Bearbonesnorm wrote:Ben ... without rings or BB, they weigh 682g the pair.

I'm using these and for the money they're great. Gari, sorted my knee pain out too and I went from 170 mm, only 5 mm difference.

Got a new etrex bar mount from China after breaking my other one when fitting my new forks. £1.69 Inc postage, eBay bargain and took two weeks to arrive.

Ray Young wrote:Got a new etrex bar mount from China after breaking my other one when fitting my new forks. £1.69 Inc postage, eBay bargain and took two weeks to arrive.

Those are hit and miss. I bought an official Garmin one, and 2 super cheap chinese ones like that. Garmin one is good. One of the chinese ones is good. The other chinese one is terrible!

some shock bushings from TF tuned so the bit that were moving and shouldn't now don't

some hub bearings from LBS so the bits that weren't moving and should have now do.

stans tubeless conversion from LBS

Zippy wrote:

Ray Young wrote:Got a new etrex bar mount from China after breaking my other one when fitting my new forks. £1.69 Inc postage, eBay bargain and took two weeks to arrive.

Those are hit and miss. I bought an official Garmin one, and 2 super cheap chinese ones like that. Garmin one is good. One of the chinese ones is good. The other chinese one is terrible!

Looks and feels exactly the same as my previous one so should be good, here's hoping.

Had enough of constantly recharging batteries for the commute.
Lighting issues sorted by pete gowland, on Flickr
Dare say I'll be buying another cable setup for the 29er in the near future, hence the 15mm hub.

Dynamo wheel arrived today. Just need to wire up my light and I'm good to go.

Base Runner 2 bag to replace back pack.
Camel .75l bottles with flip top fit right in so have choice of .5l or .75l.
Just need to dive into the darker corners of the back pack and see what is in there that I can do without.

Gwyn the post brought this today ... hopefully, it'll look a little better next time you see it

Oooh, a new gravel bike eh?!

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

Specialized quality control ain't wot it used to be, .

Spesh have quality control?

Oooh, a new gravel bike eh?!

I feel a little summer 'Pass Storming' coming on.

Specialized quality control ain't wot it used to be

Uhm yes, sadly it's been painted with what I assume was the rough end of a ragman's trumpet but otherwise it's fairly unmolested. I'm sure I can find a trace of original paint somewhere. I'm hoping I can save the saddle too

Very nice Stu. What year / model is it?

What year / model is it?

It's an early 60's Mercier 'Raymond Poulidor' .... so I'm told.

What happened to the '53 Vase you were contemplating?

What happened to the '53 Vase you were contemplating?

Sadly, I took my eye off the ball and missed it However, there may be a late 40's Holdsworth on the cards ... I'm intrigued by the 3 speed free/fixed flip-flop hub.

RobMac wrote:New headset press, works like a dream

Got a new crown race setting tool today 1" - 1&1/8" (I build bikes as much as I ride them)

RobMac wrote:

RobMac wrote:New headset press, works like a dream

Got a new crown race setting tool today 1" - 1&1/8" (I build bikes as much as I ride them)

I have a bit of tube from a vacuum cleaner - it's the perfect diameter!

Zippy wrote:

RobMac wrote:

RobMac wrote:New headset press, works like a dream

Got a new crown race setting tool today 1" - 1&1/8" (I build bikes as much as I ride them)

I have a bit of tube from a vacuum cleaner - it's the perfect diameter!

I used to use the same, now I generally refuse to buy a headset without a split lower race. Like what hope have.

FLV wrote:

Zippy wrote:

RobMac wrote:

RobMac wrote:New headset press, works like a dream

Got a new crown race setting tool today 1" - 1&1/8" (I build bikes as much as I ride them)

I have a bit of tube from a vacuum cleaner - it's the perfect diameter!

I used to use the same, now I generally refuse to buy a headset without a split lower race. Like what hope have.

I just use a dremmel to cut my crown races, takes 10s and works perfectly

just as good

shiny 30t and new oldstyle but new xt

A new Sawyer mini filter after mine froze on the weekend. :(

Not bike bits but my new travel camera and some nice lenses