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Been out of the cycling loop for a few years and it really seems things have moved along, dropper posts, maxles etc etc. What would you say was your best bike realted purchase of recent times, can be components, kit, bikes themselves. Really want to know why as well. Can be as nichery, fatbikery, 29ery or be as simple as a new pair of spokey dokeys.
Mine is some new gear cables btw!
Lambchop
train tickets to fun places. 😀
This.
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hope pro3 on ztr crests. well fast.
Second hand Hemlock frame. Good lord that thing is fun to ride.
Closely followed by a Reverb, which makes it even easier to have fun 😀
Formula The One brakes. Silly expensive but silly powerful.
My Garmin. Or my road bike.
I have a few....
Big Pedals - much bigger and lighter than the ones they replaced.
Wide Bars - stopped at 745 at the moment feel great.
Dropper Post - such a great thing.
fully enclosed cables - can't believe every bike doesn't come with these.
Hope matchmakers - bars were getting very cluttered 3 clamps on one side, fitted straight on my formula brakes too!
bike feels so good now.
my road bike. and garmin watch. and chain whip.
Jagwire Ripcord semi-sealed cables.
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Dropper post with remote without doubt. Totally transforms some parts of a ride.
thomthumb - Member
train tickets to fun places.
+1 (well, a big estate car and petrol anyway)
Reverbs, 10 speed, chain devices, new forks, etc are all good, but they don't really change the fact your riding a bike and that's the fun bit. Infact there's a definate correlation betweent he ammount my bikes get used and their frequency of upgrades. I was off the bikes for ~3months with a badly broken arm, and in that time it sprouted new forks, new brakes and a chain device. And I bought another bike as well!
Probably a dropper post but a 130mm Kona hardtail is beating all the bad habits and sloppy riding out of me.
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A 9 month old, barely used P-X Uncle John. Full bike for £250. Raced my first cross season on it last winter.
Otherwise, I have enjoyed selling spare bike stuff. Am aiming to reduce, rather than acquire..!
Being trying not to spend too much money but in the last few months;
- Wider bars (but not stupid wide) 711mm Easton Havens
- Changing dropper post to a remote version
- DMR Vault pedals
- Bionicon C-Guide v0.2 chain guide
760mm bars.
Contact switch dropper post.
....My Trance just gets more useable on the trails.
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Staitline silent guide, simple, quiet, does what it says on the tin.
XT SPD trail pedals, after years of riding flat pedals its a bit of a revelation how much I prefer blasting my local trails clipped in!!!
Dropper post
Specialized Enduro Expert .... 😀
my charge duster mid bike (2011) 😀
Probably my entry to the Mega.
Or as a general - a trail bike, from a DH only background before I missed out for far too long 🙁
my girlfriends road bike - it's nicer than mine and (probably as a consequence) she's very keen to use it.
second hand Orange five frame I've been riding all winter. Plus my completely OTT road bike. Fully blinged up Ridley Damocles.
3M Steri-strips with knee-warmers a close second.
Keep 'em coming guys. Wide bars and dropper posts seem to be the favourites so far.
My new Orange 5 and spesh rime shoes
Rockshox Revs set at 130mm on my Soul, a great DHB jacket, my Royal Gloves. And a bender fender to protect the forks.
Ortlieb front roller classic.
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Cotic Soul, I don't think I'll ever get rid:
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A Salsa Fargo
This...
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And this...
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This frame:
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which I moved all the components over to... but I am especially pleased with this:
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which cost £12.00
Gates Centre-track for my Kona A
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A revelation in transmission. I bloody love it.
Quite enjoying this so far:
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Looking forward to trying this that is sitting in my shed awaiting its first ride:
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New bike, but then of course I'd say that...
As above, my reverb is ossums!
My Vitus Vee1 29er SS, £250 for the complete bike, its awesome.
my favourite purchase has been a pair of skull and cross bones dust cap covers from tesco. bad ass!
After 15 years without MTBing....the following in no particular order - except maybe the last three...
dropper post
gore phantom jackets
Rock gardens
waterproof socks
bolt through axles
short stems
750mm bars
lights suitable to use off-road
full suspension
The Peak District
Liteville 301 bike build last week
Lots of great new mates through cycling
i've spunked so much money over the past year on bike parts.
the Boardman FS for the GF at 850 quid was a good buy.
as too was the mini Lezyne stand pump...
oh, and the coil u-turn kit for my Lyrik.
and my Evoc rucksack is a nice bit of kit.
oh, and new bite valves for my camelbak bladders. no more wet leg.
Dropper post (I'm happy with it even though it leaks), Point1 Pedals and Five Ten shoe combo