Kask lid:
Well made, fits perfectly and light.
Spot on.
Conti Top Contact 2 folding tyres:
On my wife's AWOL.
Survived a few routes through the slate quarries.
Feel a lot tougher than Marathon Supremes, but heavier and a bit draggier.
Good mixed use tyre.
Spesh Phenom saddle:
Very happy I've finally found a saddle that fits and I won't cry over if it gets soaked or nicked.
Still comfy on longer rides.
Delighted with it, tbh.
Aldi Cree lights offroad:
The Magicshine type ones.
Cheap, work perfectly, guarantee.
Been used in some filthy conditions over winter and survived a few knocks, very impressed.
Dynamo lights on the road bike:
A complete convert.
The last time I had a dynamo it was driven from the side of the tyre and dragged like an election campaign.
The modern equivalent is like driving behind a car headlight.
And not having to faff with batteries is just one less hassle.
Great stuff.
Wellgo R120B pedals:
SPD one side, small pinned platform on the other.
Grease port.
Excellent for mixed use.
MSR XKG EX stove.
Had it for ages, still works perfectly, every time.
Give it the odd clean, it's a bit noisy but it's bombproof and works with pretty much anything.
Most of this stuff was recommended by posters on here, btw.
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Yours?
Pies.....meat ones.
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Pies and cars.
Better than a dynamo, without a doubt.
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Castelli Gabba, raced in the cold and rain last night, finally see what all the fuss is about. Great garment
Also a Kask helmet. A make I've not tried before, I took a risk buying it online and it's lovely.
My Polaris windproof soft shell. Again, bought without seeing one. So good I bought another in their Christmas sale.
Giro Montaro, Endurance MT500 Jacket
29 x 2 big apples. £5.99 from planetx. fantastic tyre.
Pretty much all Madison mtb clothing.
XTR DI2
Specialized power saddles
Wera tools
Rapha loopback city shirt
Arcteryx Karda jacket
Pickenflick frame continues to amaze me with it's ability - I ride it more than my cervelo S3 and Synapse DI2.
Poc vpd knee pads. Wear them all day but don't notice them. Expensive but tremendous.
I've been riding for 20 odd years and a Gabba is mine
Madison Zenith lightweight jacket > cheap, keeps off drizzle, doesn't get too hot or sweaty.
Altura Mayhem jacket > properly waterproof, don't boil in a bag. Pretty good for £65.
Lights and batteries from MTB batteries > good pricing for great kit and top service.
Osprey Talon 6 waist pack > plenty of room for stuff, well worth trying.
Merlin own brand bib shorts > not expensive, very comfy.
Bird zero frame
Grippp gloves, very high quality
Schwalbe magic Mary
Forgot the £20.00 Endura Hummvee shorts from the recent PSA.
First time I've tried 'proper' baggies.
Seem very well made.
Have used them on family rides and will definitely use them for pootling/touring and for MTB rides in the winter.
The ex Army Goretex is retired to walking duties.
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How many pockets though?
And although I no longer look like a sex pest, there's a definite Don Estelle thing going on.....
Giro Montaro
The pads will shorty fall apart and it will go on your naughty list !
🙂there's a definite Don Estelle thing going on.....
Halfords Pro tools, as good as the best and when not quite there, I don't know who could tell.
Planet-x "Pannello" jerseys - were a tip from here a while ago; ded cheap and really decent (so far)
Plus 1 for the Aldi Cree - once the o ring bracket is modified to something that fits without slipping and the big hole underneath is filled with silicon.
Camelbak Skyline - £50 for the best pack out there? Bargain.
Sram NX 11 speed drivetrain.
Considering my outright hatred of Avid brakes, the guides which came on a bike I bought are the best I have ever used. The bike has gone, the brakes have stayed. I am even considering buying the top line ones with the stealthamajig fitting (which is excellent by the way).
Torm jerseys. Never had sportwool before, and yes, it really is good stuff. Spot on fit too.
Sp gadgets GoPro handlebar mount
Well made, solid grip and easily the best way to mount your action cam or lights to your bars.
Sks 'velo' mudguards.
Now in 65 width?
But my 55's work great on my hardtail with the odd bodge...
Instead of side supports the rear guard is suspended (with zip-ties) from my rear rack with one of their proprietary silver clips.
My DHX2
it's made the monarch I've had feel like laughable piece of shit.
My settings were all wrong according to Mojo (I was using base settings/very strong compression settings apparently - which would make it spike according to Mojo who seemed surprised I was using all of my travel).....it was still twice as good as the Monarch I was running.
Makes me wonder about the STW DHX2 vs Float X2 vs Kage review - considering the Mojo settings for my Reign were so wildly different to STW's review (close to the recommended settings wasn't it?).
