The post man's been ...

[Bearbonesnorm]

What's in the Hope box?

[Taylor]

Skewers

[Cheeky Monkey]

XT?

Cheapskate

[Taylor]

XT?

Cheapskate

At nearly twice the price?
No thanks.

Hows my quilt doing?

[Cheeky Monkey]

It's missing you but I've been looking after it ;-)

Shall I post it so you've actually got it? We can still hook up at some point but I'm off to the Pyrenees late March so a pass beforehand, what with other commitments, is a bit tricky.

What with this mild weather you could probably be using it

[Zippy]

That's just a picture of some boxes - you're such a tease FF

[Taylor]

Shall I post it so you've actually got it? We can still hook up at some point but I'm off to the Pyrenees late March so a pass beforehand, what with other commitments, is a bit tricky.

Go on then post it to me.
Let me know how much postage is and I'll PP you.

[Cheeky Monkey]

I'm on it

[johnnystorm]

Watch out world, there's a new pushy Dad in town. Wee nipper is 3 months old, probably a premature buying this.....

[Gari]

Have you ordered set of custom bags for it from Alpkit yet?

[Ian]

XT?

Cheapskate

At nearly twice the price?
No thanks.

You can reduce the cost of XTR quite substantially by doing away with most of those sprocket things and the complicated pulleys and levers that move the chain back and forth
And it weighs less

[johnnystorm]

Have you ordered set of custom bags for it from Alpkit yet?

I reckon an Alpkit Fuel pod would make an ok frame bag with stem cells for the bar & seat.....

[paul78]

Arrived today some custom Alpkit stem cells.

The guys at Alpkit made them slightly larger to accommodate my MyTi mug in one of them ... also added same webbing ladder as you'll find on a possum so I can thread same strap through both stem cells to attach to stem and a strap through bottom of cells to secure them :)







Hopefully will get away from a bar roll but if I had to add one them will loop bar roll straps though stem cells to secure it all together :)

[JohnClimber]

My last bit of spending (until the frame arrives) turned up in the post this morning.

Custom spacers with ICE name and phone number and an if found number


Plus a custom titanium stem cap and red bolt, to match the colour scheme

[FLV]

oooo custom stem cap.

Wheres that from?

[JohnClimber]

oooo custom stem cap.

Wheres that from?

Treat yourself
http://www.kapz.co.uk/

[Ray Young]

After having problems with Crank Bros Candy pedals in the past I vowed never to buy any of their stuff again, however I have succumbed to a Cobalt 3 inline seatpost in a colour they describe as "iron". Suits my bike colour lovely and it was half price c/o CRC. Looks like a good piece of kit but I had to grease the head fittings and torx bolt before it would come together properly, getting the torx bolt done up tight enough twisted the end of my torx tool but I had never been that impressed with the quality or fit of the set so will have to invest in some decent ones (will see if an allen bolt fits first, no point in carrying more tools than you need). What was once a 30.5lb bike is now down to 28.4lb.
Sea to Summit mosquito net also arrived.

[johnnystorm]

What was once a 30.5lb bike is now down to 28.4lb.

To begin with I was wondering how heavy your old post was, I guess this is an incremental process....

[Cheeky Monkey]

I had to go over to the Wakey store to get it and it's so not bikepacking but every one loves a new tent, right



Going cheap at Go Outdoors.

[jamiep]

LifeVenture thermal mug so I can make a second brew to have before turning in. £5, Halfords, 251g

[voodoo_simon]

New sram chain and a 20 tooth sprocket for the ss as I'm feeling unfit!

[johnnystorm]

A 2 litre alpkit dry bag for my bivi bag has arrived. You'll forgive me for not uploading a photo....

[Mart]

A 15mm Cone Spanner : I have a Alfine 8 Hub gear to dismantle and service .... EEK have you seen whats inside

[Zippy]

A 15mm Cone Spanner : I have a Alfine 8 Hub gear to dismantle and service .... EEK have you seen whats inside

I took a nexus hub apart once, ironically it was a hammer that fixed it!

[Mandicky]

A Kinesis Crosslight CX wheelset turned up in the post yesterday - just got to wait another week for the bike.....

There's only one thing for it