DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Having found a couple of worn cross tyres I replaced them today with two new ones on order.
What have you bought for the bike today ?
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Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
Update.
1. They fitted, they are the right ones.
2. I should have replaced these much earlier. (Rear on the left, fronts on the right)
Big John
Guru
A set of 9 x torx keys and a 3/8th socket wrench from The Range. The wrench was to replace an old one I've only had for about 40 years and it's given up the ghost! Can you believe it? Torx keys were £1.99 and the wrench was £3.99. I'm sure the quality is p*ss poor but I only use the torx keys every once in a blue moon but the wrench appears to be exactly the same as the one it's replacing. I somehow doubt though that this one will last 40 years and unless I live to 106 I won't find out.
GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
Pegler PB300 Lever Ball Valve Blue 15mm. Cost: £9
You can get cheaper brands, but Pegler make decent quality stuff, it's not worth saving money on an essential item that needs to work for 20-30 years without fault.
You can get cheaper brands, but Pegler make decent quality stuff, it's not worth saving money on an essential item that needs to work for 20-30 years without fault.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
some sort of waterpowered bike?
GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
Yes, just, another in my on going series of subterfuge, uselessfull items not bought for the bike...
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
"What have you bought for the bike today ?" An inner tube 😮
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
A Praxis M24 bottom bracket for the spares cupboard.
One of the advantages of having six of the seven bikes I own running SRAM GXP set ups (the other is SRAM DUB) is that I only need to keep one BB in stock for the whole fleet.
One of the advantages of having six of the seven bikes I own running SRAM GXP set ups (the other is SRAM DUB) is that I only need to keep one BB in stock for the whole fleet.
Sittingduck
Legendary Member
- Location
- Somewhere flat
Fulcrum R800 DB Wheelset
Panracer Gravelking (slick version) Black/Brown 32mm tyres x2
Single SRAM Centreline rotor (already have a matching one spare, hence a single)
Cassette for these second set of wheels - the purpose of which is for road use in the dry season. The stock wheels (R900) will be converted to run tubeless and I have 38mm Gravel tyres and a no tubes kit waiting for me to do this when I can be arsed.
1x with 42t chainring so I went for a 11-36 for these road wheels, it is fairly flat around here and after a lot of 'Sheldon Browning' I am pretty confident this 11-36 will give me what I need and minimise the jumps in the mid section (compared to the 11-42 that will remain on the gravel wheels).
Panracer Gravelking (slick version) Black/Brown 32mm tyres x2
Single SRAM Centreline rotor (already have a matching one spare, hence a single)
Cassette for these second set of wheels - the purpose of which is for road use in the dry season. The stock wheels (R900) will be converted to run tubeless and I have 38mm Gravel tyres and a no tubes kit waiting for me to do this when I can be arsed.
1x with 42t chainring so I went for a 11-36 for these road wheels, it is fairly flat around here and after a lot of 'Sheldon Browning' I am pretty confident this 11-36 will give me what I need and minimise the jumps in the mid section (compared to the 11-42 that will remain on the gravel wheels).
Scotchlovingcylist
Formerly known as Speedfreak
I cant remember the last time I bought new bottles, never mind matching ones.
Cages to replace a broken one (obviously had to buy two to match
).
New Altura Jersey, thinner than I expected but it keeps me optimistic for warmer days.
Podsac handle bar bag, needed for a tour later in the year and a bit too good not to get for £8.99..
On the way some full length gloves and a hydration backpack for some light trail riding.
Cages to replace a broken one (obviously had to buy two to match
).New Altura Jersey, thinner than I expected but it keeps me optimistic for warmer days.
Podsac handle bar bag, needed for a tour later in the year and a bit too good not to get for £8.99..
On the way some full length gloves and a hydration backpack for some light trail riding.
chriswoody
Legendary Member
- Location
- Northern Germany
Whilst I technically didn't buy this today, it arrived on my doorstep today. A Hope RX4+, four pot brake caliper to replace my broken SRAM Rival caliper. I decided to upgrade to the Hope caliper because it was only a few Euros more than a Rival caliper and yet a much better caliper. Looking in the box, I'm super pleased with it, it looks a gorgeous piece of CNC machined art, just need to fit it now and check if it works as well as it looks.
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
A Halfords multitool and a slime-filled inner tube.
Had a puncture on the way home from work tonight, and my 30+ year old Madison multitool finally decided it wasn't going to grip the bits well enough to get my through-axle out, so I finished up walking the last couple of miles. This was a style of multitool that I don't think has been made for many years, where instead of fold out tools, it had a set of bits, much like you would have for an electric screwdriver, held in a central block with a (soft) plastic cover/handle to slot the bits into for use.
Had a puncture on the way home from work tonight, and my 30+ year old Madison multitool finally decided it wasn't going to grip the bits well enough to get my through-axle out, so I finished up walking the last couple of miles. This was a style of multitool that I don't think has been made for many years, where instead of fold out tools, it had a set of bits, much like you would have for an electric screwdriver, held in a central block with a (soft) plastic cover/handle to slot the bits into for use.
