The "what bike bits have you just bought" thread Vol 2
Discussion
benny.c said:
Worth every penny then 
Are they massively thick, kind of like walking socks?
I ride in Five:10s' Freestyles. (and also more recently courtest of ideas here some old TNF gore- tex walking boots, but dont want to shred the soles with the pedals / screws.Are they massively thick, kind of like walking socks?
TBH - I have / had bought previously a few pairs of Sealskinz from www.SportPursuit.com hoping for great things.
But not best pleased with - and found they hold water in as much as anything and assume they are to act like wetsuits. Genuinely I am not a gnarly bog trotter, freestyle nutjob, but splashing around found I still get wet feet. Worse. Cold feet with the wind chill. I even sneak a pair of thin office type socks or some sock liners in - but after a 2hr ride I can find my toes cripplingly cold.
I do not on the whole in life suffer from circulation cold toes.
So I again after recommendations on PH (see the thread about the MTB waterproof boots) and elsewhere thought I would bit the bullet and buy a pair of cold weather spec, wind proof, waterproofs direct from source :
https://www.sealskinz.com/products/waterproof-cold...
they don't feel any thicker than the ones bought from Sportspursuit previous (at circa £15 a pop) so they better actually perform.
I’m a acquiring a number of Rapha items, most recently purchased was a Windblock Merino L/ S jersey.
It’s a lovely bit of clothing but the temps need to be <10oC otherwise it’s too warm, even with just a base layer underneath.
The wind blocking elements work really well and it’s well made, plus the fit is great.
I picked one up for less than half of the £160 rrp.
It’s a lovely bit of clothing but the temps need to be <10oC otherwise it’s too warm, even with just a base layer underneath.
The wind blocking elements work really well and it’s well made, plus the fit is great.
I picked one up for less than half of the £160 rrp.
Garmin Edge 530 performance bundle.
Had it in my head I wanted a bike computer with nav for some time. Last Friday I went out and did my longest ride to date [only 100km, but for me, thats a significant milestone], wound up having to do a bit more navigation than normal and I'm past the limit of being able to memorise junctions for that kind of distance.
Didn't really *need* a performance bundle, but as it was only £50 more than the plain unit, it didn't really make sense not to when it will get me a heartrate monitor strap included. With the HR strap I can fully use it to track rides, rather than having to try and get my watch to broadcast HR to the Edge, Zwift has shown broadcast HR to be a patchy process. The cadence and speed sensors that also come along, well, more data is never a bad thing...
Had it in my head I wanted a bike computer with nav for some time. Last Friday I went out and did my longest ride to date [only 100km, but for me, thats a significant milestone], wound up having to do a bit more navigation than normal and I'm past the limit of being able to memorise junctions for that kind of distance.
Didn't really *need* a performance bundle, but as it was only £50 more than the plain unit, it didn't really make sense not to when it will get me a heartrate monitor strap included. With the HR strap I can fully use it to track rides, rather than having to try and get my watch to broadcast HR to the Edge, Zwift has shown broadcast HR to be a patchy process. The cadence and speed sensors that also come along, well, more data is never a bad thing...
Two green tavz bottle holders for my purple Cannondale caad 12
A upfront exposure light mount, that botls into the stem.
A exposure diablo mk11 to compliment my maxxd 6.
Several jackets and onoynfhe assos one fitted their stuff is great .
A second set of carbon fibre specific rim pads,
Xt 4 pot disk brakes for my mtb, the two pot scram were crap.
Ohlins spring and a.cane creek shock could over oil shock for the MTB.
A coil over ok conversion for my pikes. Handy having a mate who's a Sus guy !
A assos winter jacket
Assos winter bibs
A upfront exposure light mount, that botls into the stem.
A exposure diablo mk11 to compliment my maxxd 6.
Several jackets and onoynfhe assos one fitted their stuff is great .
A second set of carbon fibre specific rim pads,
Xt 4 pot disk brakes for my mtb, the two pot scram were crap.
Ohlins spring and a.cane creek shock could over oil shock for the MTB.
A coil over ok conversion for my pikes. Handy having a mate who's a Sus guy !
A assos winter jacket
Assos winter bibs
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