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What has anyone bought recently that didn't cost the earth but just worked?
My most recent would be a set of these, £8 and simple as, no more gouges out of the end of the X0 crank arms, makes you wonder why Sram don't make their own
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Dumping excess clamps on the handlebars with: PB's Mismatch Adapters/Hope Matchmakers/Shimano I-spec adapters
(admittedly not sure on costs as my latest bike came with I-spec, but there cheapish)
mucky nutz bender fender. Just works
I would say my lizard skin chain stay protector. Saved my paint no end!
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mucky nutz bender fender. Just works
This - best cheap thing that looks after an expensive thing you can buy 😉
[i]mucky nutz bender fender.[/i][b]used with a down tube crud catcher[/b] [s]Just[/s] [i]works[/i] [b]really well[/b] FTFY
The new Topeak hex-socket multitool thing:
[url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/topeak-ratchet-rocket-lite-tool/rp-prod106799 ]Link[/url]
Comes in other flavours but you can tune the kit to only take what actual allen key sizes you need.
It's a piece of dinky cute engineering!
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And no, they don't slip.
Wot z1ppy said along with Superstar lock-on grips. Absolute bargain and a significant improvement on the OEM ones that came with my last bike.
Mucky Nutz Fender Bender
Mucky Nutz Fender Bender
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That new ratchet rocket looks good, I have an old one but the hard plastic case is a pain to use, away just end up throwing it all in an old phone pouch/case instead.
Did buy my first new set of grips in about 5 years the other day, bike felt great afterwards!
Not an upgrade as such but I bought some custom Stans Flow rim stickers to match my frame. £10 from Slik Graphics.
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You must like stickers!
I've just had a new set of hope hoops and purposely left the stickers off!
It's a toss-up between Halo Hex bolt-up skewers or Stans valve core remover...In fact for less than 20 sheets you could get 'em both - WIN! 😀
Much better than any bike upgrade! Rocket fuel 😀
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mucky nutz bender fender.used with a [s]down tube crud catcher[/s] mucky nutz gut fender, which weights nowt and goes on and off in seconds Just works really well FTFY
Fender bender + 1 - brilliant thing.
ESI grips. No more sore hands from lock-ons.
Those colour Slik graphics wheel stickers, up there.
Not recently 'cos it's been so dry - but Middleburn cable oilers. Fit one in each run of outer, and flush out water and crap from your cables with one blast of WDGT4085. No more rusted up inners; like new cables for a fraction of the cost and hassle.
It's gotta be zip-ties.
There's always a zip-tie somewhere on every bike I've owned. Quietly doing it's small but vital thing. For under £20 you could even get a pack of different coloured ones, so they blend in 🙂
And still have change for plenty cake!
Blackspire stinger, haven't dropped my chain in the 2 years it's been on.
Tubeless.
esi grips, pedros tyre levers.
In the last few years:
Wider bars
Charge Spoon
New cable for the dropper
Lock-on grips
All under £20 each and much better than what was there before
Just bought some of these on-one tyres for our Morzine trip next week. I'll see how they go
A rubber gasket to hold a replacement wide angle lens in my XML light. 25p well spent.
