What have you bought for the bike today ?
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Can't believe they are still going !
It’s rechargeable, doesn’t provide any charge to the Garmin but as you say a nice neat solution
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
They offer a good service and have some good offers
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Bling handlebar bungs for the tandem
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
Ordered a new left crank arm (105 7000 series), after mine decided it wasn't going to stay put any more on my ride today. When I got home (some walking, then a kind gentleman gave me a lift home - he is a cyclist too), it turned out the tines were pretty well stripped.
£39 including postage from the bay.
£39 including postage from the bay.
Reminds me I have a spare left side crank lying around somewhere - the downside of getting a third party power meter can be that you have a free, and now somewhat useless spare arm.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I had a puncture last week, caused by what turned out to be an absolutely tiny sliver of glass in the tyre. It was extremely hard to find!
I used a magnifying glass at home to examine the tyre. That is too big to carry about with me but it struck me that a smaller magnifier would be a handy addition to the tool kit.
I found something suitable on eBay for under £3...
I used a magnifying glass at home to examine the tyre. That is too big to carry about with me but it struck me that a smaller magnifier would be a handy addition to the tool kit.
I found something suitable on eBay for under £3...
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
This evening I picked up a new-to-me frameset, ostensibly to replace the Viner Mitus 'winter' bike I have. Today's audax clearly demonstrated the limitations of using a pure race bike as a winter bike, with the tyres constantly scraping the mudguard mounts and eventually clogging.
It's a 2018 Ridley Fenix SL frameset. Son no. 2 has a 2017 one, but the standard version. The build will be done either over Christmas/New Year if the weather's awful or at some point when I can get the time to swap components between the two. I paid probably more than I would normally but as it's the SL version that's OK to me.
This is the Viner for comparison. Looks good but completely inappropriate for winter use with far too little mudguard clearance, particularly at the brake mount points/fork:
It's a 2018 Ridley Fenix SL frameset. Son no. 2 has a 2017 one, but the standard version. The build will be done either over Christmas/New Year if the weather's awful or at some point when I can get the time to swap components between the two. I paid probably more than I would normally but as it's the SL version that's OK to me.
This is the Viner for comparison. Looks good but completely inappropriate for winter use with far too little mudguard clearance, particularly at the brake mount points/fork:
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Bristolian
Senior Member
- Location
- Bristol, UK
A Bryton Gardia 300L rear radar and light unit 
. Couldn't afford the Garmin version 
. Couldn't afford the Garmin version Windle
Über Member
- Location
- Burnthouses
Last weeks haul from both Byker and Chester-le-Street Recyke-Y'-Bikes:
A different handlebar and stem combo for the Univega as I can't get away with the deep drop bars I put on it before and these are slightly flared for the full gravel-tastic look! (Already fitted, I'll put a picture up when I eventually get a run out on it).
Front bar bag for the gravel bike, (no mounting for it but I've already sorted something using old toe straps with a wire strut between the bag bottom and a collar round the stem spacers to keep it upright).
Tool bottle so I can retire my 30 odd year old cut down drinking bottle & tatty waterproof cover.
A rigid fork to replace the non-original suspension fork on the Univega, which I've been going to do for a while ~ I carefully measured the overall length, rake and steerer diameter to match the one that's on the bike...... after trying it when I got home it appears to be from a 'cross bike
, 11 inches from dropout to brake bosses whereas 26" MTB's are 10 inches, b*ll*x.
But the find of the day were a pair of Ultegra 6700 brifters, the ones with internal gear cable routing instead of the washing lines that my 2007 Cannondale Synapse has. I've fancied converting it for ages and have looked previously but only found the odd Tiagra / 105 type, which always seemed either wrong 'speed' or very tatty, despite not being particularly cheap. These were lurking in a plastic box in the corner of Byker shop and at a bargain £20 they were mine!
A different handlebar and stem combo for the Univega as I can't get away with the deep drop bars I put on it before and these are slightly flared for the full gravel-tastic look! (Already fitted, I'll put a picture up when I eventually get a run out on it).
Front bar bag for the gravel bike, (no mounting for it but I've already sorted something using old toe straps with a wire strut between the bag bottom and a collar round the stem spacers to keep it upright).
Tool bottle so I can retire my 30 odd year old cut down drinking bottle & tatty waterproof cover.
A rigid fork to replace the non-original suspension fork on the Univega, which I've been going to do for a while ~ I carefully measured the overall length, rake and steerer diameter to match the one that's on the bike...... after trying it when I got home it appears to be from a 'cross bike
, 11 inches from dropout to brake bosses whereas 26" MTB's are 10 inches, b*ll*x.But the find of the day were a pair of Ultegra 6700 brifters, the ones with internal gear cable routing instead of the washing lines that my 2007 Cannondale Synapse has. I've fancied converting it for ages and have looked previously but only found the odd Tiagra / 105 type, which always seemed either wrong 'speed' or very tatty, despite not being particularly cheap. These were lurking in a plastic box in the corner of Byker shop and at a bargain £20 they were mine!
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Bought some 4mm SK78 12 strand dyneema with polyester sheath cord. Minimum breaking strain 820kg. It is for some fettling I’m doing with my recumbent seat. Just need to measure up and order the webbing now. Webbing min break strain will be 900kg. Just need to roughly divide by 4 for safe working limit. Thus plenty of contingency.
