What bike related thing is in the post to you right now ...

2 Cannondale Flaschenhalter

and still ricky villa wrote: »

I've used them a good bit in the past and it can be hit and miss. When they have stock and ship it I've had no issues but the odd time I've bought something and it either hasn't shipped and I've been refunded or they've part shipped and cancelled and refunded the rest. I've never lost money but both times they didn't bother telling me the order wasn't going to happen. I only noticed when I was refunded.
Maybe drop them a line to confirm the stock really is there?

I gave the Bikeinn chat a try to see if it was really in stock. My mind was made up after about 30 seconds of chatting.

I gave the link to the page (on their own site) of the item I was looking for, to which they said they need the item number. There is no number anywhere on the page so I used the exact item name copy pasted. They still said they needed a number, I copied a number from the web address.

Answer was "not in stock" in a computer says no type of way, even though they were talking about the wrong version. After this short exchange I said better off ordering elsewhere, will likely avoid in the future

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

I gave the Bikeinn chat a try to see if it was really in stock. My mind was made up after about 30 seconds of chatting.

I gave the link to the page (on their own site) of the item I was looking for, to which they said they need the item number. There is no number anywhere on the page so I used the exact item name copy pasted. They still said they needed a number, I copied a number from the web address.

Answer was "not in stock" in a computer says no type of way, even though they were talking about the wrong version. After this short exchange I said better off ordering elsewhere, will likely avoid in the future

I ordered from them yesterday, out of interest was it a Garmin 530 you were interested in just so I know what to expect?

and still ricky villa wrote: »

I ordered a Garmin 530 from Depor Village earlier today and it is on the way.
Another Spanish outfit but 2 out of 2 orders so far have been on the money

I was getting nervous after hearing reviews even though I’ve ordered from run inn before. Mine has also shipped at the same price as Depor. Even got a photo of the package leaving and could check my postage address etc was correct (had issues with that before elsewhere)

68 lost souls wrote: »

I ordered from them yesterday, out of interest was it a Garmin 530 you were interested in just so I know what to expect?

No it was a GRX 812 rear derailleur, out of stock everywhere and I have been looking since Christmas. They were saying delivered next week so I was just a bit suspicious whether or not this was true.

Lezyne floor pump from alltricks
My Joe Blow Sport died after 9 years
The Lezyne has a fancy pants connector plus it is shiny

Ordered the following this morning from Bike24, all in stock and 4-7 days deliver:

Park Tool CN-10 Cable and Housing Cutter
Jagwire Road Elite Sealed Brake - Braking Cable Set
Jagwire Road & Mountain 2X Elite Sealed Shift Cable Set

It's not just couriers, though. An Post are the same. I know that packages have increased, but this is just a straight up error.



It's the second time this has happened to me. First time my package was sent to Cork, before being sent back to Dublin, and then sent to me

Squirt lube

shoes covers from Galibier. peanut butter, tube and Topeak multitool with chain breaker from CRC

Funny to see peanut butter considered cycling related . I got 10kg of it yesterday from one of those protein sites.

I'm also waiting on 10 speed sram red stuff from my friendly neighbourhood supplier. It's hard to get a hold of now, so whatever he has that's fallen down the back of the couch to keep my ten-speed stable relevant. Have a Red wi-fli rear derailleur, a red 11:32 and a chain coming, all to go on my R5 to try and dilute the 39:53 gearing up front.

Orange R9 frame set
Bag of haribos

Unplanned spend on a new rear di2 derailleur. Older one just gave up. Diagnostics have been ran and it doesn't even register on the system so it's truly dead. Bit of a pain, had been looking at putting dura ace on the new frame but with the cost of replacing ultegra being high enough I don't think I could spend the additional on dura ace if a part broke. I've had few bikes with di2 over the last 7 years and this is the first replacement part I have had to buy so can't complain too much.

Then to treat myself for the unexpected spend I spent more money. And for something bit different I got one of these, https://www.albioncycling.com/product/burner-black/ , a fancy alternative to newspaper. I start a lot of my spins early in the morning and can be cold setting out but after an hour or two it warms up and I'm roasting, I run a bit hot anyway. Hoping this will help with that, folds up nice and small and will keep the wind off early in the morning without being bulky or needing extra space to store when I heat up.

Fulcrum Wind 40c Carbon Wheelset! You can never have too many wheels!

joey100 wrote: »

Unplanned spend on a new rear di2 derailleur. Older one just gave up. Diagnostics have been ran and it doesn't even register on the system so it's truly dead. Bit of a pain, had been looking at putting dura ace on the new frame but with the cost of replacing ultegra being high enough I don't think I could spend the additional on dura ace if a part broke. I've had few bikes with di2 over the last 7 years and this is the first replacement part I have had to buy so can't complain too much.

Then to treat myself for the unexpected spend I spent more money. And for something bit different I got one of these, https://www.albioncycling.com/product/burner-black/ , a fancy alternative to newspaper. I start a lot of my spins early in the morning and can be cold setting out but after an hour or two it warms up and I'm roasting, I run a bit hot anyway. Hoping this will help with that, folds up nice and small and will keep the wind off early in the morning without being bulky or needing extra space to store when I heat up.

Need to keep out of this thread - purchased the burner too.

byrnem31 wrote: »

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/prime-doyenne-aero-handlebar/rp-prod187394

Aero handlebars for 60 quid for my 2020 defy advanced 2. More for comfort than anything else.

How you finding this?

I stuck one on a new build, have only done 100km on it but not liking it. Don't hate it but don't like it, I'll give it another few hundred km before making up my mind, but so far,

Probably me being stupid but no way to have the top cap aero (as per its design) without going against my frame instructions which are to leave 3mm or so on top of the stem.... Having an aero install would require cutting below the top of the stem (this is probably just a general issue, not specific to these?),

No spacers supplied and none available to purchase, I'm planning to keep a little bit of space under the stem, it's be nice to have the top cap style as a spacer underneath,

It's heavy (I knew that) but disproportionately so to rest of bike and bars are dying to swing to the sides all the time (when stationary!),

In the hoods it's same as any other bar, but not keen on the drops, don't like the feel of having hands on the top at all, I've big hands but don't feel overly confident holding on with one hand while reaching into Jersey pocket for stuff etc... (I'm not a nervous type and have never noticed this before),

The internal routing is fairly pointless for the way I've set it up anyway and I can feel the cables under the bar as they are lose /not wrapped at the point they go from the stem area into the entry recess in the bar....

Anyway, that all sounds more negative than it is, they are OK I suppose.....