Baggy Shorts, Endura MTR. Medium £55-60
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/endura-mtr-baggy-short-ss16/rp-prod85217
7 iDP Transition Knee Pads, Large, £55-60
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/7-idp-transition-knee-pads/rp-prod128632
Mobi V-15 12V portable bike washer
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobi-v-15-portable-bike-pressure-washer/rp-prod34761
Cheap & effective: £25 (bike only) 4* rated & accurate, Bike Radar.
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/tools/icetoolz-ocarina-torque-wrench-set/
Solid for bike & probably car: £40
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mighty-880275-Torque-Wrench-Black/dp/B001R4BR1O/
Acycles.co.uk do all the Maxxis tyres at great prices!!
High Roller II 2.3″ EXO 3C front: http://www.acycles.co.uk/maxxis-high-roller-2-tubeless-ready-folding-tyre-exo-protection-3c-maxx-terra-11675.html
Ardent 2.2 EXO 3C rear: http://www.acycles.co.uk/maxxis-ardent-race-exo-3c-tubeless-ready-folding-tyre-275×220-maxx-speed-11668.html
Rear Ardent and Front HRII is rated as the best all round setup for trail riding, these versions are fairly light, tubeless & triple compound too 🙂
Purchase before new bike and get the shop to fit as tubeless for ya 🙂
Hope 27.5″ Boost wheelset, light & reliable: £400
http://www.ubyk.co.uk/hope-tech-enduro-pro-4-evo-boost-650b-wheelset/30751#p_details
Forza Cirrus wheelset £170
http://www.merlincycles.com/forza-cirrus-road-clincher-wheelset-72600.html
Stock Mavic rim wheels with tyres & tubes:
R 1597
F 1281
Total: 2878g
Forza Cirrus wheels, fitted Nov 2014 🙂
Actual weight 1685g pair, inc rim tape.
C/W tubes & tyres: (Vittoria Rubino Pro 23c and Ultralight tubes 225g & 80g)
F: 1023g
R: 1260g
Total: 2283
Saved 595g or just over a pound of rolling inertia and increased stiffness. Bike feels more lively to direction changes, climbs a tad better & rolls noticeably better. Also much quieter, absolutely silent when pedalling, sounds rather ‘campag’ when freewheeling 🙂
Cycling Weekly comments:
Getting a decent set of wheels for under £400 is a tall order – inevitably bringing the ‘strong, light and cheap’ equation to the fore.
Read more at www.cyclingweekly.co.uk
So at £169.99 this is a great offer!
Features:
CHEAPER OPTION, 1780g, £120, order & collect from Evans Maidstone:
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/cole/rollen-lite-700c-clincher-road-wheel-set-ec040074
Got more of an idea about next weekend’s adventure, thought I’d share it…
Myself and ‘Ray’ will do all the driving, covering about 1500 miles in the mini bus, with a team of 6 guys doing all the walking/climbing.
We leave Rochester early on Friday morning, heading for a YHA near the Nevis range, hope to go for a big Pasta fuel up before bed 🙂
We’ll get up at dawn’s crack Saturday for the guys to climb Ben Nevis at 6am, once they’re off I’ll head out on the bike to do Fort William’s XC loops for a few hours, which should be great. I’ve never ridden in Scotland, so that’s a tick in the box.
They should return about 11am when we’ll drive to Cumbria as fast as the minibus let’s us, with luck they’ll start Scafell Pike about 3-4pm. If I’m up to it, I’ll go for another ride, as it’ll be 4-5 hours before they’re back again.
Hopefull they’ll have no issues & we should leave for Snowdonia about 8-9pm Saturday, so they’ll start up Snowdon around 2am for another 4-5 hour slog finishing about 6am the following day. We’ll try n sleep while they climb Snowdon, as it’ll be a quick blast home as soon as they get back.
Might book the Monday off actually 🙂
I’ve been roped into driving a team to Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon next weekend,
for their “3 peaks in 24 hours” challenge 🙂
I’m considering taking the bike, as I’ll have about 5 hours to kill at each venue. However I will need to sleep while they’re clambering about, and I can’t risk damaging myself as I gotta drive them around & home.
The team will walk about 25 miles in 24 hours, but there’s a 10,000 vertical feet to climb & descend. This ain’t no walk in the park son!
