The "what bike bits have you just bought" thread
Discussion
loudlashadjuster said:
cirian75 said:
we have loads of highly polished tiles at work, I'm not going to walk even a foot in these, and need to get from the often wet car park ramp to the bike rack to the locker room when I get to work, thats a good 50 meters, and I'm not letting my socks only feet touch that floor.
just to dangerous.
Sound like you tried road/race shoes, not MTB/commuter ones?just to dangerous.
I could quite happily walk hundreds of metres on my MTB shoes, the 'sole' around the cleat protrudes by a few mm meaning you only get the occasional graunch from a small stone etc. on the ground but on a smooth surface the cleat doesn't even touch the floor.
cirian75 said:
we have loads of highly polished tiles at work, I'm not going to walk even a foot in these, and need to get from the often wet car park ramp to the bike rack to the locker room when I get to work, thats a good 50 meters, and I'm not letting my socks only feet touch that floor.
just to dangerous.
Do you really consider that 'too dangerous'? I hope you aren't cycling in central London! Every junction is 'too dangerous'just to dangerous.
I did quite a bit of commuting in normal road shoes and only switched to MTB shoes as I wanted to get into cx racing and MTB shoes are usually a bit warmer for the winter too.
Also a bit of internet research could have told you that road shoes are terrible for walking
Hope you bought them from somewhere that lets you send shoes back. I had issues with Merlin with that. Wiggle are fine 
bakerstreet said:
Also a bit of internet research could have told you that road shoes are terrible for walking
It was also covered extensively on the thread he created to ask about which type of shoes/pedals! Edited by loudlashadjuster on Friday 14th August 10:33
With road shoes you can always take them off and walk to your office in your socks if indoors.
Or carry/ditch some flip flops near bike locks and wear them
You wana try a mid ride coffee stop at a lake café, carrying a tray of coffees on a moss stewn damp wooden pier in carbon spd-sls sliippperrrryyyyy
Or carry/ditch some flip flops near bike locks and wear them
You wana try a mid ride coffee stop at a lake café, carrying a tray of coffees on a moss stewn damp wooden pier in carbon spd-sls sliippperrrryyyyy
My 661 Full face helmet has appeared and is too small for my chubby cheeks, so the joy of Collect Plus free returns to Chain Reaction for a larger one. Also ordered from merlins yesterday and have appeared today a 10 sp XT rear mech, shifters, chain and cassette to convert the last of my mtbs to 10 speed. So that will keep me out of trouble fitting that tonight. Hope that will stop the chain from throwing it self off when jumping around now with a clutch mech. My birthday go pro needed a memory card, so popped to Argos and needed a chest extension arm for the chest strap to hold it right and a bag to put all the paraphernalia in too.
Not necessarily bought, as such, but booked the welsh weekend last night for October ( Snowdon curfew then not an issue) and also booked Spains dates with Ciclo Montana last night too.......... Cant wait.
Not necessarily bought, as such, but booked the welsh weekend last night for October ( Snowdon curfew then not an issue) and also booked Spains dates with Ciclo Montana last night too.......... Cant wait.
Started building the Mason up last night. Instead of waiting to get the BB surfaced and chased I wound it in. Obviously the law of sod saw it pick up in the threads and although I got it out it the threads needed to be cleaned up. Local bike shop did it for £20, stupid mistake. If something doesn't feel like it wants to fit, it probably wont.
Whilst I was there I picked up these..
Starting to look like a bike now
Whilst I was there I picked up these..
Starting to look like a bike now
yonex said:
Started building the Mason up last night. Instead of waiting to get the BB surfaced and chased I wound it in. Obviously the law of sod saw it pick up in the threads and although I got it out it the threads needed to be cleaned up. Local bike shop did it for £20, stupid mistake. If something doesn't feel like it wants to fit, it probably wont.
Whilst I was there I picked up these..
Starting to look like a bike now
We need pics!Whilst I was there I picked up these..
Starting to look like a bike now
Also... should you really need to get a brand new frame / brand new bottom bracket surfaced and chased before using them for the first time? (this is a genuine question, not loaded in any way! I have never had any work done on any of my frames over their many years of abuse)
Thought I'd share the little modification I made to my garage; now I have 2 bikes, and another set of wheels, it was getting a pain storing the bikes. So I bought a wall hanger, and some hooks, but so I didn't damage the nice bike on the roof or wall when hanging, bought some carpet also.
Bought a lot of carpet in the end (it was so cheap!) and didn't really stop putting it up....so now I have a torture dungeon in my garage which holds bikes and wheels really nicely
(can you tell I'm single?)
Bought a lot of carpet in the end (it was so cheap!) and didn't really stop putting it up....so now I have a torture dungeon in my garage which holds bikes and wheels really nicely
(can you tell I'm single?)
TonyHetherington said:
(can you tell I'm single?)
The pictures didn't load, and I didn't read the text, but I've met you, so yes! 
In amongst a £50 box of mainly winter commuting gear from the Planet X sale, I had these in:
I have no idea how they can make them in China, and ship them to the UK, ship them again, pay the relevant taxes, and make a profit at £1.49 for the pair.
(My boy loves them, they were not a mistake on the sizing front!)
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