What do you WANT to buy you’re EMTB this week?
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Tim1023
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A letter r.
One of these: Park Tool Digital DS-1 weigh scale.
I have dropped hints, might get it for Father's Day, or failing that I'll repeat the hint and maybe get it for my birthday.
Failing that, I'll buy one myself! Life is too short to deny myself for too long.
I have dropped hints, might get it for Father's Day, or failing that I'll repeat the hint and maybe get it for my birthday.
Failing that, I'll buy one myself! Life is too short to deny myself for too long.
Joecrow
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Wow, over €100,- on AmazonOne of these: Park Tool Digital DS-1 weigh scale.
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I have dropped hints, might get it for Father's Day, or failing that I'll repeat the hint and maybe get it for my birthday.
Failing that, I'll buy one myself! Life is too short to deny myself for too long.
. I'd be happy to get a digital luggage or fish weigh scale, at €10,- for Fathers day
. Amazon have loads of different forms most with a higher max and equal accuracy to that Park Tool. They would just be paying out good money for the brand name!- Thread starter
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FIFY
I understand and I share your pain. As a born and raised Yorkshireman, I am more reluctant than the next man to spend £50 if I could spend £5, or nothing (within reason).Wow, over €100,- on Amazon
I have already looked all over Amazon and elsewhere and I agree that you can get scales that will measure higher loads, but I refuse to believe that a 360kg scale will be as accurate as a smaller one. Besides, I don't need to weigh anything heavier than 25kg. In addition, many of the suitcase range scales (20-30kg) are not suitable for hanging from the ceiling as they are designed for a hand grip. There are other factors.
I have managaed so far with borrowing from elsewhere in the house. I cannot read the suitcase dial and hold 24 kg of bike in the air and maintain the balance of the bike, all without wobbling the bike such that the needle is bouncing around and illegible. The suitcase scale does not give repeatable results. For bike weighing, I have resorted to using a digital weigh scale from the bathroom, putting one wheel on at a time and then adding the two together. I have my wife's cooking scales that are ok for stuff up to 2kg. But only if it fits on the 6" square top without falling off and is clean and if she is out of the house!
I'm fed up with making do, borrowing, waiting to borrow and so forth. I want one scale that I can hang from the ceiling in the garage and use it to weigh anything bike related from bikes to chainrings, tyres, nuts, bolts.... whatever! AND no need to clean it scrupulously before it goes back into the house! The Park Tool Digital DS-1 was the only one I could find that did the job. I won't be paying for it and it will see me out and be handed on to my grandson.
If you know of something better for less, please let me know.
John_likes_bikes
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Your right.
To answer the question, I'm not buying my current bike another bike and a strong maybe not the new Zeb.
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You’re bike will get lonely.
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Park comes at a premium.I understand and I share your pain. As a born and raised Yorkshireman, I am more reluctant than the next man to spend £50 if I could spend £5, or nothing (within reason).
I have already looked all over Amazon and elsewhere and I agree that you can get scales that will measure higher loads, but I refuse to believe that a 360kg scale will be as accurate as a smaller one. Besides, I don't need to weigh anything heavier than 25kg. In addition, many of the suitcase range scales (20-30kg) are not suitable for hanging from the ceiling as they are designed for a hand grip. There are other factors.
I have managaed so far with borrowing from elsewhere in the house. I cannot read the suitcase dial and hold 24 kg of bike in the air and maintain the balance of the bike, all without wobbling the bike such that the needle is bouncing around and illegible. The suitcase scale does not give repeatable results. For bike weighing, I have resorted to using a digital weigh scale from the bathroom, putting one wheel on at a time and then adding the two together. I have my wife's cooking scales that are ok for stuff up to 2kg. But only if it fits on the 6" square top without falling off and is clean and if she is out of the house!
I'm fed up with making do, borrowing, waiting to borrow and so forth. I want one scale that I can hang from the ceiling in the garage and use it to weigh anything bike related from bikes to chainrings, tyres, nuts, bolts.... whatever! AND no need to clean it scrupulously before it goes back into the house! The Park Tool Digital DS-1 was the only one I could find that did the job. I won't be paying for it and it will see me out and be handed on to my grandson.
If you know of something better for less, please let me know.
However they perform well, and last a long time. Made for professionals, and bike shops. Us home mechanics can use them too!
There are different ways to skin a cat, but from my experience, the cat and the skinner both prefer Park Tools.
John_likes_bikes
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WELLLLLLLL... my wife and my other 2 bikes would disagree but I'm on board!
John_likes_bikes
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If you get the reference you'll laugh like me...I understand and I share your pain. As a born and raised Yorkshireman, I am more reluctant than the next man to spend £50 if I could spend £5, or nothing (within reason).
I have already looked all over Amazon and elsewhere and I agree that you can get scales that will measure higher loads, but I refuse to believe that a 360kg scale will be as accurate as a smaller one. Besides, I don't need to weigh anything heavier than 25kg. In addition, many of the suitcase range scales (20-30kg) are not suitable for hanging from the ceiling as they are designed for a hand grip. There are other factors.