Aldi usb bike lights
New Xiaomi Yi (official) waterproof case
Absolute Black 34t oval ring
Dehy reverb cable conversion kit.
Turned my crappy unreliable reverb with a crap remote into a very reliable reverb with a great remote with a light action and perfect ergonomics.
Endura Urban Stretch shorts: comfy and durable on the bike plus look good off the bike too 🙂
Another one for the hummvee shorts,never tried shorts before but find them really comfy
CCDB Air shock with climb switch on my Swoop.
DMR Deathgrips.
Enduro Jetstream windproof jersey.
Cotic FlareMax bike on demo day.
Lidl Tzatziki flavour crisps.
A nice bottle of Alsace Pinot Noir from Aldi.
Cotic Escapade
Challenge Gravel Grinder
Apidura Bar Bag
A Polaris shirt, £5, can't fault it.
Wera Allen keys, great feel and get much better purchase on all bolts.
Gone back to Renthal Fatbars after a few years, forgot how good they feel.
Specialized 2FO cliplite shoes, perfect fit, well made and all day comfort.
Kask lids, started with a roadie one and now have the man one as well. Lovely kit.
The £100 bearing (one side) in by superfly BB. I was sick of weekly flushing regreasing the standard bearing to keep it running over winter(nds side only as it's a bit more exposed). Even then it would eventually give up, its been replaced with a a ceramic/marine corrosion resistant thing. I greased it last time in September and opened it up again in April, it was full of dirt, but a flush and grease and it's spinning smoothly again.
- Wera tools, especially the mini ratchet set
- Hayes pad and rotor alignment tool (perfectly setup calliper in 10 seconds, every time)
- Road tyres setup tubeless, especially Schwalbe pro one
- Embers merino cycling tops (sadly no longer trading)
- Rahox brake pads
Tranz X £80 dropper. Still going strong 14 months and 650 muddy miles later.
Wtb padloc grips, was unsure at first, really like them now.
XX1 eagle, underwhelmed at first, but went back to 11 speed xx1 and realised how much better eagle was, not just having an extra cog.
OTE caramel flapjack. Not kit, bloody delicious.
S-works cycling shoes, mtb and road
105 hydro discs. Better than dura ace calipers.
Torchy 7even light, cracking light silly cheap.
Decathlon bum bag, for full enduro braw impact. Light, cheap, just the right size.
Trek remedy 29er frame, it's just awesome, so much faster than anything else I've ridden.
as of lately the thing 'kit' related is a camelbak forge travel mug.
My Liteville 301 - it never fails to impress me how well a 170/160mm bike can climb, especially loose, rocky stuff.
Up and down it's nothing short of superb, I don't know why you don't see more of them. Certainly mine is the only one over here.
LBS have some Liteville frames, very nice looking bits of kit.
Alpkit Arro windproof jacket. I end up sweaty in anything thicker but this is light, cheap, keeps the wind off and isn't too hot!
Really impressed with my 2 new helmets.
POC Tectal is the most comfortable trail lid I've owned. Light, very well made.
TLD D3 bought from CRC on a massive discount. Would never spend full price on one but quality is amazing.
Bought a Stanton Rigel saddle to finish off my slackline, very impressed. It's firm,comfortable, ergonomic and weighs nothing...looks class as well.
iainc - Member
Giro Montaro
The pads will shorty fall apart and it will go on your naughty list !
Just for balance for anyone else considering the helmet and reading this. I had read lots about this, on here and other places, and so bought a spare pad set. So far not needed them had the helmet 2 months daily commute and 2 big rides 100k mark and original pads great.
^^^ sounds like they may have sorted them, good to hear. I was very taken with the lid, but as you'll have read, half a dozen sets of delaminated pads and 2 refunded Montaro's later I had to move to another brand.
My Endura MT500 raincoat. Like a comfort blanket when it's grim out.
DMR Deathgrips - a week in Finale and my soft office hands are unharmed
Fox Transfer - lovely, smooth, ergonomic thing.
Maxxis DHF WT Doubledown tyre on a Hope 35mm rim - grippy, puncture proof, no rolling, no burping, just brilliant for the same week.
Forgot - Hope Brakes - for performance, feel and eas of bleeding. Fully converted from Shimano now, I think
Schwalbe Procore - game changer
Vee Bulldozer 3.25 Tyre. Yep it's heavy, but so far it's been utterly bombproof.
Manitou Magnum fork - so much better than any other fork I've had
Andy R - Member
My Liteville 301 - it never fails to impress me how well a 170/160mm bike can climb, especially loose, rocky stuff.
Up and down it's nothing short of superb, I don't know why you don't see more of them. Certainly mine is the only one over here.
And I forgot to mention - Fox Transfer post. Excellent stuff!
Gore windstopper. Where have you been all my life.