Huh? Turn signal indicators? I don't need those.

I've thought a few times it'd be helpful. This is a thread about luxuries, not necessities.

Aero carbon bars are certainly kinder on your hands. Ally bars can be pretty light, but I don't think there's such a thing as a light ally aero bar.

I cut a sidewall on a Pirelli set up tubeless. Reinstalled the gp5000s I took off and remembered instantly why the new set on the shelf is Pirelli. Such a pain in the ass relative to my admittedly small sample of tubeless tires.

He has a thread running in "Mechanics."

Basically my entire new bike that (fingers crossed) will arrive next month. I guess some of the things will actually make me faster but none of it is really useful. Old bike is a Domane SL5. New bike is a Domane SLR7.

Trek OCLV 500 frame ---> OCLV 700 frame
aluminum stem ---> carbon stem
4iiis single-sided power meter ---> Garmin dual-sided SPD
Bontrager Foray shoes ---> Shimano XC7 (in red because they match my bike)
stock paint job ---> custom paint job
stock boat anchor Affinity wheels ---> Aeolus RSL 51 wheels
Shimano 105 ---> Ultegra Di2
stock Arvada comp saddle w/ steel rails (actually pretty comfy) ---> Verse Pro w/ carbon rails

Current additions I REALLY love are the power meter, aero bars, and bike computer. These are things that would enhance any bike I own. And I'd take a cheap bike with these over an expensive bike without them any day of the week.

Hope it arrives as well. I love my Domane SLR7 and I also have those XC7 shoes, but in black, and I use with my Time ATAX XC pedals, love them...Nice shoes. See you went big on the wheels...I stuck with the Pro3v for now....I might move up later though. I also have the verse saddle in 135mm, very comfy saddle for me, I put them on 2 other bikes.

How would you tell them to blink? I think Garmin has a tail light that has turn signals / indicators, but you have to plan a route to use them.

What rim are you running and how were the Pirelli's to install? I am running the Bontrager R3 in 32, but was looking at the Pirelli 28 or 30's when these tires where out. I like the R3's, but would like to try something different. I figured I would pick some up when I spot them on sale that way if something happens, I am prepared.

carbon cages, carbon mounts, carbon anything. aero everything. titanium hardware.

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Yes.

I just prefer the overall feel, in general. It's hard to describe, but in addition to the above, there's the fact that they're less of a heat sink, too.

I had carbon bars on my Domane with front IsoSpeed; still preferred them to the stock alloy bars.

Matchy carbon handlebar, stem, and seatpost. Like the FSA K-Force stuff on my roadie and CX bikes.

Luxurious.

I'm running 26mm PZeros Race TLR on FFWD RYOT 55 rims. They are hooked. Well, now a mullet with PZero on front and a GP5000 on the back. The GP5000s are a pain to mount. To mount the rear (which was had about 800 miles on it), I used a crank brothers lever together with a tire jack like tool whose name I forget. I had to use a CO2 charge to get the bead to set.

In contrast, the Pirellis were easy. I mounted the first one with a single standard park tool lever, and the second with thumbs. Got the bead to pop with a standard pump. The Pirellis hold air better, and generally feel more supple, though that's hard to measure.

I do think the GP5000s are probably more durable, based on the wear so far, but when my current ones wear out, I'm going back with Pirelli.

Excel was running a sale on a Pirelli 2 pack, but only had 26 and 28 in stock. I will say the 26s set up tubeless are very comfy - I did a century a few weeks ago on them. My cross bike with 33mm schwalbes running tubeless is more comfortable for sure, but for road use only, the Pirellis feel great.

Thanks, good to know. I will be keeping my eyeballs peeled for the Pirelli's, even though I still have a good amount of life left on my Bontrager R3's, I don't want to get caught not having something on hand. I too have the crankbrother's lever and have only really had to use it once or twice a while ago. One good thing about using the R3's is that the tires are super easy to mount and remove on the Bontrager rims. But I would still like to have a backup plan as tires can be hard to get right now.

I'm shopping for some right now.

Nailed it.

My first set of aero carbon bars were FSA K-Wings in 2010. The silky feel of those unwrapped flats is sublime.

N+Umpteenth bike. Just because.

I'm very frugal and would never have spent the money but my son bought me a set of FSA K-Wing carbon bars for xmas. They are, without a doubt, the most ergonomically significant upgrade I've had in 50 years of riding. I had almost completely given up drop bars at my age (67), and I could no longer get comfortable on my expensive road bike, but these bars have brought back my enjoyment of riding that bike. Here's an image I pulled off a google search.

I've got a 'Burrito Supreme' bar bag from Road Runner on my gravel bike; https://roadrunnerbags.us/collection...handle-bar-bag
When it arrived in 2019 it felt like a luxury but now the bike feels naked without it.

I have the same bag on my Honey Allroads rain bike. I also have the Rapha bag for my road bike. I find the Burrito Supreme to be better all around. I’ll readily admit I chose the Rapha out of vanity.

Nothing says luxury more than a carbon fiber kick-stand. Make sure to spend the extra money to get the one with dimples and the whale fin inspired profile since aero is king!

Not sure if it counts as an upgrade but, from a pure vanity perspective, a custom paint job on an existing frame/fork always looks sick.

Luxury? How about a rain jacket from a bespoke London tailor? (Won't let me post URLs yet, but search YouTube for "Brooks England jacket".)

A more simple luxury? Throw out that old toe-clip strap, and say Hello to the Brooks trouser strap - also known as a $29.50 piece of leather wrapped around a $0.50 snap bracelet!

The luxurious look on the face of riders neatly in a paceline when I ding my Spurcycle Bell and give them, "Top of the morning, Lads" and power off. The B & M mirror is a close second, seeing the lads out of the saddle chasing is priceless.