What have you bought for the bike today ?

[mikeymustard]

Not bought anything, but I've been pricing up bike racks for a Smart Fortwo. Holy Mary Mother of Trump they're expensive! I've bought entire cars for less.

I hear you brother, we bought a rack for our Focus to take the bikes to Wales beginning of this month, what sort of fiend would design a car that can't fit a bike rack?

 

[NorthernDave]

Of course, it does help to retract BOTH pistons before trying to replace the pads ...

PS And it is a good idea not to let the old ones get THIS worn before replacing them ...

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There's load of meat left on them!

 

[JhnBssll]

One of the perks of working for Bosch is access to good discounts on new products. I made good use of that today and came home with a brand new Fontus - a silly name for a potentially jolly useful product It's an 18V battery powered low pressure washer with built in water tank. You fill it with water and stick a battery in the back and chuck it in the boot of the car ready to clean your bike down with when you're done riding I'm told it holds enough water to clean 2 bikes and if you have access to a water supply it will run for up to about half an hour at full power on a 4Ah battery pack I'm looking forward to giving it a try

 

[ColinJ]

There's load of meat left on them!

The thing that finally prompted me to change them was one corner of one pad wearing away completely so the metal plate itself was rubbing on the disk! You can see the shiny area on the bottom left of the pad on the R of the photo above ...

 

[si_c]

My Mio GPS unit needs to be returned for repair, the USB port has stopped allowing it to connect to the PC, this isn't too much of a problem as I can sync via WiFi anyway so been using it like that for a month or so. Got corrupt settings file now though so the unit won't start, easy fix if you can mount the unit via USB.

So bought myself a new Garmin 820 bundle as I also need to replace my old HRM which has given up the ghost after the seal went around the battery compartment. Quite pleased with it, although the screen on my old unit was much bigger and so easier to read, not had a chance to use the navigation yet, but it looks straightforward enough.

The thing that finally prompted me to change them was one corner of one pad wearing away completely so the metal plate itself was rubbing on the disk! You can see the shiny area on the bottom left of the pad on the R of the photo above ...

Yep. When you can hear metal on metal time to use the other brake.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Lezeyne Flow Caddy for my phone & gels.

My new bibs I bought don't have a pocket on the back like my old ones and not all my tops have pockets either.

Rare for me to take more than one bottle of fluids.

https://www.evanscycles.com/lezyne-...MIwu6-io_M3AIVQZztCh2ifgl6EAQYAiABEgIMEvD_BwE

A truly exciting purchase.

 

[ianrauk]

Pair of these

 

[Garry A]

Spokes to rebuild a wheel and a replacement for a damaged one on another wheel. Double butted ACI.

 

[simonali]

Some Hunt wheels with tubeless tyres. Bought today, not being delivered until last week of August, though.



I was tempted to double the outlay and go for the carbon ones, which would have been delivered next week, but common sense prevailed.

 

[PeteXXX]

Spend limited to £8 today.
£4 for a bottle cage for my granddaughters bike, and £4 for the car park at Salcey Forest so we could join in with the British Cycling kids skills and ride session..

Actually, it was more, as two ice creams @ £2.30 each were purchased, making the total spend £12.60

 

[simonali]

I looked at a carbon bottle cage the other day that was 32 quid. Without being able to try my bottle of choice in it before I made the purchase I thought better of it.

 

[PeteXXX]

Mine was 4 squids as it's made of cheese, but will be fine for granddaughters purposes

 

[BromptonChrispy]

A Stronglight double crankset to modify a Brompton and a used Charge Spoon Saddle to try on my MTB. Looking forward to trying them both. I hope I fit them the correct way round as a Saddle has no teeth and a chainring could give me saddlesores!!!!

 

[Freelanderuk]

I bought £20 of petrol to go to Sheffield to pick up a Giant TCR Pro I bought

 

[Heigue'r]

Lovely bike,Ive been keeping the eyes open for this colour scheme,obviously not enough,bar tape and saddle would be black though but each to their own