What have you bought for the bike today ?

[DCLane]

Bits; a crankset, ceramic BB30-24mm bottom bracket, brake pads, a tub tyre and some bearings.

 

[Jenkins]

Brake pads from Superstar Components & lights from Planet X

 

[Punkawallah]

Pair of rim tapes for the Galaxy - don’t think the old ones will last another remove/replace.

 

[Chief Broom]

Full length mudguards are on there way. I did toy with the idea of half mudguards but the collected wisdom here seems to be that half guards are chocolate tea pot territory

 

[yophie]

I’ve recently been needing new grips for my wheels, I live in a place where grips are necessary so mine are constantly wearing down. I swear I buy new grips every month, it’s a pain but anything for my cycling experience am I right guys?

 

[Sharky]

new grips for my wheels

I've not heard of grips for wheels, please enlighten me. Thanks

 

[yophie]

I've not heard of grips for wheels, please enlighten me. Thanks

Oh they are things you can glue to your wheels, with a good glue and a correctly fitting grip, you can conquer the world!

 

[Sharky]

Oh they are things you can glue to your wheels, with a good glue and a correctly fitting grip, you can conquer the world!

Interesting, never heard of them before. Could you post a picture or a link to where you get them from.
Cheers

 

[ColinJ]

Not for the bike, but for me ON the bike...

I was in my local Aldi this evening and looking at their latest offers. I saw some 'work gloves' which look like they could be ok for wearing on the bike in chilly conditions. They might not be as good as proper cycling gloves but for a lot of my rides they will be perfectly adequate. Anyway, for the princely sum of... £1.99, it's not exactly a big risk!

The long cuffs will be good for keeping draughts out of my winter jerseys and the rubbery pads on the palms and fingers will be good for grip.

I only have moderately big hands but needed the XXL to fit. If you fancy a pair, definitely check the fit in the shop before buying.

 

[Gunk]

Full length mudguards are on there way.

I’ve left mine on since last winter, couldn’t be asked to remove them, glad I did considering how wet this year has been

 

[Sharky]

Two new tyres for my winter ribble bike.

 

[TheDoctor]

A cheap front mech from the Bay of E. My next build will either have a 44/34 chainset or a 34, in which case the front mech will be set up as a chainguide. 9 soeed 11-36 cassette with downtube levers, 531ST in a Celeste-ish powdercoat. It's my winter project, just to add to all the others...

 

[JB052]

Full length mudguards are on there way. I did toy with the idea of half mudguards but the collected wisdom here seems to be that half guards are chocolate tea pot territory

Which mudguards did you choose? I'm currently looking at options.

 

[Chief Broom]

Which mudguards did you choose? I'm currently looking at options.

Hi JB052, Im skint so went for the budget option New Hybrid Bike Cycle Full Mudguard Set for 700c Wheels 45mm in Black or Silver | eBay They look ok but dont come with bolts to attach to frame, no worries if you have a shed load of bolts but otherwise add a fiver or so to buy them. Im waiting for bolts to arrive also from ebay, type in mudguard bolt sets

 

[biggs682]

Some hardshell tyres from chain reaction