What have you bought for the bike today ?

[DCBassman]

Middle of Lidl: Bar case for phone, multitool.Chain tool looks pretty cheesy, but otherwise still more solid than the £2.50 one I got from Morrisons years ago...

 

[pawl]

KMC 11 speed chain

 

[8mph]

Sintered brake pads, 6 spokes, Lexyne puncture kit with tyre boot, 2 x tubes, dot 5.1 brake fluid, ergo gel lock grips.

All for the new bike.
I have succumbed and finally bought a 29er, the price was right. It's a 2013 Gary Fisher Edition Trek Cobia £180

 

[Elybazza61]

Not bought yet but a couple of Hope hubs in the b2b basket(so far,,,).

 

[Andy in Germany]

A set of new pedals for the Xtracycle. One of the old pedals was working loose and I considered dismantling it and repacking it when I got back to work; then I realised that this meant putting up with the "Click... click...click" for two weeks and also that the pedals are about a quarter of a century old so it's probably time to retire them.

Also bought a set of Zefal toeclips to replace the very battered cages on the old pedals: I never did get the hang of tightening the straps so I think I'm better off without...

Oh, and yesterday I delighted Beautiful Daughter by ordering one of these:

 

[Oldhippy]

You can't have too many tents.

 

[FishFright]

A non Newtonian present for me knees

 

[GetFatty]

When I got my dog in April 2021 I had a bit of a clear out of cycling stuff. So when I decided to go for my first ride since then I found that I’ve broken my saddlepack and I only have one water bottle. So today there’s a new saddle pack and a new water bottle arriving.

N.B. This is the first time in decades that ive bought a water bottle, what’s happened to all the High5 deals?

 

[Paulus]

A 50g tin of Brooks Proofide. My saddles need the yearly bit of TLC.
Also, a new Sram 6 speed chain for a recently restored Raleigh Royal. The old one, possibly the original snapped last week.

 

[Jenkins]

Total cost - £16 for the return train trip to Cambridge to pick them up from Decathlon thanks to a bonus voucher from work.

 

[DCLane]

Bits and pieces whilst on holiday and on returning:

A Barron Cycles bike and Bob Jackson (?) frameset.
A pair of Specialized shoes
A pair of Dura-Ace 9000 brakes because I mistook 7900 for 9000 in the parts shed
A braze-on Dura-Ace 9000 front derailleur because I mistook a band-on for a braze-on
Three Conti Superlight 80mm inner tubes - one extra because Wiggle sent the wrong length
A set of Swissstop Black Prince carbon pads because I ate too many croissants on holiday and burnt through a set
A Bontrager Paradigm XXX saddle because it was (relatively) cheap
A KMC X10 chain from Wiggle as spotted in the Bargains thread
A pair of 451 white wall tyres for the Kingpin project
Some Jantex tub tape as we ran out
Some Velox Guidoline bar tape as we ran out

 

[Andy in Germany]

A braze-on Dura-Ace 9000 front derailleur because I mistook a band-on for a braze-on

I've never heard of that before. What are the advantages of a Braze-on?

 

[DCBassman]

I've never heard of that before. What are the advantages of a Braze-on?

No idea if there are any advantages or not, but my Scott has one due to having a strangely-shaped seat tube, so no band would fit.

 

[DCLane]

Having done an audit of parts in the bike parts shed we're low on 11 speed chains. But have a surplus of bottom brackets, bar tape, tyres and 10 speed cassettes - I'm sure they'll be useful in time.

So, with their FB page 10% discount code working, I ordered 4 x KMC X11 chains from Hopkinson Cycles.

 

[Spiderweb]

3 lots of Le Col bar tape, it was in the sale and I used Strava points for another 30% off.
A separate order for 4 Le Col Base Layers, 3 black and a Navy. These are the best base layers and great value in the sale, extra 15% off for ordering 4 plus a £50 off Strava reward code (orders over £100) so £52 delivered for the 4.