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-A workshop stand, which is something I've wanted for ages. For Black Friday they were down to £25 in Halfords so I grabbed one then.
- A "cake stop caddy" little wallet made out of old inner tubes: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/198030562/cake-stop-caddy-upcycled-inner-tube
- A couple of jerseys and base layers from the Planet X sale.
And then I've got my 6year old daughter a new bike too in an attempt to get her in to riding.
Feels very lively and direct, much easier to pick up and maintain speed. Loving that I can directly compare with the Carrera as only the frame is different. Felt more comfortable and made the other frame seem like I was struggling against the size.
The wallet looks really neat, quite tempted by that, although I have to say I don't really do cake stops!
I'm getting the wallet for day-to-day use as I normally just have a couple of cards and notes in my pocket - this will make it easier to keep them all together and stop them rubbing together (my last credit card became very hard to use as it had got so battered being loose in pockets with keys/change etc).
Edit to say that I also liked the idea of supporting a small company that up-cycles something which all us cyclists end up chucking in landfill.
Also done a couple of hundred more miles on the Cube. The mudguards are a bit of a fiddle to get just right (allegedly you can fit 28c rubber under them but I doubt that very much), but I've got them pretty much spot on now I think.
The other niggle is the rear brake is prone to squeal a bit. I've had a look, cleaned the disc, cleaned the pads and made sure everything is centred, and it's still there. I think it's a combination of metallic residue building up on the pads, and the fact that so much mud gets thrown around the rear disc. Performance seems unaffected so a minor annoyance more than anything.
Long term I might change the rear to 140mm anyway as it's got way more power than you can use at present, and it would even up the feel between front and rear brakes.
Really loving riding it though, the mudguards once set up do a good job, the bike is dead comfortable, and it's perfect in bad conditions, I'll never be going back to rim brakes for wet riding.
Ive got my certificate through so the Felt Z5 has been authorised. Can't wait!
That'll work really well as a bike that's fast enough for when the weather is nice and you want a quick blast, but also comfortable. It also means you're free to really go for an all out gravel/adventure bike setup with the Pinnacle
It should make the commute a bit speedier lol.
I used to (briefly) have a Boardman Carbon at 8.9kg that I felt really fast on and was clearly quicker on segments so I'm very much looking forward to the Felt. I'm a lot fitter now too. (Resting heart rate of 45-50) I have some longer rides planned for it than just to work and back and I'll be wanting to do hillier routes
I'm going to fit my currently unused SKS 'guards to the Pinnacle and use it through winter on the damp/rainy/foggy roads with maybe 28's with a bit of tread for light trails. I'm going to use Halfords clip on stays as the SKS ones need to be cut down and look really fiddly to get right.
I can also put the 2.2 knobblies back on the 29'er and explore some back routes to work.
I wanted a solid build without going too nuts about the weight, so went for the alloy version. Doesn't come with the most amazing high end parts, so basically stripped it and sold everything except the frame, forks and headset.
Wheels and brakes were fairly basic so upgraded to hope tech 3 brakes and hope enduro wheelset.
Dropper post was a cheapo thing so changed to a 9.8 Fall Line dropper.
Gears were fine, 2x10, but I wanted a 1x10 so changed all that lot too, to saint/zee with oneup 42t top ring and cages, and raceface cinch cranks.
Then just Hope/chromag finishing kit to match the rest of the stuff.
They are great bikes for the money, this was £2000 standard, (same price as carbon frame only) and a decent spec.. I'm used to all the Hope kit and 1x10 gearing on my previous bikes hence all the changes. . By the time I'd sold the parts and bought new ones, the build worked out to £3300 I think.
Awesome light.
Rocky Mountain carbon Altitude.
GT GTR flatbar, was originally Rachel Atherton's road bike (with lime stripes) Airbrushed red by me and converted to a flatbar commuter. Great for my busy city commute.
And my Trek Ticket jump bike at my local trails.
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As it was an ex GT team bike, I paid about £660 for it, sold some of the bits and used my dura ace stuff and built some stronger wheels for every day use/crap roads.
I am used to downhill bikes, jump bikes and big trail bikes, so I haven't really ever got on well with drop bars, feel much more at home on the flat bars.
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