What have you bought for the bike today ?

[lazybloke]

Just received and fitted a mini rear-view mirror on the drops of my handlebars.
What I should have done was fix the puncture in the rear wheel!

 

[sevenfourate]

When I bought my Spa Aubisque 3 years ago I wanted silver wheels, seatpost etc.

That wasn't entirely possible at the time so I went with some stuff in silver and some in boring black.

Today I had delivery of a shiny silver handlebar from Flandria. That just leaves the wheels. I'll hope to build a new wheelset this year.

YES ! A man to my own heart. This new Blackout (Black on Black on Black) trend regarding components / Groupsets doesn't float my boat either.

On all my bikes i have bought contrasting parts. Much of the time Raw or Polished (ie: Un-painted Silver). Even if thats 'just' pedals, seat,clamp, wheel skewers, stem perhaps and a few other odd parts. Just something to break up the sea of Black.

We're certainly in agreement.......

 

[sevenfourate]

Just received and fitted a mini rear-view mirror on the drops of my handlebars.
What I should have done was fix the puncture in the rear wheel!

Have you just been reminded of the puncture now you have a better view of it......... ?

 

[Hedgemonkey]

Just fitted my new tail light to the ebike commuter, it brightens when slowing down and flashes under hard braking. Busch and Muller Dart E Brex. Her indoors wasn't impressed with me riding up and down the kitchen trying it out. 🤣

 

[Gunk]

This arrived today, managed to get a small discount but still in insane amount of money for what it is, must be the special Brompton tax, but it is exactly the size I’m after, and will be perfect for my short trips to work and into town.

 

[Drzdave58]

Found these MKS Sylvan in a thrift store for $4.
They polished up nice. Will be using them on a vintage build I'm doing.

 

[Gunk]

Found these MKS Sylvan in a thrift store for $4.
They polished up nice. Will be using them on a new build.
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I’ve got a pair of those hanging up in the garage, lovely!

 

[simongt]

I used MKS Sylvan Tour for several years before I went SPD.
One of the few pedal makes left that is easily owner serviced.

 

[lazybloke]

I used MKS Sylvan Tour for several years before I went SPD.
One of the few pedal makes left that is easily owner serviced.

That wasn't my experience when i tried to service mine a couple of years ago; can't remember what the issue was, but the solution was just to buy a new pair.

Huh, not 2 years ago; 7 years! I hate the passage of time!

 

[DCLane]

A Dura-Ace 9000 rear derailleur via eBay for the Ridley Fenix build I'll be playing with in a month/couple of months when I'm getting better.

A pair of winter bib longs - £25 for a NoPinz set seemed a decent price. That'll be for next winter.

And the tool mentioned by @All uphill here - I wanted one of those.

 

[sevenfourate]

Damn this frosty / unable to ride weekend weather. And the fact Amazon / eBay are still open.

Bar ends for the gravel bike, decals for the gravel bike, 2 more spare water bottles, 3 spare links for the gravel bike chain, spare grips for the Winter bike, some silver (plastic) dust caps, a couple of…..

…..you get the idea 🙄

 

[Gunk]

Just received the correct touch up paint and touched up a few marks on my new Brompton, they get marked very quickly!

 

[teeonethousand]

Just received the correct touch up paint and touched up a few marks on my new Brompton, they get marked very quickly!

I have that job to do on my Giant....I think they coated it in frosted icing instead of paint. 🤣🤣

 

[DCLane]

A few bits for future projects:

- A pair of Continental GP5000 AS TR All Season tyres for the Ridley Fenix I'll build when I'm better.
- Also a Dura-Ace press-fit bottom bracket for the above build.
- A pair of Dura-Ace brake levers for the Raleigh SP road bike. I picked up some Shimano 600's but these will be nicer.

Finally, I bid on and won a Vitus 797. It's the same bike I posted on the 'ebay and auction watch ...' thread back in November and had been on sale for a while. It was sold for a very nice price possibly because it needed cleaning properly and I picked it up this afternoon from a friendly seller. Came with a pump and a saddle bag as a bonus. Original photo:

 

[Rusty Nails]

From Spa Cyles, a braze-on front mech dropper so I can fit smaller chain rings on my bike.