The "what bike bits have you just bought" thread Vol 2
Discussion
Custom headset caps are indeed a great and personal gift, but I can't recommend that kapz guy. I found him to be a bit of an ass and somewhat rude.
Also worth noting - as it never used to state this, and it now does, but buried in the t&c - that the name/logo is on every cap, even full custom ones, with no option to delete, which kinda defeats the point of it being (and paying for) a fully custom design.
The quality also wasn't great either and I ended up binning it. Others may feel differently of course!
Thankfully there are plenty of other sellers without the attitude and crap(z) logo.
Also worth noting - as it never used to state this, and it now does, but buried in the t&c - that the name/logo is on every cap, even full custom ones, with no option to delete, which kinda defeats the point of it being (and paying for) a fully custom design.
The quality also wasn't great either and I ended up binning it. Others may feel differently of course!
Thankfully there are plenty of other sellers without the attitude and crap(z) logo.
GCH said:
Custom headset caps are indeed a great and personal gift, but I can't recommend that kapz guy. I found him to be a bit of an ass and somewhat rude.
Also worth noting - as it never used to state this, and it now does, but buried in the t&c - that the name/logo is on every cap, even full custom ones, with no option to delete, which kinda defeats the point of it being (and paying for) a fully custom design.
The quality also wasn't great either and I ended up binning it. Others may feel differently of course!
Thankfully there are plenty of other sellers without the attitude and crap(z) logo.
Same experience here...I wouldn't use again, and my headset cap ended up cracking.Also worth noting - as it never used to state this, and it now does, but buried in the t&c - that the name/logo is on every cap, even full custom ones, with no option to delete, which kinda defeats the point of it being (and paying for) a fully custom design.
The quality also wasn't great either and I ended up binning it. Others may feel differently of course!
Thankfully there are plenty of other sellers without the attitude and crap(z) logo.
Just on the whole lugs & tubes construction thing, did anyone catch the Crankworx DH race at the weekend? 
Bernard Kerr's prototype DH bike folded like a deckchair on casing an ambitious triple at full gas & Pivot are saying their preliminary investigation points at a failure of the adhesive.
Bernard Kerr's prototype DH bike folded like a deckchair on casing an ambitious triple at full gas & Pivot are saying their preliminary investigation points at a failure of the adhesive.
trails said:
GCH said:
Custom headset caps are indeed a great and personal gift, but I can't recommend that kapz guy. I found him to be a bit of an ass and somewhat rude.
Same experience here...I wouldn't use again, and my headset cap ended up cracking.President Merkin said:
Just on the whole lugs & tubes construction thing, did anyone catch the Crankworx DH race at the weekend?
Bernard Kerr's prototype DH bike folded like a deckchair on casing an ambitious triple at full gas & Pivot are saying their preliminary investigation points at a failure of the adhesive.
Yeah, that was brutal I hope he is OK...no updates on Insta.Bernard Kerr's prototype DH bike folded like a deckchair on casing an ambitious triple at full gas & Pivot are saying their preliminary investigation points at a failure of the adhesive.
Athertons just released their new frame, whihc is also glued not welded...poor timing for them
To be clear, I'm not dunking on lug builds, they've been around forever. Maybe just get your world cup mechanic to check the glue before you leave the start hut 
The Atherton bikes are very cleverly built, the lugs have a double skin, such that the tubes are bonded on both sides & I've never heard of one break & the way MTB is, you'd definitely hear about it!
The Atherton bikes are very cleverly built, the lugs have a double skin, such that the tubes are bonded on both sides & I've never heard of one break & the way MTB is, you'd definitely hear about it!
emicen said:
trails said:
Yeah, that was brutal I hope he is OK...no updates on Insta.
Athertons just released their new frame, whihc is also glued not welded...poor timing for them
There’s an update now, saying all is well, they know what happened etcAthertons just released their new frame, whihc is also glued not welded...poor timing for them
Bought a 36 spoke 26" front disc wheel. Handbuilt, from the Spa Cycles sale. £65. It would have cost me around that to buy the components. So basically a free build.
Confident I won't break it. In fairness the factory front whel is still going but I bent the back wheel last week. After replacing it with an £85 rear wheel from Spa I decided at the price I might as well get the front as well.
Confident I won't break it. In fairness the factory front whel is still going but I bent the back wheel last week. After replacing it with an £85 rear wheel from Spa I decided at the price I might as well get the front as well.
I had my Wattbike serviced last week. Best £200 I've spent in a long time.
The guy came out to my house to do it and ended up replacing half the bike. New crank/chainring, chain and bit that pushes against the strain gauge. He fixed the slipping seatpost, replaced the lever hood covers and batteries and even the bottle cage, which had cracked.
He said that internally, it was in the worst condition he'd seen in his five years servicing them. The upside is that it now runs beautifully smoothly and quietly and I've gained about 30w. I had wondered why Zwift races had been getting so hard.
The guy came out to my house to do it and ended up replacing half the bike. New crank/chainring, chain and bit that pushes against the strain gauge. He fixed the slipping seatpost, replaced the lever hood covers and batteries and even the bottle cage, which had cracked.
He said that internally, it was in the worst condition he'd seen in his five years servicing them. The upside is that it now runs beautifully smoothly and quietly and I've gained about 30w. I had wondered why Zwift races had been getting so hard.
So Cotic very kindly donated one of their Cascade frame and fork's to a bike shop to auction off to raise funds for the family of a colleague/workmate who sadly lost his life recently. Aim being to help towards funeral costs to take that stress away from them.
I won it in the end with a fair bid that wasn't a huge amount below RRP but it went to a good cause and I saved some money.
So, I'm now about to get a Cotic Cascade gravel/adventure bike and I've got some weird ideas about how it's going to get built.....
https://www.cotic.co.uk/product/cascade#compatibil...
I won it in the end with a fair bid that wasn't a huge amount below RRP but it went to a good cause and I saved some money.
So, I'm now about to get a Cotic Cascade gravel/adventure bike and I've got some weird ideas about how it's going to get built.....
https://www.cotic.co.uk/product/cascade#compatibil...
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