Some Race Race Fat bike cranks, which may indicate that I'm finally going to piece my fat bike together

My Cumulus M350 down quilt arrived this morning from https://www.bivvyonsummit.de (5 days from order so pretty quick). Seems a very well made product. It will be getting a full test shortly when we do the Cairngorms outer loop in a few weeks.

10g stove and windshield care of Stu, some Stans sealant and a nifty SRAM mount to make my trusty Edge 705 fit the newer Garmin twist mount

Expensive month this month:

Racing Ralph snakeskin from bikediscount.de
Warranty replacement dynamo hub from SP (ok, that was free but the wheel build won't be)
165mm cranks for the good road bike and mtb. Only 5 more bikes to go!
Bike fit to help sort knee problem that told me I needed shorter cranks.
Stans sealant as I've run out
And my new CX bike should arrive tomorrow (kinesis pro6 with hope hydraulic brakes, but no wheels - they're next!)

slarge wrote:165mm cranks for the good road bike and mtb.

Often think I should get some 165 cranks, what make have you gone for and how do you find them on the MTB, are they really "spinny" and do you get enough leverage on them?
What knee problem did you have?

Spare batteries (and charger) and micro-SD cards for the GoPro.
GorillaPod
A Klymit x-frame sleeping mat.

Ray, I had knee pain behind the kneecap on long rides. Had a bike fit and the bloke took one look at me (5ft7) and my bike setup and hinted that my cranks looked too long, which was supported by my knee pain symptom , then he measured loads of angles, adjusted saddle height down and looked at pedalling motion etc, and convinced me that the correct length is much less than the 175's I have. His graph of leg plus torso vs crank length supported the 165 length. I ended up getting ultegra and xt from chain reaction (not many places stock that length). I am trying them this weekend.

I'm the same lofty dimensions as you Steve and find shorter cranks suit me much better and mean less bend in my dodgy knee.

In other news ... some cuben arrived. I unwrapped it and stuck it on the side. An hour later, Dee asked what I'd been using this old plastic sheet for and if I'd finished with it could she put it in the recycling bin ... I'm glad she asked first

glol

I also need shorter cranks. Just got Rotor 160mm on the road bike, but struggling to find anything that will fit my crappy PressFit GXP BB. Never buying another frame that is not threaded BSA...

Just ordered an alivio crankset in 165mm from crc. For £33 its got to be worth a shot and if I like it i'll upgrade later.

2 x bib shorts and a pair of knee warmers from Planet X's offer day yesterday

Prizes for WRT Grid Square Challenge in the form of a big box of Alpkit goodies

New Ti seat post but it doesn't fit
Waited a couple of months only for these to come in now it's got to go back going
a 31.8 diameter tube just doesn't fit into a 31.6 hole

Any suggestions or recommendations where to get one great fully received
(straight not layback)

Mart
You could try getting your seat tube reamed out to 31.8. Don't blame me if it goes wrong though!

Like the idea, think I will send it back and wait for another batch to be made
Don't want to have a odd sized hole (ooo errrr )

25 grams gas stove from e bay china arrived this morning , tiny little thing and weighs 25 grams as advertised 2700 output for less than £10 posted .
I have pictured it with the Alpkit Kraku for comparison.

A new foil backed foam mat, or 2 new mats now that I've cut it in half Should be my lightest mat ever

Mini Line-Lok guy runners and some 2mm cord. Should make setting up the tarp a bit easier.

Oh, and some (surprisingly tasty) dehydrated chilli con carne.

Mini Line-Lok guy runners and some 2mm cord. Should make setting up the tarp a bit easier.

Shame you didn't say, I could have sorted you out on Sat night when you picked your poles up.

RSP Tourlite rear light for the rear rack on my new Arkose 2. Was christened on the commute to work this morning, though it was very sunny so wasn't really needed. Reviewed on road.cc but upside down in their pics...?! Though maybe due to size/fitting http://road.cc/content/review/29507-rsp ... rear-light

Alpkit bicycle 7 for when I want a bit more space. At 6'3 the SilTarp1 is a touch short. I now have way too many tarps!

s8tannorm wrote:

Mini Line-Lok guy runners and some 2mm cord. Should make setting up the tarp a bit easier.

Shame you didn't say, I could have sorted you out on Sat night when you picked your poles up.

I didn't know until I'd tried setting up the tarp and realised that I had no idea how to get it how I wanted it.

Some new Shimano MT91 boots to replace the MT90s that are now beginning to come apart at the seams after several years of regular hard (ab)use. They can stay in the box for a while longer while I eke out the last from the old favourites though

Ass saver - extra wide, just a few grams for crack protection

Revelate bar harness and front pocket
Revelate tangle frame bag

Woo hoo!

Goes with my Viscacha out back. Hoping to get a run out very soon