What have you bought for the bike today ?

[DCLane]

Picked up a new pair of Dura-Ace crank arms cheap-ish. It so happens I've a pair of 52/36 Dura-Ace chainrings sat unused.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Picked up a new pair of Dura-Ace crank arms cheap-ish. It so happens I've a pair of 52/36 Dura-Ace chainrings sat unused.

Only one? I reckon your storeroom must be as big as mine.

 

[tom73]

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This will take some explaining to the accounts department: three colours of nail varnish for marking up the three toolsets I'm working on...

Not like the time someone I know went to shop to get some a book of stamps with petty cash. For work gets to the till they would not scan. The shop assistant just reached for the condoms by the till and scanned them.

 

[Elybazza61]

Just lately have purchased;

Pair of GP5000's for the Stayer allroad
Garmin HR monitor
Madison gloves and marino base layer
Alpine Stars gloves
Knog scout security alarm gizmo
Stayer t-shirt/poster combo
Giro shoes for the better half

And non cycling related;
Camping hammer
Set of elastomer spring replacements for the Linn turntable

 

[Alex321]

Just ordered a Ravemen PR1600 dual lens front light from Fawkes Cycles.

My Halfords one was dying anyhow (wouldn't hold a charge for more than a day or two), and then the screw holding it to the mounting strap broke yesterday. Not worth trying to bodge a fix to that when it is starting to fail.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Just ordered a Ravemen PR1600 dual lens front light from Fawkes Cycles.

My Halfords one was dying anyhow (wouldn't hold a charge for more than a day or two), and then the screw holding it to the mounting strap broke yesterday. Not worth trying to bodge a fix to that when it is starting to fail.

Very nice.

When I commuted through the lanes of Devon I used a beast of a light with a massive battery hanging off the crossbar. That too had high and low beams but the lights were sufficiently large and spaced out to make oncoming cars think I was driving a tractor, which came in handy. I recall on one occasion I managed to illuminate a low flying helicopter.

 

[Alex321]

Very nice.

When I commuted through the lanes of Devon I used a beast of a light with a massive battery hanging off the crossbar. That too had high and low beams but the lights were sufficiently large and spaced out to make oncoming cars think I was driving a tractor, which came in handy. I recall on one occasion I managed to illuminate a low flying helicopter.

My commute is through the lanes of the Vale of Glamorgan - pretty similar roads. And weekdays when WFH, I usually go out after work, and in the winter that will also be in the dark.

 

[HLaB]

The front rim on my commuter is a bit thin so I bought new summer wheels for the good bike, the existing summer wheels will become winter wheels leaving a spare for when the front wheel starts to show a wear line. Ive got a tubeless tyre to fit on the rear new summer wheels but I never had a front one so I ordered it.

 

[Threevok]

Charge Spoon (Brown)
1 Pair Brown Leather Grips
1 pair of Schwalbe Billy Bonkers bronzewall tyres.

 

[Tom B]

Was giving the bike a quick Mickle a few weeds ago and noticed the inner greenguard layer of the rear tyre was showing

I was a bit shocked how worn it was, intially i thought it was a small damaged section, but its the full circumference.
I realised its probably 2-3 years old 7-10k miles on it much of it on quite an abrasive surface.

Today I treated myself to a couple of new tyres....
I Just need to get around to fitting them!

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Was giving the bike a quick Mickle a few weeds ago and noticed the inner greenguard layer of the rear tyre was showing

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I was a bit shocked how worn it was, intially i thought it was a small damaged section, but its the full circumference.
I realised its probably 2-3 years old 7-10k miles on it much of it on quite an abrasive surface.

Today I treated myself to a couple of new tyres....
I Just need to get around to fitting them!

That's not worn, that's cooked at gas mark 6. Or maybe used in a high intensity gamma radiation field??

Never seen anything like it!

 

[Reynard]

Charge Spoon (Brown)
1 Pair Brown Leather Grips
1 pair of Schwalbe Billy Bonkers bronzewall tyres.

For a brown bike?

 

[Bollo]

That's not worn, that's cooked at gas mark 6. Or maybe used in a high intensity gamma radiation field??

Never seen anything like it!

It looks like the rubber has perished. Is the bike kept outside? Possibly in a bath of bleach?

 

[Threevok]

For a brown bike?

Naaaaaw

This one

 

[Reynard]

Naaaaaw

This one

Ah. The "Woodland Cammo" option then

Nice-looking bike tho