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[Charl Wilson]

🤩 All smiles for my Syncros Matchbox Tailor bottle cage with onboard multi tool. Whoop-whoop !

[Jackal355]

Xt/xtr mix drive ,Trifox integrated bars and some gummy tires 

Just waiting for my wolftooth adapter, to fit the shifter to sram brakes, for clutter free bars

[IceCreamMan]

I know I know. In the grand scheme of things this is a lowly buy however I luuuurve Versus socks. Expensive here but worth it. Should last a while.

Edited January 7, 2022 by IceCreamMan

[ChrisF]

Had to buy a set of grips ... Janos smiles when I start circling the tool racks ...

 

Ended up buying another 3 "pliers" ..

 

1. Cutters for outer cables

 

2. Quicklink removal and fitter

 

3. End cap crimper ... works VERY nice 👍 

 

 

Edited January 6, 2022 by ChrisF

[Just Jacques]

So after W2W i discovered a crack in the BB of my Topfuel 9.8 and to my surprise i was treated with this beauty from Trek as a warranty replacement… my new 9.9 - cannot stop looking at it 

[mecheng89]

Some new lights, as I grew weary of lugging around a front light with a cumbersome battery. 

Some new sunnies from D'Arcs, local is lekker. Been looking for a new photochromic pair, and they look sick to boot. 

[The Ouzo]

3 minutes ago, mecheng89 said:

Some new lights, as I grew weary of lugging around a front light with a cumbersome battery. 

Some new sunnies from D'Arcs, local is lekker. Been looking for a new photochromic pair, and they look sick to boot. 

same light  combo I have. Love it for my needs.

[mecheng89]

On 1/11/2022 at 12:01 PM, ouzo said:

same light  combo I have. Love it for my needs.

I love how the front light can control the back light. 

Perhaps I misread the blurb but I was under the impression you could control the lights from the Lezyne head unit, but it seems only the LED Ally app can do that. 

 

edit: I did not misread the blurb. You can control the lights from the head unit, check the remaining battery and switch between modes 🥳

Edited January 13, 2022 by mecheng89
Additional comments

[The Ouzo]

2 minutes ago, mecheng89 said:

I love how the front light can control the back light. 

Perhaps I misread the blurb but I was under the impression you could control the lights from the Lezyne head unit, but it seems only the LED Ally app can do that. 

I also understood that it could be controlled from the head unit, but I use Garmin so have not checked.

 

The app is a bit iffy, takes forever to connect to the lights, great for setting them up and checking battery levels, but would not use it to control the lights.

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

On 12/20/2021 at 4:32 PM, BigDL said:

Little Carbon Hardtail for a cycle2work scheme Xmas present to me. 
 

 

Absolute beaut, what did that set you back btw?

[TyronLab]

2 hours ago, mecheng89 said:

Some new lights, as I grew weary of lugging around a front light with a cumbersome battery. 

Some new sunnies from D'Arcs, local is lekker. Been looking for a new photochromic pair, and they look sick to boot. 

Do share your experience once you've had a proper test of that front light. My light battery (and finding somewhere neat / secure to mount it) is becoming a pain in the arse. 

[The Ouzo]

18 minutes ago, TyronLab said:

Do share your experience once you've had a proper test of that front light. My light battery (and finding somewhere neat / secure to mount it) is becoming a pain in the arse. 

I cant seem to find the thread, but I did a mini review after I got mine.

I found there were times I wished it was brighter when commuting early evening, its more to do with oncoming lights slightly dazzling your eyes and then the bike light is not bright enough to pick up potholes, but without oncoming traffic it is brilliant. Mine is setup with the 4 modes as Daytime Flash - lowest constant shine - mid power shine - max power, I would mostly commute with it on the mid power mode, switching to max in certain sections and then cycling back to mid power.

I no longer commute, but use it on every training ride in daytime flash mode or lower power when needed.

 

It did give me some hassle recently after I got caught in a torrential down pour. I did not have the rubber seal over the charging port closed properly. Fortunately I was able to clean the circuit board and spray with silicon spray and its working 100% again.

Being connected with the rear light is such a pleasure, turn on the front light and the rear activates seconds later, likewise for turning off.

[patches]

Most of my "fun-money" purchases these days feature on the "Post Your Woodwork" thread, however a recent roadtrip down to Christchurch and Queenstown gave me a serious case of the fomos when seeing all the bling MTB's, riders cruising through the town for a bite to eat after a day on the trails, and not to mention the dozens of bike shops packed within less than 1km².

So I bit and bought myself a Mons Royale merino wool top.

 

 

The style is like 3 seasons old, but that means it was half price (65 NZD or approx. R680). I still can't justify full price, even if merino wool has magical properties.

Now to actually get out on the bike while it's still summer 😅

Edited January 12, 2022 by patches

[Pieter1]

Had to buy some new tires the other day, lbs only had stock of Hansdamph and Magic Mary. I was reluctant to switch from maxxis but I'm glad I did. Really lekker tires.
Also got this waist bag fanny pack thing because my back pack was just not working lekker in this heat and humidity. Have done a few rides with it now and its a lekker bag. I don't even notice it.

 

[thebob]

Got me a Yoann Barelli “Into the Gnar” top cap

[mecheng89]

On 1/11/2022 at 3:17 PM, ouzo said:

I cant seem to find the thread, but I did a mini review after I got mine.

I found there were times I wished it was brighter when commuting early evening, its more to do with oncoming lights slightly dazzling your eyes and then the bike light is not bright enough to pick up potholes, but without oncoming traffic it is brilliant. Mine is setup with the 4 modes as Daytime Flash - lowest constant shine - mid power shine - max power, I would mostly commute with it on the mid power mode, switching to max in certain sections and then cycling back to mid power.

I no longer commute, but use it on every training ride in daytime flash mode or lower power when needed.

 

It did give me some hassle recently after I got caught in a torrential down pour. I did not have the rubber seal over the charging port closed properly. Fortunately I was able to clean the circuit board and spray with silicon spray and its working 100% again.

Being connected with the rear light is such a pleasure, turn on the front light and the rear activates seconds later, likewise for turning off.

Works like a bomb when connected to the Lezyne heads up unit.