These arrived yesterday, ready for winter but still not sure whose winter they are ready for

Mmmm, like the look of them for fat biking here in the winter, 45Nrth?

Bontrager OMW shoe, £200 retail. Comes with 200g thinsulate bootie lining that is removable from the shoe. Good rubber sole and nice, soft uppers for walking in

Kinell, a £200 shoe?

Richard G wrote:Kinell, a £200 shoe?

Have a look at the 45Nrth boots...

I could buy battery powered heated socks for that money.

Richard G wrote:Kinell, a £200 shoe?

You're obviously not riding in Sidi shoes. I doubt £200 gets you their base model nowadays.

Forks back from Loco tuning with air tokens and full service
Crud guards for the good road bike until I get the commuter built up again.
A pair of Specialized Rimes arrived just before the BB200 (very comfy, and now dirty - cheers Stu!)
And off topic, a couple of LED floodlights and a load of LED down lighters for the house.

SMD lunar solo LE - can't believe how small/light it is!

SMD lunar solo LE - can't believe how small/light it is!

The non-LE is even lighter / smaller ... but possibly not quite so tough.

TBH that's why I went for the LE - a bit more space and a little harder wearing - looks ideal for what I need

Just need a nice lightweight pole and some carbon stakes to finish it off now!

Just need a nice lightweight pole and some carbon stakes to finish it off now!

Wonder where you could get those from?

Not a delivery as such, more a "pick it up as you walk past the store on the way home", a Genesis Crois de Fer 10.



Excuse the weeds, it's the neighbour's yard.

Rides quite nicely, obviously not as quick as a pure road bike but it's livelier than the On-One it's replacing and about 10% quicker . It's the 2016 model, only just arrived in the country. Just need to transfer the dynamo & light across (there's already a mounting hole in the fork crown) and put some decent mudguards on and it's good to go as a commuter. Sora groupset - the rear isn't bad but the front is a bit "clunky". Brakes are the TRP Spyres. I'm told that Clement are reasonable CX tyres. An Ortlieb rolltop saddlebag (you can just see the mount on the saddle rails) is big enough for my work clothes and tools but I'll end up using a tool bottle on the lower mount. Need to get another bottle cage as well.

I think it will be quite good for touring on gravel roads, though it's not sold as a "Gravel Bike" - the CdA fills that niche apparently, my commute has a long section of canal towpath and I wasn't being shaken too much. My Wildcat Ocelot framebag fits nicely and the seat harness shouldn't be a problem though the gear cables coming out of the side of the hoods might need some careful negotiating for mounting anything on the handlebars.

Before all that, I think it needs some protective tape applying.

voodoo_simon wrote:Bontrager OMW shoe, £200 retail. Comes with 200g thinsulate bootie lining that is removable from the shoe. Good rubber sole and nice, soft uppers for walking in

I rather like the look of those. Be good to hear how you get on with them

An Exposure Joystick for night adventures... together with one of the 'side-eye' lights. Not sure how useful that will be but it looks cool.
Leg warmers
Various assorted blue blingy bits for a geo-location game event in november (my team are the blue guys and I'm signed up for a bike team) including some blue tartan gloves with touchscreen fingers.
And a fashion item...



Hopefully on monday - that wide diameter bar extender, and a 'beacon' clip on thing to make the joystick more a 'be seen' light... and maybe a temporary bothy illuminator...

Ian wrote:

voodoo_simon wrote:Bontrager OMW shoe, £200 retail. Comes with 200g thinsulate bootie lining that is removable from the shoe. Good rubber sole and nice, soft uppers for walking in

I rather like the look of those. Be good to hear how you get on with them

Will do, but might be some time as they're pretty warm boots!

And Yorlin just said the adventure word

And Yorlin just said the adventure word

You're allowed to say adventure, you just can't put it in a category of small, tiny, minuscule or similar

Ahem yes so I did but I did mean full size adventures none of that disgraceful other sort!

My cycle to work ride...




My oh my, it's good!

Aren't they? Quite surprisingly so.

Hey Whitestone, for a few Sunday morning hungover seconds I thought I'd already posted my pic!!
Well its everything he ^^ said but this one has the Dynamo hub and light fitted thanks to Keep Pedalling.
First ride last night, feels a tad 'heavy' but nice and comfy on the country lanes at the back of Conwy. It handled the wet muddy grass on the hills beyond Conwy mountain superbly if I'm honest. Very confident in the tyres :)
I'm gonna enjoy my rattle free commute now!! I'll probably have the odd overnighter on her as well.

Some nice bikes up there

Is a SummitToppler the model of bike?

Richard G wrote:Is a SummitToppler the model of bike?

If it is, I wany my money back !!!!!! !! !!;)

:D