What have you bought for the bike today ?

[8mph]

Bought this Dartmoor Hornet today for £165. I'm hoping to use some of the parts for another build. Bought mainly for the
130mm Manitou Circus fork, 27.5 wheels with 2.25 Nobby Nic tyres.

 

[Zipp2001]

Some supplies arrived today.

 

[bikingdad90]

Bloody hell @Zipp2001 that’s a lifetimes supply for me there!

 

[Slick]

Some supplies arrived today.

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I don't think I've got enough years ahead of me to get through half that.

 

[DCLane]

I picked up a pair of Token T55 Zenith track wheels from eBay; I've got the front which goes with my rear track disc. However, I'm currently using son no. 2's 4th choice wheels, which are a battered PlanetX set, so having a nice set would be good. I'd been looking at them previously but £300 was my limit, not the £700 they were priced at. It's my birthday soon, so SWMBO can give those as a present.

Also, I picked up a Campag Record crankset for the fake Guerciotti / 1982 Raleigh Ti - I just need the forks and a headset and I've the full set-up to return it to original.

 

[Alex321]

A new Garmin Heart rate monitor. My previous Wahoo one corroded apart at the contacts, and the Halfords own brand I had before that started giving ridiculous spurious readings (sometimes as high as 220 - when my max is in the high 170s) whenever the battery got a little low.

 

[Dirtyhanz2]

EBay bargains
Ergon pC2 pedals I have been curious about these pedals for a few years come up every now and again on EBay but the price as put me off usually go for about £40 I picked these ones up for £9 never used couldn’t turn that price down
Abus 6500 x granite lock for £12

 

[Bristolian]

Topeak Pocket Rocket Mini Pump, bought from Amazon - my no-name mini pump died last Saturday when I was trying to repair my second puncture of the day.

 

[Jenkins]

I have brought my bikes a new friend

Triban 300 for all of £32 plus £35 worth of diesel to collect it.
The plan is to use a load of spare bits I've been collecting and turning it into an 11 speed 1x flat bar (or possibly fitting bullhorn bars) with mudguards and rack for general pottering around on.

 

[cyberknight]

New heardset for the project build , apparently the forks i have are for cartridge bearings and it had caged bearings inside causing it to wobble even when tight .

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Glasses returned with new lenses from Optilabs.

Making an enquiry / receiving prepaid envelope / returned glasses all within a week which is damn good.

£170 for photochromatic varifocals- a bargain, I think.

 

[Jenkins]

And i've now had to buy a crank puler & square taper bottom bracket removal tool as I got rid of the old ones years ago.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Glasses returned with new lenses from Optilabs.

Making an enquiry / receiving prepaid envelope / returned glasses all within a week which is damn good.

£170 for photochromatic varifocals- a bargain, I think.

I'd be interested to know how you get on with those lenses. I bought glasses with Specsavers photochromatic lenses and they become much too dark, so much so that I can't wear them for cycling. They become so dark in bright light and sunshine that I can't see potholes or anything much in shaded areas. Previously I had some planet X glasses with photochromatic lenses with a prescription insert which were fine, but the frames had reached the end of their useful life, and couldn't justify re-glazing the insert when I needed a new prescription

 

[roubaixtuesday]

I'd be interested to know how you get on with those lenses. I bought glasses with Specsavers photochromatic lenses and they become much too dark, so much so that I can't wear them for cycling. They become so dark in bright light and sunshine that I can't see potholes or anything much in shaded areas. Previously I had some planet X glasses with photochromatic lenses with a prescription insert which were fine, but the frames had reached the end of their useful life, and couldn't justify re-glazing the insert when I needed a new prescription

They're identical lenses to the ones they replaced except for the prescription, which I've used from midsummer Mediterranean to midwinter British riding.

I've just come back from a ride in the spring sunshine, they're perfect for me, and I don't think different to the previous. I guess how dark you like your lenses is personal preference.

 

[mikeIow]

Glasses returned with new lenses from Optilabs.

Making an enquiry / receiving prepaid envelope / returned glasses all within a week which is damn good.

£170 for photochromatic varifocals- a bargain, I think.

Bargain!
I once bought some there with flip-up lens.
Turned out it was at a time they were moving to a new design which had smaller depth glasses underneath. They sent the new one, but with varifocal it wasn’t as good. They ‘happily’ redid them in the older frame & told me to just keep the newer one.

Must get a new eye test and glasses this year….sometime!