 TLE the GP5k equivalent?

Yes. I have used 30mm Pro One TLE and 32mm GP5K TL.

[Bathroom_Security]

Master Bean said:

Yes. I have used 30mm Pro One TLE and 32mm GP5K TL.

Thanks

Got some 28mm Pro TLE's, Zipp 303 Firecrest. Stans race. Some other stuff.

[BoRED S2upid]

MockingJay said:

The Huub black Friday sale started early - buy one get one free so trying out the core summer + winter jerseys. Never had their gear before but really like the design so fingers crossed it's decent.

That looks like a great offer. Anyone else had their stuff before?

[addey]

BoRED S2upid said:

MockingJay said:

The Huub black Friday sale started early - buy one get one free so trying out the core summer + winter jerseys. Never had their gear before but really like the design so fingers crossed it's decent.

That looks like a great offer. Anyone else had their stuff before?

I picked up jersey and bibshorts on sportpursuit a while back (they always have huub stuff on offer and have recently added a load of new designs) but sent them back - leg grippers were ridiculously tight on the shorts and the collar was ridiculously loose/wide on the jersey! Quite bizarre, maybe I got unlucky with some bits that slipped through QC. Otherwise it seemed like decent kit, well made and nice materials.

[JustinCredible]

Can anyone recommend a front light to light up the road on unlit country roads commute? Ideally with USB charging.

Don't want something with a zillion lumens that will blind drivers, my current light that has finally given up the ghost after a solid 6 or 7 winters of service is a Philips Saferide which whilst not the brightest did do an amazing job of lighting up quite a large square of road ahead of me. Sadly discontinued or I'd buy another in a heartbeat.

[cml24]

JustinCredible said:

Can anyone recommend a front light to light up the road on unlit country roads commute? Ideally with USB charging.

Don't want something with a zillion lumens that will blind drivers, my current light that has finally given up the ghost after a solid 6 or 7 winters of service is a Philips Saferide which whilst not the brightest did do an amazing job of lighting up quite a large square of road ahead of me. Sadly discontinued or I'd buy another in a heartbeat.

I quite like the cateye ampp 800 I bought last year. Certainly at the budget end, but one of the better lights with integrated battery.

Only lasts an hour on the max setting though, so depends how long your commute is.

I used it on its dimmest setting for the street lit bits and full brightness when away from town.

[wobert]

JustinCredible said:

Can anyone recommend a front light to light up the road on unlit country roads commute? Ideally with USB charging.

Don't want something with a zillion lumens that will blind drivers, my current light that has finally given up the ghost after a solid 6 or 7 winters of service is a Philips Saferide which whilst not the brightest did do an amazing job of lighting up quite a large square of road ahead of me. Sadly discontinued or I'd buy another in a heartbeat.

I use a Halfords 1000 lm light for rides after dark.

https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bike-accessories/...

1000 lm is plenty for even the darkest lanes, I drop down to setting 2 or 3 when riding lit sections of road.

Doubles as a power bank too.

I bought NOS under the Bikehut brand off eBay for £30 delivered.

I use a stem mounted Go-Pro mount, which works a treat....

Edit to add - on the highest output setting the battery will last 1.5 hrs or 2.5 hrs on 640 lms

Edited by wobert on Friday 20th November 11:18

[R1gtr]

addey said:

BoRED S2upid said:

MockingJay said:

The Huub black Friday sale started early - buy one get one free so trying out the core summer + winter jerseys. Never had their gear before but really like the design so fingers crossed it's decent.

That looks like a great offer. Anyone else had their stuff before?

I picked up jersey and bibshorts on sportpursuit a while back (they always have huub stuff on offer and have recently added a load of new designs) but sent them back - leg grippers were ridiculously tight on the shorts and the collar was ridiculously loose/wide on the jersey! Quite bizarre, maybe I got unlucky with some bits that slipped through QC. Otherwise it seemed like decent kit, well made and nice materials.

HUUB cycling kit is half price on Sport Pursuit right now, a few lovely jerseys I fancy

[Shuttle Cock]

Planet X winter boots, thought I'd try them rather than over shoes this year. Turned up this morning just as the cold weather turned up as well!

[Ares]

JustinCredible said:

Can anyone recommend a front light to light up the road on unlit country roads commute? Ideally with USB charging.

Don't want something with a zillion lumens that will blind drivers, my current light that has finally given up the ghost after a solid 6 or 7 winters of service is a Philips Saferide which whilst not the brightest did do an amazing job of lighting up quite a large square of road ahead of me. Sadly discontinued or I'd buy another in a heartbeat.

I use the Exposure Diablo - nice compromise between the mega bright (I've also got a Maxx-D which wartime searchlight scale bright but last 60mins on full chat) and just 'be seen' rather than see.

Can be mounted on cars or helmet. I used it on the overnight London to Manchester ride last year.

[MockingJay]

BoRED S2upid said:

That looks like a great offer. Anyone else had their stuff before?

Ordered Thursday, turned up this morning. Tried them both on and a medium does fit, but it's an aero fit - which i wanted. (I have some Rapha classic jerseys which are quite loose fitting)

Quality seems good, they both have zip pockets on the rear too. Will test the winter jersey out over the weekend.

[Dammit]

After being relentlessly dicked around by YT I bought this, which arrived in 48 hours:



And so of course I then got the despatch note for the YT Dirt Love - if anyone wants one please let me know, otherwise I'll refuse the delivery.

[Johnny]

Some more winter kit

Rapha Pro Team Winter Bibs, PT Winter Base, Winter Jersey, merino socks and a couple of neck warmers

[take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey]

Dammit said:

After being relentlessly dicked around by YT I bought this, which arrived in 48 hours:



And so of course I then got the despatch note for the YT Dirt Love - if anyone wants one please let me know, otherwise I'll refuse the delivery.

My dirt love arrived a couple of weeks ago.

I can sympathise with your yt experience. Mine was shocking. The bike is unbeatable value for money, but I'd be set be seriously worried if I'd bought an ebike or carbon frame where the possibility of warranty claim is higher.

The reviews on Google are full of approbium and seem well deserved based on my own experiences.

Much prefer the colour of yours to the stealth black of the dirt love.

I looked at them too but could only see frame only sales. What did yours cost?

[Bathroom_Security]

Dammit said:

After being relentlessly dicked around by YT I bought this, which arrived in 48 hours:



And so of course I then got the despatch note for the YT Dirt Love - if anyone wants one please let me know, otherwise I'll refuse the delivery.

Nice. I wish I had a decent pump local to me.

There's some mega dirt jumps in a forest close to me but it looks like private land. At 32 I'm not really into trespassing