Winner! Used them today. They work well. Now I have to get used to just pulling the water bottle out when I want to drink instead of breaking the arundel death grip. I'm interested to see what happens when the weather improves and the mileage goes up. I've had ultralight cages before and they lose their ability to secure bottles after awhile. This design is different so we'll see.

Trainer Road subscription

Brooks Swift Titanium

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Heck, I just saw that you had ordered on 25th last month? Ribble has never given me trouble before.

Fizik R3B Cycle Shoes in black and Shimano Dura Ace SPD-SL pedals. Both are scheduled to arrive today. I have an appointment with my LBS tonight to set up my new shoes to bike. Hope to get out this week and enjoy the warm weather rolling in starting today.

Pulled the trigger on this pricey bit of kit. Pearl Izumi P.R.O. shorts. They are quite nice.

^ Why not get bib shorts? My bibs are getting a bit worn so would like to replace them soon. Along the clothing theme, I got a new pair of Perl Izumi knee warmers:

https://www.rei.com/media/product/837216

from REI over the weekend. The old Santini ones they replace were getting ratty and the band was half way off on one.

Not a fan of bib shorts (I do however own a pair of Pearl Izumi Select bibs). I am contemplating those knee warmers though :)

Look Blade 2 Ti pedals.

http://www.all3sports.com/media/cata...de-2-ti-16.jpg

New bikes after quite a few [2] years. Echo for me, Elle for my wife. Pretty excited.

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OK. This will probably appall some folks sensibilities. My most recent purchase was a seat post. Nothing fancy cuz I'm not a fancy kind of guy. I ride an old Schwinn middleweight, rusted chrome and all. Anyway, I needed the new seat post cuz my fat butt bent the old post. I didn't seem to have any problem as long as I was just riding on roads. But once I started riding on trails, the post started to give out. Now here's the really appalling part. The only seat post I could find that would fit was just like the old seat post. Well, that was just going to bend again when I would get out in the woods. So, I took a piece of rebar and jammed it into that seat post. That's right. I just cavalierly added about 14 inches of solid steel weight to my bike. That's got to be enough to make some folks faint. But it works and if it slows me down a little bit or makes me work a little harder, I don't really give a damn. :thumb:

I'll add my PI Pro purchase to the group... soft shell gloves on late season clearance :) and of course it was 60F today

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Selle SMP Dynamic! Magnificent, I don't know why I waited so long...
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One of these

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Giro Atmos II helmet (cough) upgrade from my Giro '95er and a pair of VeloChampion Warp cycling glasses. Glasses were £ 20. and well spent. I was nervous buying glasses online but yeah got to say perfect fit = one happy person.

Precisely why i want a bike computer. Round numbers are the bomb.

This is how much i love my bike. It weighs 5kilo but i think of it like ankle weights ;)
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Weight isn't a concern. Safety is.

Jury rigging a seatpost with rebar can't be safe.

Nice. :thumb: I recently got the similar ones for colder weather.

Green.. and black. http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=508654

I agree with you about safety. I thought about the safety issue before installing the seat post and couldn't come up with a scenario where it would be unsafe. Perhaps there is a remote possibility of impaling myself on the post. But that would only be likely to happen if the seat came off the bike or collapsed in such a was that the post would go through the bottom of the seat. However, in that case, I would be just as likely to get impaled by this type of seat post even without the rebar. I am open to the ideas of others because I'm seldom the brightest bulb in the room.:cheers:

You are a humble man. There was a guy a while back, all over the interwebz, who had a seatpost break, cut a femoral artery and bled to death right there on the side of the road. Chance of it happening are small but the idea doesn't appeal to me. I'm glad you thought it through. A guy near me drilled through his seatpost to attach a homemade trailer. Yikes!

And now for something completely different.... Just bought a L&M Urban 800 Fast Change.

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Duct tape. Black. Ace Hardware brand.

Oh, that cut femoral is a horrible thing to have happened. But I think my seat post is less likely to break since it is now reinforced. I'm not arguing. There's no way for either of us to know if my homemade reinforcement is the right thing for sure. I made my decision and I think it's the right one for my situation. But thanks for the input. I do take your thoughts seriously. I certainly would have been happier to have been able to find a seat post that would fit my bike and was designed to carry the heavier load. But I couldn't find one.

BTW, nice light. Probably the brightest in the room. :)