What have you bought for the bike today ?

[fossyant]

3 26" tubes, 2 'p' kits and 2 tyre levers. All to sit in my panniers for the occasional commute. MrsF is making me a padded laptop sleeve for my work laptop as she's making one for her fancy touchscreen laptop (personal).

 

[numbnuts]

A trailer, but it has not come as yet.......Yodel ...........could be a very long wait

 

[fossyant]

Oh, and ordered a cheap pump - realised the 'Decathlon Clever' pump wasn't that clever as it won't connect to Schrader valves. Good job I checked. I now have 20 PSI in my front tyre. I've got other pumps, but want one to live in the pannier bag.

 

[numbnuts]

A trailer, but it has not come as yet.......Yodel ...........could be a very long wait

I was in Ahhhhhhhhhh And no F......... card

 

[RoubaixCube]

New gear cable. Last one snapped the other day. Not bad seeing as its the first time its been changed since ive owned the bike (2015/2016 purchase)

 

[GeekDadZoid]

Rubbish picture but was just testing for size. Need to sort a mounting solution. But this Carradice Audax Lightweight will be perfect for the road bike.

£10 off Facebook and I think it has only been used once.

 

[HLaB]

A bike nook to try and create room in my tiny hallway. I actually bought it 3 days ago but it came today.

https://bike-nook.thanedirect.co.uk...4lWiMnQf-AxnDOqM6AwZjhoM5xIH7UARoCUVIQAvD_BwE

 

[Sittingduck]

Press fit BB removal and installation tool kit

 

[numbnuts]

A rubble bag ....I have a plan
Much later - and now a trailer

 

[DCLane]

A bike protection kit for my son's Ridley Noah Fast when it finally arrives - due March, hopefully will arrive by the end of this month. Plus a couple of other bits to save on postage.

A pair of Absolute Black 52/36 chainrings.

And a LH Dura-Ace pedal via eBay. Much cheaper when you only buy one and we tend to break the left's first.

 

[GeekDadZoid]

Someone needs to stop me :-)

Another bargain saddle bag, Carradice Pendle. this one cost me £9 including postage and came with a few other bits. The leather straps need a little care but its in great condition overall, especially for the price.

Now have 4 Saddle Bags in the collection, not quite sure what the plan is with this one, the main reason I bought it was it was the cheapest way to see if I liked the colour combo as I am thinking of getting the Carradice Brompton Bag in this colour.

 

[Johnsco]

I bought a pair of brown-leather toe clip straps from Star Cycles.
I may use these to secure a saddle-bag and get a couple more for the toe clips.
They look good.

 

[Gunk]

Picked up yet another Allez this evening, only £50 and it’s got an Ultegra groupset, it’s really not too bad, frame is good condition and not scratched for a change, I should be able to tidy it up with bits I’ve already got in the garage and then flip it.

 

[Elybazza61]

Recently I have purchased;

Rene Herse tyres and Zipp bars for the new bike.

DT-Swiss rims for the better halfs winter Kona Smoke re-vamp

 

[ColinJ]

I have been given several old Garmin GPS devices. My cousin gave me his Edge 500 when he bought a Wahoo Elemnt Bolt, and @Sharky was kind enough to donate an Edge 200. I am going to use the 500 to display speed/distance/time etc. and simultaneously use the 200 for navigation.

Using 2 GPS devices per bike means that I need 2 mounts per bike. I had a few lying around but needed more and was pretty shocked at how expensive they normally are. On Saturday afternoon though I spotted a bargain on Amazon. That mount was available for a bargain £1.79 with free overnight delivery on Prime. It is mounted to a 5 mm stem spacer. All of my bikes have at least one 5 mm spacer above the stem so that kind of mount would work well.

Unfortunately, only one mount was available at that price. I thought I would buy one, see how I got on, and watch out for others in the future if I liked it. (There are quite a few very similar but much more expensive mounts on Amazon. I assume that this one is a cheap copy, but it seems to be well-made, so no problem there.)

The mount arrived as promised, less than 24 hours after ordering it. It is well made, though its internal diameter is slightly big compared to the steerer I mounted it to. No matter though - it is held tightly in place by the cap on the headset. (I used the original spacer to adjust the stem against the headset bearings, and then swapped to the GPS mount spacer once the stem bolts had been tightened.)

If I can find these again at similar prices then I will buy another 2 or 3.

I assume that the second round part is for mounting other types of GPS - Wahoos, perhaps? I'm not sure what type of device the other piece is designed for?

Mount on bike, with my original 'out-front' mount on bars.

Edge 200 and Edge 500 devices fitted...

If the monsoon season ever passes here, then I will go out and test this setup!