Boast about your latest purchases here...

[KyleThomas]

5 minutes ago, splat said:

For a bike that I don't yet own...

(oh, and got some brown bartape too)

Nice! Where did you get the geosmina bag? 

[ChrisF]

Shimano derailure clutch grease 

[Steady Spin]

19 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

Shimano derailure clutch grease 

What is the difference between that and say lithium grease? 

[ChrisF]

1 minute ago, Steady Spin said:

What is the difference between that and say lithium grease? 

 

The normal grease is just too "thin".  The clutch gets "sticky" after a few hundred km, and you need to service it very regularly.

 

 

Now to see if the magic Shimano formula last longer .... 

[splat]

54 minutes ago, thomak95 said:

Nice! Where did you get the geosmina bag? 

https://eastcitycycles.com/search?q=Geosmina

 

[Hairy]

2 hours ago, ChrisF said:

Shimano derailure clutch grease 

I assume that was an EVO purchase from their recent email.

[ChrisF]

47 minutes ago, Hairy said:

I assume that was an EVO purchase from their recent email.

 

I was there on Saturday, when I asked about the grease (as I have done for the last year) Naas looked on the system and Shimano (or their distributors) had, so Naas booked FIVE units.  Based on the email, and their website at 7:00, either they only got 1, or some were pre-sold.  So when I spoke to Janos at opening time I quickly bought that one unit 

 

Nice little climb from the N1 Durbanroad to Evobikes .... 

[ChrisF]

14 hours ago, BaGearA said:

lithium grease is REALLY thick stuff , I like to use it on prawl based hubs that have 4 or 3 pawls and really stuff springs eg. hope 

Would be most interesting to compare and test these two ....

 

 

EDIT .... you had me checking my "stock" ....   I have an old tub of grease I bought very long ago at a cycling shop, not even sure what it is, but knows it works very well for the general wheel bearing services, etc.  Few years back I bought a new tub of grease, apparently some sort of lithium grease.  I then opened the new magic Shimano grease and "felt" the lithium vs Shimano grease between my fingers.  YES, the lithium DO feel "thicker", possibly higher viscosity.  The Shimano feels VERY soft to the touch ... ja-ja, hardly a scientific term, even less so a scientific test, but the two definately feels different.

 

The real test will be to clean the derailure of the old grease, apply the Shimano grease and TEST if it last longer ....

Edited October 7, 2021 by ChrisF

[Patchelicious]

Got me a little steel frame Ribble 725 for the wet and gritty winter. 

Its in the shop being Brexited. Tan bar tape, Brooks B15 Swallow saddle, some SKS muddies and some stem slamming.

Will post after pictures on Sunday when I get it back.

Edited October 6, 2021 by Patchelicious

[Paul Ruinaard]

13 hours ago, Patchelicious said:

Got me a little steel frame Ribble 725 for the wet and gritty winter. 

Its in the shop being Brexited. Tan bar tape, Brooks B15 Swallow saddle, some SKS muddies and some stem slamming.

Will post after pictures on Sunday when I get it back.

Very nice

[Patchelicious]

On 10/6/2021 at 6:47 PM, Patchelicious said:

Got me a little steel frame Ribble 725 for the wet and gritty winter. 

Its in the shop being Brexited. Tan bar tape, Brooks B15 Swallow saddle, some SKS muddies and some stem slamming.

Will post after pictures on Sunday when I get it back.

And updated. Mudguards will come when it’s wetter.

 

 

[BogusOne]

14 minutes ago, Patchelicious said:

And updated. Mudguards will come when it’s wetter.

 

 

Lyk bef@k pellie. Many happy miles and smiles

[splat]

16 hours ago, Patchelicious said:

And updated. Mudguards will come when it’s wetter.

 

 

Loving that green, yellow and tan combo.

What size tyres did you put on there ?

How will that leather saddle hold up over time in the wet weather ?
I am looking around a Cambium saddle, which is supposedly All Weather (and tougher than I am)

[Patchelicious]

4 hours ago, splat said:

Loving that green, yellow and tan combo.

What size tyres did you put on there ?

How will that leather saddle hold up over time in the wet weather ?
I am looking around a Cambium saddle, which is supposedly All Weather (and tougher than I am)

Had to drop from 28s to 25s to get mudguards on. It’s a shame, and it feels like I have teleported back to 1972 on them. (Been on 30c on my Factor for a while now).

 

As to the leather saddle in this weather, Brooks seems to be very popular here, it’s always wet here in winter, so based on that quaggaesque logic, I am 100% sure it will be fine. To be fair, I wanted the Cambian but they didn’t have a one in tan in the shop…. 

[The Ouzo]

On 10/4/2021 at 7:45 AM, ouzo said:

cyclelab.

havent used it yet. the idea was that its small enough to tuck into my carry on luggage to take it to cape town. Yes I cleaned and lubed my chain before the bike was sent down, but it wont hurt to add a bit more lube when I collect the bike on saturday.

initial thoughts.

I'd have preferred a flat base on the  bottle, that way it could stand on its own.

It has a pin in the cap that inserts into the little opening so it is supposed to seal it so lube doesnt drop out. I like that.

The two "guides" on the side are also meant to take off excess gunk from the sides of the chain. that might mean things get a little messy.

2 extra "guides" are supplied.

still have not used it.

It went with me to cape town and back. Going down it did not seem to leak, coming back it leaked.

fortunately I had it in a plastic bag, not sure if it go squashed in the luggage or it was the air pressure or what, but most of the lube has leaked out into the bag.

[Eugene Oppelt]

After 1,356,654,875,296 of heart beats, my old strappie said farewell