What did the postman bring you today?

3 metres of Orange gear outer

Ritchey 1 1/4 WCS stem for the new road race bike. Sadly my very nice Carbon Matrix stem won’t fit. Damn that Giant and their newfangled standards. Apparently most of the pros are riding 1 1/4 so how come we can’t source stems? Not even Shimano Pro – and they sponsor the team.

Assorted bits of fuel system for a mondeo, which hopefully means I can go bike racin at the weekend. Some people’s race prep is hours on a turbo, mine is fixing cars in the rain.

Nothing I went to the LBS in my “lunch break” and bothered them while sponging a gratuitous coffee, they’re not even called Waitrose.

The yodelman brought me a parcel from Planet X. Assorted bits and bobs and consumables from the sale. Bit late, but a clean sweep of 25 correct items from an order of 25.

Ooh, ooh can I come in with a “tomorrow” arrival. Expecting my new Elliot Brown Canford, I may be a little excited as I need to perk this week up a bit!

Not even Shimano Pro – and they sponsor the team.

Apparently Pro do one that’s on most of the pro bikes but it’s not for sale yet. Which Ritchey one did you get? I rather like the look of the Superlogic one but 200 quid seems quite a lot for a stem!

2 boxes of black nitrile gloves, should keep my mitts clean when fettling for a while.

A spare peak for my 661 flight, I smashed my other spare faceplanting at Antur Stiniog last year and was made up when I found one in the right colour on fleabay.

I received a slackline ti frame…minus the head badge and any sign of cable guides. Not particularly happy considering the cost of the frame and all pics on their website showing the badge. 🙁

Race Face narrow/wide chainring. So 1 x 10 for me this weekend.

Parts to convert my QB78 from co2 to air, this probably doesn’t mean much to non air gunner’s, but I’m excited 🙂

And three Metres of pimp white shimano gear outer.

The car bits i need didn’t come but some brake bits for my onza did, and yet another bit for the epic hemlock rebuild (which at this rate, I might start in 2017)

Degreaser
And a Specialized Espoir Elite for the road bike.
Not very exciting, but you did ask 🙂
Both from Edinburgh Bike Co-op’s 15% off / excuse to buy stuff weekend.

A new chain for my chainsaw so I can start trail repairs.

6 tubes of Mobilgrease XHP222. Not bad for under £13. Should keep me going for a while.

(not my pic)

Only 12 working days after ordering, 4 over the max estimated delivery date…

Hopefully the new hope kit will be in stock in Oz where it takes 48hrs…

and 20 mins later

a stem

The rest arriving next week :-)))))

Not sure about those Syntace droopy stems. 29er?

Nothing too exciting today. A Castelli base layer, Craft arm warmers, a couple of pairs of merino socks, and some light overshoes.

Slightly more exciting arrival just picked up from our corner shop thanks to collect+ and wiggle. For the xc race bike…

A free new Trail King tyre from Conti after making a politely worded complaint…and they never even asked for a copy of the receipt! Top gentlemen.

Pale blue (very pale blue) Charge Spoon saddle – now fitted to my bright green bike.

A Raleigh M-Trax Ti-1000 🙂 Nearly completely original too!!!

Red one at the front btw

Postman brought me new rotor bolts from crc today but not my new wheel that I ordered at the same time 🙁

Yesterday, two t-shirts from http://jimllpaintit.bigcartel.com/

Today, a Yeti ASR-5 frame 🙂

Freshly serviced shock came back from Loco yesterday.

Not sure about those Syntace droopy stems. 29er?

yup, bars feel in a much better position now, was previously on a -6 degree 90mm ENVE

sfa – was expecting a bit more action by now

Parcel History
Date/Time

Activity

EventCode

02/04/2014 16:30 IN TRANSIT – BE 202
02/04/2014 16:04 IN TRANSIT – BE 202
02/04/2014 16:04 INTERNATIONAL HUB – BE 246
02/04/2014 15:03 ROUTED TO FINAL DESTINATION – AU 299
01/04/2014 12:29 TRAK PAK PROCESS CENTRE 198
01/04/2014 13:47 ITEM MANIFESTED FOR COLLECTION – BE 310

New winter jersey

Dakine Oakrige flannel.

A 6-week supply of Hexeralin and GHRP-2 so that I can rehabilitate my wrecked shoulders without going down the surgical route.

reverb stealth….now to man up and drill a hole in a perfectly good frame 😕

new Zee brakes, and a new Fox helmet for my 6yr old.

Rorschach – are you me?! Snap*

*hopefully not what the frame will do!

Just got this retro GT jersey courtesy of pictonroad 😀

I got a cheapo stop watch from Amazon

also has a heart rate monitor and I’ve just been enjoying the instruction booklet:

Fitted. No drilling required! Chuffed.