11-42T cassette
Cumulus 350 quilt ( very very nice quality)
and 2 pairs of lycra shorts from planet x that are going back , weird size or it may be me thats weird ?

all in all a very good day postie wise

No bike stuff this week, as the music bicycle got its annual upgrade. 10 meters of velcro for some cable pr0n, a tube preamp and an ebay special...75Kg of 12U acoustic cabinet...retail of 1200-1800 depending on vendor...paid 100. Nearly feel sorry for the seller. Ripped out the old noisy fans and replaced them with quiet Noctua Redux fans. Now instead of hard disk chatter/spindle whine/fan noise, I get to deal with my tinitus, which has been caused by the aforementioned noise. :( I should've gotten one of these cabinets 15 years ago and saved my hearing. Hindsight is a bitch sometimes.

Greetz

S.

A very nice Alpkit Brukit courtesy of the fatfighters thread, cheers guys

Collected from LBS.
Stans race stuff
Gell bar tape
& Head set
When I say "collected" they fitted it for free, gave me 10% discount and gave me a cuppa while I waited
Thattos Cycles St Helens 10/10

3trees handlebar harness came today:

(Stock photo)
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1996382 ... -handlebar

Workmanship looks great!

techno mail wrote:3trees handlebar harness came today:

(Stock photo)
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1996382 ... -handlebar

Struggling to see how it works?

Me too. Don't mean to dis it but seems to have redundant straps round the drybag itself? And what stops the main straps rubbing the bars? (although that wouldn't worry me TBH, I've never bothered with a harness at all and my bars miraculously haven't worn through yet.. who'd have thought an aluminium pipe could be so tough ).

Still, it says it has a "built-in thermal mat" so fair enough .

10 meters of velcro for some cable pr0n, a tube preamp and an ebay special...75Kg of 12U acoustic cabinet...retail of 1200-1800 depending on vendor...paid 100. Nearly feel sorry for the seller. Ripped out the old noisy fans and replaced them with quiet Noctua Redux fans.

Wish I knew what all that meant ... it sounds great and a bargain too.

I received the last bits for a wheel build yesterday - a load of rather long spokes and 14mm nipples. Ive added them to the box with my second-hand 135mm front hub, a new but cheap enough 170mm rear and two bargain 650B+ rims from Germany (yaaaaaah Germany!!!) Give me a couple of weeks of sweat and swearing and I will have finally a set of 650B+ wheels for my OO Fatty. Ive got £50 left in my budget for tyres, so if anyone wants to offload a couple of 2.8 or 3 inchers, let me know. Dont care which ones. Apparently they are all rubbish

Chew wrote:

techno mail wrote:3trees handlebar harness came today:

(Stock photo)
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1996382 ... -handlebar

Struggling to see how it works?

Going to try it today without the two outer straps. Looks like it'll be fine.......

JohnClimber wrote:Collected from LBS.
Stans race stuff
Gell bar tape
& Head set
When I say "collected" they fitted it for free, gave me 10% discount and gave me a cuppa while I waited
Thattos Cycles St Helens 10/10

I called in to Thatto cycles a few weeks ago for the first time, very helpful and friendly

Bearbonesnorm wrote:Wish I knew what all that meant ... it sounds great and a bargain too.

It certainly does sound great.

Like dealing with wiring looms? Then this will appeal. Otherwise, look away now. Without velcro, it's madness back there, even in my modest little setup. One day, I'll get my act together and make custom cable runs of correct length, but for now I just hope I don't make it to /r/cablefail (one for the Reddit users hereabouts).
Back to bikes...a bottle of Stans arrived late yesterday. Cue tyre change.

Greetz

S.

basically an entire bike except for the frame, seat and tyres...

Untitled by Simon Walsh, on Flickr

A pair of Cane Creek bar ends from htrider, cheers Phil they look just the thing

Back from a week in the glorious Italian sunshine to the grisly Mancunian rain, meaning I didn't really have the motivation to try the two lovely carbon tent poles that have arrived. Cheers Stu.

New (blue) airbed from Exped, it's the Airmat Hyperlite MW, from Germany as it's not available here in the UK as yet, or it wasn't when I ordered it
It replaces the yellow Thermorest, as it's a bit lighter, packs smaller but most importantly it's wider at the shoulder and arms so that I can sleep on my back without my arms falling off the side waking me up.


And at last I've found a quality head torch, with high power and a green filter at an offer price of £40 rather than the list price of £55

Everything to turn my 26" Inbred 2x9 into a 1x11 XT.

Hopefully I'm not going to regret it, but I think I already have as I bought a 32t ring instead of a 30t to go with the 11-42 cassette.

I was thinking 30t would be better for loaded touring/bikepacking.

And saved a little weight too, 200g.


And got a almost brand new montane prism jacket for £50 black/orange. Very happy with it.

Load liner for the car
Saris bones
Set of hatch huggers for the saris bones
Hope rear boost hub and a Pair of Stans Arch's for a new son dynamo build.
Idle hands..::...

Taste test soon. Question is; try them at home, or risk doing it while camping and finding they're rubbish? I guess the only fair method is to do it for real....

There's only one answer to that isn't there

Pole and little stove from stu to go with the knock off trailstar that eventually turned up last week having apparently come via Belgium.

ScotRoutes wrote: Taste test soon. Question is; try them at home, or risk doing it while camping and finding they're rubbish? I guess the only fair method is to do it for real....

Have been looking forward to you trying these out for me!

ScotRoutes wrote:

Taste test soon. Question is; try them at home, or risk doing it while camping and finding they're rubbish? I guess the only fair method is to do it for real....

I took a punt on a couple of these, at worst they will make a change from the usual noodles or mounting horse meals

I have a brand new YT Jeffsy Carbon full susser sat in my hallway, but I don't think I'm going to have time to check it over for a good few days.

Some lovely poles from Stu..



So, a quick trip to B&Q for some pole ends..



Also, after nearly a years wait, my new harness from Triglav.. and it's a beaut.

Just need some extra straps, as I'm running Jones bars, but yeah, pretty damn happy..