What did you buy your ebike this week?

[Beekeeper]

Finally found a tube that fits a 2.6 wide tyre.
This one designed for 2.4 to 2.8. Happy days!

 

[Pabs]

Was umming and ahing on these colour Death Grips. In the end thought what the heck. Also got some charges for my internal battery (much better than gels) and something to put them in, in the form of a Blackburn corner bag.

 

[Simoto123]

Hi everyone, lbs(leisure lakes, Preston) fitted my Tannus inserts today. So far after a few miles, im impressed.
I got a pair of tubolito tubes to suit because I knew I’d get some anyway.
Up to now ive noticed a pronounced difference on small bumps. Far fewer vibes/harshness. I tested on some roots growing under a path causing short ridges. Harsh on the way there, barely noticeable with Tannus installed on the way back.
Riding up a large curb seated for a test was amazing. Tyres seemed to soak it up with Tannus. As if the curb was much lower.
Very quiet when rolling, bizarrely muting the tyre rolling noise too. Hard to believe but there you go..
No question they roll better with nearly 30% less pressure in. You can feel the tyres are more rigid leant over too.
They appear to have changed the tyre profile on the rims. Tyres look taller and the side wall a less balloony shape. Mechanic noticed this.
extra weight figuring in the super light tubes and lack of sealant is fairly marginal and not noticeable.
Front magic Mary was still tubeless up to today. When it was removed there were about 8 or 10 thorns through it(3k miles). Praise where its due, had never lost a squeak of pressure.
Rear wheel, as mentioned in previous post, in another thread, had got a big nail through it and had punctured the rim tape. When the mechanic removed the old rim tape we could see daylight. The nail had gone through tyre, rim tape and two thicknesses of carbon through to fresh air!!! Pics when we strip to fit new rim. Spesh lifetime carbon warranty kids, can’t beat it.
cheers all.

 

[deksawyer]

I've bought a few things this week in a few different orders...mainly to take advantage of the Jan sales.

Hi/Low compression cartridge for my Aion 35 forks
Leyzene HV Micro Floor pump (a thing of fecking beauty)
Muc-Off Claw chain brush
Knog bell (I know, but I don't want to kill any dogs)
Fox backpack
A pair of cheap leather/carbon gloves to put me over the £30 threshold for the Tredz £5 voucher.

 

[Mike C]

OneUp composite platform pedals to replace the OEM Levo pedals and a Timber MTB bell.

 

[Doomanic]

Crud XL Fender and a side entry bottle cage. Hopefully I can dump the backpack now.

 

[steve_sordy]

A pair of plugs for the end of my bars.

One of the previous plugs was ruined when the bike pivoted off the towbar bike rack and dragged along the road.

 

[Frankieboy]

Been waxing chains for just over a year now, thought I’d give this stuff a go as it’ll be easier to apply.

 

[p3eps]

A pair of old man grips...

A Nukeproof Garmin mount

And a couple of SRAM Eagle power links for in my backpack!

 

[Beekeeper]

We bought two tickets to this and hopefully our bikes will win their first medals ???

 

[Neverbeentomoab]

Fitted a 70mm stem to my levo and it feels much better.

 

[Levo Laland]

Custom Rocket Red fork graphics.

 

[Simoto123]

After my tannus experience recently I’ve ended up with a tubolito tube for the emergency pack. Very small and only 80g for the strong one. Patch kit to suit.
Also new 2.35 Magic Mary, heavy casing, soft orange compound. Tyre measured 2.44 on 38mm I’d rim.

Bit more room for stuff in the head tube.

 

[Gary]

Very small and only 80g for the strong one.

In what way is it strong?
I've used Maxxis ultralite 90g Butyl tubes for years as my (on the bike) spares as they're also tiny so save space and weight - Obviously a 90g butyl tube isn't going to be the toughest or strongest but they're only a fiver and if I flat and use one I'll always over inflate it just incase.