I have managaed so far with borrowing from elsewhere in the house. I cannot read the suitcase dial and hold 24 kg of bike in the air and maintain the balance of the bike, all without wobbling the bike such that the needle is bouncing around and illegible. The suitcase scale does not give repeatable results. For bike weighing, I have resorted to using a digital weigh scale from the bathroom, putting one wheel on at a time and then adding the two together. I have my wife's cooking scales that are ok for stuff up to 2kg. But only if it fits on the 6" square top without falling off and is clean and if she is out of the house!
I'm fed up with making do, borrowing, waiting to borrow and so forth. I want one scale that I can hang from the ceiling in the garage and use it to weigh anything bike related from bikes to chainrings, tyres, nuts, bolts.... whatever! AND no need to clean it scrupulously before it goes back into the house! The Park Tool Digital DS-1 was the only one I could find that did the job. I won't be paying for it and it will see me out and be handed on to my grandson.
If you know of something better for less, please let me know.
I love that phrase!
I will use that for certain, as soon as I can work it into the conversation.
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Cheers. I was making a your/you're/ yore Joke. Admittedly it failed
I like Parks and Rec
This thread is for exactly that. In opposite. By not buying what we want, we are MIS-treating ourselves
I can see the humour, but I guess it was even funnier in context and in the middle of the show when your chuckle muscles have been warmed up.
I like that the boom-box guy is still jigging away in the background. I heard somewhere that good actors stay in character even though the focus is off them.
I'd like to downsize my PNW dropper from 200mm to their 175mm model. I already maxed out the travel reduction shim system on my 200mm (bringing it to 180mm) but I still never ride with the seat that high. A 175mm model would provide a 155-175mm adjustment range that would allow me to set the ceiling on my dropper to better match my top-most saddle position.
Mostly holding off because of the cost vs need equation isn't great. Plus I'm a soft holding pattern on unneeded upgrades on my Levo. First I want to see what new bikes and equipment come out over the next 30-60 days.
Mostly holding off because of the cost vs need equation isn't great. Plus I'm a soft holding pattern on unneeded upgrades on my Levo. First I want to see what new bikes and equipment come out over the next 30-60 days.
Pentti
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I found this one for £3.52 did the job OKOne of these: Park Tool Digital DS-1 weigh scale.
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I have dropped hints, might get it for Father's Day, or failing that I'll repeat the hint and maybe get it for my birthday.
Failing that, I'll buy one myself! Life is too short to deny myself for too long.
40kg Digital Hanging Scale Portable Luggage Fishing Travel Hook Weight Scale | eBay UK
✋Tare Function – Easily subtract container weight. ✔ Travel luggage weighing. 🎒Lightweight & Portable – Ideal for travel and outdoor use. 1 × Digital Hanging Scale. Compact, easy to use, and highly practical — a must-have portable weighing solution.
www.ebay.co.uk
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This guy gets it
Brilliant! Why couldn't I find that? I have ordered one. Can't go too far wrong for the money.I found this one for £3.52 did the job OK
40kg Digital Hanging Scale Portable Luggage Fishing Travel Hook Weight Scale | eBay UK
✋Tare Function – Easily subtract container weight. ✔ Travel luggage weighing. 🎒Lightweight & Portable – Ideal for travel and outdoor use. 1 × Digital Hanging Scale. Compact, easy to use, and highly practical — a must-have portable weighing solution.www.ebay.co.uk
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simonsmidt
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Upgrade to Shimano XTR has been on my whish list for a while. I've been able to fight it for long, but since my current shifting is lousy, I've bitten the financial bullet and ordered the upgrade kit....
BikeStow Original – Two - Bike Rack for Inside Van and Home But it's out of stock 
Heckler Sb130
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A wheelset, a seat post, a handlebar/cockpit setup, a fork, a full drivetrain with cranks & pedals, water bottle cage, grips, a seat, tires. Pretty much everything but the frame and shock since that’s all I have coming at the moment.
Hope Evo GR4 with braided lines to replace the perfectly adequate Shimano XT that I already have. Just because I’m a Hope fan boy
Anybody want to buy the XT’s when I eventually crumble before the trip to Wales at spring bank?
Anybody want to buy the XT’s when I eventually crumble before the trip to Wales at spring bank?
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https://bikestow.com/buy/original-two/
Checkout Freedom Coast's transport solutions for bikes in vans. Great stuff. It might cost money……….. just a warningBikeStow Original – Two - Bike Rack for Inside Van and Home But it's out of stock
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Yup. I understand. Sorry.
Give us decent Americans a few months. We should get this case of presidential herpes sorted after November….
If November is evil….. ? Would anyone like a new, highly talented Expat neighbor? I build furniture and ride mountain bikes…. I hate trumpies and love diversity.
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maybe Canada will take me if I shower…..sjturner2112
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One Up v2 carbon bars, 760 x 50 mil rise. and a gold one up sticker. And some rev grips. My hands cannot wait.
gcrisford
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Good to see Revgrips are back in the UK. Couldn’t find them for a while. I run them on my bike and rate them. I see they’ve introduced a single clamp version that lowers the cost. Well worth it in my opinion.
This! In this colour, I’ve been not wanting to buy it since I had to buy the missus a black one in Glentress last year when her Shimano one snapped on the trail. I love the fact that hers looks and works better than mine. Awesome
