What have you bought for the bike today ?

[DCLane]

A very cheap new crankset via eBay, which will be kept for a future project.

Also an inner tube just in case when I had a fairy visit (a real fairy stopped and offered to help) plus 4 lightweight tubes as I've used mine all up now.

 

[Jenkins]

Does a pair of Endura Zip off trousers for £23 from Chain Reaction Cycles count? I would have put this in the 'Bargains' thread, but this was the one and only pair of the old stock and just happened to be in my size

 

[Gwylan]

Well GoOutdoors are closing locally. So I got some new pedals at a reasonable price.

Well, serves the management for leaving me unattended for a couple of hours.

The trials of removing the old ones appear elsewhere.

 

[All uphill]

A couple of chainrings ordered from Spa for my main bike, 42 and 26 teeth, and a 11-34 cassette to go with them.

The bike is currently 46/30 with a 11-40 cassette, so I'll lose a bit of top end.

 

[Alex321]

Well GoOutdoors are closing locally. So I got some new pedals at a reasonable price.

Assuming you are talking about the Cardiff store, it is only closing temporarily, for refurbishment.

But indeed a good sale before they do

 

[ColinJ]

A couple of chainrings ordered from Spa for my main bike, 42 and 26 teeth, and a 11-34 cassette to go with them.

The bike is currently 46/30 with a 11-40 cassette, so I'll lose a bit of top end.

42/11 is still a pretty useful top gear - probably more usable than 46/11 for most non-racers in most circumstances.

I only have 40/11 on my 1x11 bike and rarely feel under-geared. On fast downhills, I just freewheel once I get to 50 km/hr (31-32 mph).

 

[ColinJ]

Not for a bike, but for me on my bikes... A stretchy belt for my baggy shorts. I already have 2 such belts but I have 3 pairs of shorts and it is a pain swapping belts back and forth!

 

[Sallar55]

Bike shop in town, rock&roll done so an all purpose oil.

 

[bikingdad90]

Assuming you are talking about the Cardiff store, it is only closing temporarily, for refurbishment.

But indeed a good sale before they do

My local one did that but then they got rid of the bike section and replaced it with a wheelbase outlet instead. Good in the sense it’s quality stuff but bad in the sense they are phasing out the cycling outlets ran by them.

 

[Gwylan]

Assuming you are talking about the Cardiff store, it is only closing temporarily, for refurbishment.

But indeed a good sale before they do

Well despite my name and other hints my links to Cardiff are tenuous.
I did graduate from there and moved on shortly after.
So, would you like to guess again?

 

[Alex321]

42/11 is still a pretty useful top gear - probably more usable than 46/11 for most non-racers in most circumstances.

I only have 40/11 on my 1x11 bike and rarely feel under-geared. On fast downhills, I just freewheel once I get to 50 km/hr (31-32 mph).

You must ride at an exceptionally high cadence. Even with a 50/11, I am just about spinning out at around 35mph. I certainly couldn't pedal at the 109 needed for 30mph on a 40/11 for very long, though I do hit it as a max on some of my rides.

Anything much above about 95 isn't sustainable for more than a few minutes for me - normally average around 80 over the course of a ride.

 

[Alex321]

Well despite my name and other hints my links to Cardiff are tenuous.
I did graduate from there and moved on shortly after.
So, would you like to guess again?

Not really. It seems there are a few of their shops either being refurbished or closing.

I thought I remembered seeing other things suggesting you were in South Wales, but obviously misremembered.

 

[Gwylan]

Not really. It seems there are a few of their shops either being refurbished or closing.

I thought I remembered seeing other things suggesting you were in South Wales, but obviously misremembered.

Well as part of levelling up they are closing branches in England. Even the Home Counties

 

[ColinJ]

You must ride at an exceptionally high cadence. Even with a 50/11, I am just about spinning out at around 35mph. I certainly couldn't pedal at the 109 needed for 30mph on a 40/11 for very long, though I do hit it as a max on some of my rides.

Anything much above about 95 isn't sustainable for more than a few minutes for me - normally average around 80 over the course of a ride.

I can't do it for long either, but the only time I do those speeds is downhill so I would spin like mad to get to 50 kmph then just get low on the drops and freewheel. I prefer 80-90 rpm too!

 

[fossyant]

Nothing exciting, but a set of various width cassette spacers from 1mm through to 2.5mm, in 0.25 increments.

This is to get the cassette position exactly the same on two hubs used on the FS. Sorted the CX a couple of weeks ago.