 

[Simoto123]

In what way is it strong?
I've used Maxxis ultralite 90g Butyl tubes for years as my (on the bike) spares as they're also tiny so save space and weight - Obviously a 90g butyl tube isn't going to be the toughest or strongest but they're only a fiver and if I flat and use one I'll always over inflate it just incase.

on the tubolito site it talks about three specs, a road only one at 50gms a tougher one at 80 gms, which I got, and another heavy duty one that was over a hundred gms. I will certainly shop more carefully for my tubes in future, I paid more than I should. thanks for the heads up regarding inflation.

 

[Gary]

a road tube is less than half the volume of an mtb tube. I have some 60g butyl road tubes

 

[Astom22]

Upgraded the Decoy to Tubeless with new valves and some TruckerCo.

Also installed a 5mm spacer under my Niner YAWYD top cap cap holder.

 

[Doomanic]

A Magic Mary for the front of the Rail. Fingers crossed that the TL fitment goes OK tonight...

 

[Elover]

I’ll start the ball rolling, this week she’s had. New kmc chain, cassette, renthal ring. Also mech and dropper cables. New front and rear pads. A new bar remote(warranty). Fork service.
Hoping for a couple of spend free weeks now. Big mileage costs!

 

[Simoto123]

No kidding.

 

[Simoto123]

a road tube is less than half the volume of an mtb tube. I have some 60g butyl road tubes

Can the butyl tubes be fixed with self adhesive lezyne type patches or, do you have to use special ones?

 

[Gary]

You're joking. Right?

If not. Butyl is just what standard tube is made from. A normal puncture repair kit and you can patch them as many times as you like until you get an unfixable tear/cut
Self adhesive patches are available but tend to be shite in comparison to a proper patch vulcanised to the tube.
Take 2x spares and patch any that need it at home with a brew.

 

[Simoto123]

You're joking. Right?

If not. Butyl is just what standard tube is made from. A normal puncture repair kit and you can patch them as many times as you like until you get an unfixable tear/cut
Self adhesive patches are available but tend to be shite in comparison to a proper patch vulcanised to the tube.
Take 2x spares and patch any that need it at home with a brew.

Sorry, I was referring to the material used for the tubolito types tubes. The orange material in my pictures, my bad.

 

[paquo]

these have made my hands happy. Battery Heated Gloves for Men off amazon

 

[paquo]

park tool DAG-2.2 Derailleur Gauge
it's supposed to be within 3mm, mine was off by 25, needless to say it shifts better now

 

[Elover]

Free was a replacement bosch motor... But the new ring on the front meant I needed a new chain and cassette.... 1600 miles on them, so was thinking of replacing soon any how.....

 

[All Mountain Coaching]

these have made my hands happy. Battery Heated Gloves for Men off amazon

Link?

 

[paquo]

Link?

i tried to post a link but it didnt work so search this on amazon, you want the 700 mah batteries not the 220----->
Battery Heated Gloves for Men Women,Rechargeable Electric Gloves Heating Gloves for Motorcycle,Ski,Hunting,Riding,Snowmobile

 

[Zimmerframe]

This looks to be the same glove on uk amazon (assuming @All Mountain Coaching - your location is correct)...

Sometimes on the forum when posting links it tries to do fancy things with them, so you have to delete the http:// from the start of the link to make it work.

www.amazon.co.uk/Heated-Gloves-Men-Women-Rechargeable/dp/B07YWNKWJ4/ref=sr_1_30?dchild=1&keywords=battery+heated+gloves&qid=1581163676&sr=8-30

 

[Simoto123]

Freebie today with leisure lakes loyalty points. Got a co2 inflator with a couple bottles of gas. Friendly chap gave me some better tyre levers too. Managed to get the inflator, levers, two canisters, pack of patches, soft link, small cloth and a tubolito in the void in the down tube, above the battery in my 18 levo. Sorted.
stolen pic, sorry wiggle.