ZeroDarkBivi wrote:Salsa tope tube bag (the bolt on type) and a heavily discounted Expensive hipster brand hardshell jacket to match my new gravel bike... which I have not made much progress building!

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I think you should have got a smaller frame to be honest.

My ice axe turned up, and a case for my goggles

Collected a porcelain rocket Mr fusion seatpack, it’s a lovely thing with a mini rack/support. Fitted it en-route to our BAM, absolutely stable, rocksolid and generally decent kit.
Despite being labelled a hipster at the chilterns winter event I’m going to keep the carridice longflap for running errands and trips with the boy.

Jurassic wrote:A Columbia OutDry Ex Light shell in Phoenix Blue from Sportpursuit. Looks pretty good.

How much are they on Sportpursuit if you don't mind me asking? Tempted after the discussion on the waterproofs thread, but I no longer have a Sportpursuit account to check.

£74.99

Also for my new wheelset



Thought I'd try the Shimano dynamo option and this will match my new rear hub.

Just waiting for spokes from Rose Bikes now.

Cheers for that

Recently;

A set of 29er wheels
A full SLX groupset
Bars, stem, seat post.

Ordered and en route
Some rigid carbon forks

An Igaro converter/charger from Mr Seipp of this parish.

And delivered a rear light which plugs into the smart port on the back of my Exposure joystick, it’s tiny but very bright, in fact it’s so small I’ll almost certainly loose it.

He also delivered some Smooth lube (for bicycles chains!) , some new ceramic bearings for my hope bottom bracket, just have to figure out how to remove the old ones! And most importantly an offer of employment actually I’m getting fed up of being laid off in the winter, the same thing happened 3 years ago, please if you’re going to make me redundant do it in the summer so I can get some decent riding done

Bits for the commuter - chainrings, brake pads, chain and cassette, and for the SS, some new headset bearings, Mt Zoom wide bars, Esi grips, and another couple of side entry bottle cages and a SS chain. Enough bits to fix 2 bikes. Only 3 more bikes to go......

Winter servicing gets blimmin expensive!

Lots of boxes of bits over recent weeks that have finally come together as a Transition Smuggler. My first full sus bike for ten years and it’s really rather nice. Not very bikepacky but it might see duty on a techy overnighter or two. We’ll see.

slarge wrote:another couple of side entry bottle cages

What type did you go for Steve?
On the lookout for similar (L&R sided), ideally as light as possible without being useless (already have one of them).

I use the Specialized Zee cages - one left and one right. They've never dropped a bottle.

One thing to watch out for in general though - not all bottle and cages are completely compatible. The height of the indentation on the bottle where the cage grips it does not seem to be standardised so some bottle fit best with certain cages.

ScotRoutes wrote:I use the Specialized Zee cages - one left and one right. They've never dropped a bottle.

Ive used these for the last few years and whilst Ive not dropped a bottle, I have broken a few
Probably due to putting the bike down and not noticing it impact on something

I use mt Zoom cages, they seem really good and haven't dropped a bottle yet

A couple of angled USB cables to avoid cable strain on the connectors and a USB multimeter to check charging current and voltage.

6 Percy the Park Keeper books

DD hammock super light 3x3m tarp.

voodoo_simon wrote:6 Percy the Park Keeper books

Our new postman Terry, has bravely battled his way through the snow from Newtown and brought me a new back light - ebay bargain from Germany.

Bearbonesnorm wrote:Our new postman Terry, has bravely battled his way through the snow from Newtown and brought me a new back light - ebay bargain from Germany.

I’ve just installed some nice SON inline connections for my rear light, they make a really nice job if you need the light to be removable. They are about the same diameter as a gear cable.

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/dynamos/sch ... connector/

I had a fee to pay card for my Borah gear bivi that made it from the US. The fee is £15.45 including the £8 customs charge. I was expecting it to be more than this as the item was £83 so the VAT alone would be £16.60 Only another 2 days or so to wait now once I've paid the fee

And most importantly an offer of employment

Excellent Steve!

Yep good for you Steve . See what happens when you sleep out for the night in a soggy wood after six hours in the pub. I'm a great believer in the.... Power Of Bikepacking!

Anyway, whaddyer mean 'summer....decent riding done'?? You had a top quality, what, I dunno, three or four miles under your belt on Saturday night! Or was it Saturday evening. Or possibly Saturday afternoon.