CliveyT wrote:I'm going to be @home between 11-18 every weekend in July being sociable to visitors to Mrs T's open studio (=back garden!)
To give me something to do I've bought a nice new SON 28 dynamo (in quite a fetching shade of green to match the bike), 3 new rims (I've had a 2 hubs sitting around for some time) spokes etc. With new lights to go with the dynamo that's the best part of £500 gone. I've also bought two new flat-pack beehives to give me something to hit when I get bored of twanging spokes.
Anyone want to buy a wheel? I'll throw in a couple of pounds of honey to sweeten the deal......
Plus One, demonstrations of traditional crafts: beekeeping and wheelbuilding Will there be refreshments for visitors?
Entertainer, juvenile, curmudgeon, PoB, 30120 Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott We love safety cameras, we hate bullies
I think I won last years I haven't spent anything close to that this year.
Some tools, a couple of jerseys, a nice jacket, couple of pairs of pedals, various bits n bobs, a pair of very lightweight panniers (800g/pair.get in!) new £400 wheels I bagged for £150 from Wiggle outlet, Ultegra build for my 'gravel' bike build including carbon post/bars and a new pair of shoes to match the bike comes to a measly £800-£850, deffo a cheap year
Probably about £200 - about £40-50 on consumables (of which I've used about half), and the rest was a rack, new Camper Longflap, and various other bits and bobs. Can't see myself needing to spend any more (though I wouldn't mind a Brompton if the planets align...)
It cost originally 6,500,000 IDR (exchange rate is £1 = 19,000, but dividing by 20,000 works well enough)
New Deore M6000 brakes = 1,000,000rp
New Deore XT M786 r/d = 800,000rp
New Saint rear shifter = 500,000rp
New Deathgrip grips (from England) = £16
(FWIW the price difference to the next bike spec above is 3,000,000rp, which gets you the same coil fork with remote lockout (bad idea, fragile rubbish), 15mm thru axles, the M786 r/d, basically the same brakes that I am replacing, but with aluminium levers - so I'm quids in by upgrading)
I've been trying to source some new Schwalbe tyres (they are all made in Indonesia, but the range at retail here is very limited and mostly the lower end ones). I just placed an order online on some G-One's that looked like they were factory rejects for about half presumed retail (£15 ish), but it looks like they had already been sold, as they've refunded me.
I've been wanting a new fork for some time but may make do with a Suntour Epixon, which is around 2,100,000rp, rather than a Rockshox Reba or Recon (around £150-£250?) .
Have just ordered a JIS screwdriver from Japan and a new torque wrench. Need to find a work stand.
Some new Btwin MTB short-sleeved tops (£18 each, not bad at all).
Probably going to buy a new bike next week for my daughter (around another 6.5 million rp). Only problem now is that it's now very hard to find a triple (as there's essentially only one brand available here that's not either rubbish or imported and relatively expensive), and the marketing idiots who decided that a double chainset was a good idea for Indonesia (although perhaps they have an eye on overseas market). I may have to buy an old model.
Define spent, x2 trips to Mallorca, x1 trip to New Forest week, several weekends away in caravan but cycling related. That's before I start adding in race entries and buying kit and clothing.
Merry Christmas all
I stand and rejoice everytime I see a woman ride by on a wheel the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood. HG Wells
2 bikes Koga Miyata £550 Ebay Brilliant bike but unfortunately contrary to advertisement I just couldn't get it to fit me. Sold it on for £350 and my loss was compensated by a young lad buying it who more or less went straight off on it to tour Europe for two months. Brilliant. Boardman Adventure bike £650 discounted from £900 as one of my grandsons works part time at Halfords. MTB front wheel £30 as grandson bent his one. £30 2 X Cheap cycling tops £20 Over shoes £50 Front light. All money well spent imo.
A set of new brakes and a few pairs of brake pads ( being discontinued) Since I built my ceramic coated rims I just couldnt get rid of the sqealing and poor brak performance from the old brakes. So got some basic Deore T510 V's ( I think) with Shimano S70C pads. Really good and I think not bad wet performance ( dont go out in the rain much these days) where as the others were lethal. About £60 incl the extra pads
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