The "I should have left the credit card at home" thread

lennymc

picked up a set of the planet x 52 mm clinchers yesterday.



went for the no logo option. Went for a spin this morning and they seem nice.

Plastik

carbon clinchers
20/24h
Novatec hubs
1530g claimed

Arrived this morning

colm_gti

Waiting on these to arrive...





Last 3 posts are new wheels, was planning to upgrade in the summer, but they're making me want to just bite the bullet and get them next month :rolleyes:

BDK

Where did you get the wheels,Plastik,and what was the damage?

Plastik

BDK wrote: »

Where did you get the wheels,Plastik,and what was the damage?

Howdy, mine are from Dengfu, but I bought from their ebay shop - 'Carbonzone'. Somewhere about €425 including shipping to Ireland.

FastFullBack

Just wondering if ye think these are good value sets?
http://stores.ebay.com/Frances-Cycling/_i.html?_fsub=17084335
$100 for full sets.Have a friend going to the states in a few weeks so could get him to bring them home.

Bigserious1

Just ordered these. Cheers for the ebay shop mention Plastik.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150690825719&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:IE:3160

Plastik

You should have them by Monday week, or possibly, if you're very lucky by Friday. I've about 240km on mine with no issues to report. Mine are suffering from the 'white residue/powder' around the brake track on the front wheel that many people report. I'm not sure if it's a pad or track issue, but from what I've read it tends to just settle down after a period. The pads that come with are perfectly adequate in the dry but you won't stop in a hurry in the wet!

Bigserious1

Great didnt realise they came with brake pads. One more saving made. Thanks again

AstraMonti

Are the brake pads these grey-brown ones which are made from cork? If yes, dump in the bin and get some yellow swisstops.

Bigserious1

Plastik wrote: »

Howdy, mine are from Dengfu, but I bought from their ebay shop - 'Carbonzone'. Somewhere about €425 including shipping to Ireland.

Did you get stung by customs on the wheelset? I'm thinking the pair I bought come to about 425 including shipping.

el tel

new jersey

3102derek

some new goodies arrived yesterday:D

lennymc

make mine a double.

ROK ON

Lenny. Hope you are going to use that heading up the Marie Blanque in July.

Today I bought
11/28 Ultegra cassette * 3 Fiting them on all of my spare wheels. I figure that in France I will use 34/28 and 50/11 and very little else.
3 * Ultegra chains.
3 quick links.

Oh and some wheels from Skeff (Ksyrium SL rear is new and front is second hand, look lovely.

lennymc

ROK ON wrote: »

Lenny. Hope you are going to use that heading up the Marie Blanque in July.

Today I bought
11/28 Ultegra cassette * 3 Fiting them on all of my spare wheels. I figure that in France I will use 34/28 and 50/11 and very little else.
3 * Ultegra chains.
3 quick links.

Oh and some wheels from Skeff (Ksyrium SL rear is new and front is second hand, look lovely.

aye, i figure how hard can it be
It uses the same bottom bracket as the current compact gearing on the pyrenees bike, (which is also my training bike, i wanted the same gearing as the race bike) so hopefully i will be able to swap back to the compact handy enough. Ill be using the same as yourself over there - 34/28 and 50/11.

d4r3n

46/36T goodness

smacl

New set of fulcrum racing 7s and front mech arrived from ribble today. Nothing fancy by many boards regulars standards, but for me the difference between having a smoothly working road bike and having to go out on the hybrid. Happy days!

AstraMonti

Just bought one of these to try it out as I like my Tune saddle too much and it's been bit of a pita moving the saddle around between the two bikes. 80euro, 110gr, you can't go wrong (unless it doesn't fit my bottom). The graphics are a bit horrible, but I ll sand em them down eventually if it fits me.

lennymc

@ astra - ill need to talk to you about adding lightnes sto my bike.

kuro_man

on route from bike discount

AstraMonti

@lenny sure, let me know how I can be of help.

kuro_man wrote: »

on route from bike discount

These are the iclics? Good luck with them.. i had trouble with them and I eventually send them back to wiggle for refund. I had both the cheap and the expensive ti version. Too many failed clip-ins and unwanted unclips were happening. If you search the web it's quite a wide spread issue.

kuro_man

These are the iclics?

these are "iclic 2", supposed to have all the niggles ironed out....hopefully.

3102derek

arrived today from Rose
the €100 competition voucher i won came in handy

furiousox

This week?
Um....:o

Gore Ride On Pro Gear Cable Kit
KMC X10 SL Chain
Dura-Ace 7900 12-25 Cassette
Canyon VCLS Carbon/Basalt Seatpost (SH)
Canyon Chaincatcher

colm_gti

Was passing by cycle superstore so I popped in for a look as I'd never been before....ended up trying this and this on for size and was flattered to find I only take a medium in LOOK clothes....so I had to buy them :rolleyes:

johnk123

I bought a set of LOOK bib shorts and short sleeved, full zip jersey there last year. Around this time actually. Got chit-chatting to another customer who had said he has had plenty of there stuff through the years and it was good quality:price ratio. They were running some sort of a special on them at the time and they were a good price when bought together.

I find them great anyway... very comfortable and they have seen a few thousand km's and been through the wash a million times at this stage and still going fine. You shouldn't be disappointed with them anyway!

AstraMonti

My credit card doesn't like me anymore.

I got rims and hubs, and waiting for spokes so Holyboy can build me an under 1250gr clincher set
I also ordered a set of Veloflex Corsa's 23 plus latex tubes.
Lastly.. a 12-29 cassette for some serious climbing.

ROK ON

Astra - with the 12-29, do you have to change your rear mech to long cage for that.

I put on a 28, but a 29 would be better. Just wondering will I get away with it using short cage RD.

AstraMonti

Campag has only one rear mech and it fits up to to 29. For shimano I am not so sure what's the limit on short cage. You can always buy a cheap enough Sram Apex and set it up with a 32cassette if you think you ll need more.