Bye Sickle

I have both the Polar bottle and the Camelbak Podium Chill bottle. The Camelbak is better. The Camelbak's valve that you never need to close is superior, and also the Camelbak is made of material that is easier to squeeze, which might sound trivial but actually makes a difference. I always prefer the Camelbak bottles.

PatrickGSR94

I have 2 Camelbak Podium Chill bottles, love those things!

caloso

Speaking of bottles:



Yesterday's CX race was at a winery and I thought it prudent to invest in some spousal pacification.

dave1442397

I just ordered a set of Boyd Vitesse wheels to replace the stock Shimano RS10s on my 2011 CAAD 10. Here's hoping they make me faster

NWS Alpine

The camelbak bottles are MUCH better than the Polar ones. For non insulated I love the Specialized purist hydroflo bottles. The valve is much better and quieter (the camels squeal a lot when I use them around the house). The plastic is also so soft and easy to squeeze. I have both the camelbak chills and hydroflos and use them both.

Jfitalia

I just bought an s-works prevail helmet which i scored for $145 from my LBS

bike4fun12

FSA omega bars with lizard skins DSP. they arrive tomorrow, so, can't wait. I've heard some great things about the omega bars.

Scooper

SKS Raceblade Long Silver fenders.

Just a few seconds to install or remove. No eyelets required.

nhluhr

I just put those on my wife's carbon road bike for winter. They are terrific! Way better than Crud Roadracers or the short Raceblades.

Scooper

I hadn't seen them before watching a demo at the S.F. Bike Expo SKS booth a couple of weeks ago. It's an ingenious solution for riding a modern (no eyelets) road bike in the rain.

PatrickGSR94

DUDE I need some of those fenders! Where can I get some more info on how they install? The SKS Germany site didn't show much.

nhluhr

There is probably an online review somewhere but basically, the fenders come in 4 pieces... a front and a back half for each wheel. The two halves snap into place on little quick release brackets that get sandwiched in with your road brake caliper. Because of that, there isn't actually full coverage at the brake caliper, but in practice, my wife (who often insists on wearing a bright pink castelli skort), doesn't get any striping. The 'struts' are secured to similar quick release brackets down by the axle. Those brackets at the axle actually replace the QR Skewer's springs and just clamp in place right there on the skewer. Because they are mounted to a point exactly in the center of the wheel, they need no strut adjustments for length (you are limited to probably a max tire size of 700x25, which is what the wife runs with ample clearance). The struts Do however slide on the fender itself so you can fine tune the bracing points along the fender's circumference. This is good, since I also tacked on a thick polyurethane mud flap on the rear which is pretty heavy and needed the brace further back to stabilize it better. To remove the whole fender, just press the little gray buttons for the three release points for the back half of each fender, then the one button that holds the shorty front half of each fender and you're done. All that's left in place are the little tabs.

lsberrios1 

I went to the website and only found the Phantom 2 and it was only a 20% discount. I want that 20 on top of 60!!! Love the jacket

nhluhr

Chainlove has these jackets regularly at $69

lsberrios1 

Yes I got one of those. Just wondering since she said its a 20% on top of the 60%. That would get it down to $58! I need to get one for my girl too.

kaisersling

Just received some goodies in the mail today. Got some Garneau Neo protect booties, a balaclava, new bar tape and a new torture machine...I mean a new Nashbar Mag trainer for the days i cant use the other stuff mentioned above.

cvall91

She said 20% TO 60%. Not on top of

Scooper

YouTube installation video

i n f a m o u s

I was looking for a bag to carry around my wallet, keys, phone, and any other misc. items (since I sweat a lot) and purchased a messenger hip bag from incase. I didn't want to buy anything too big and burdensome so I went with this since it's big enough to carry all the things I need for the road but compact enough to not weigh me down.

roadiejorge 

In terms of convenience of installation and removal I'll agree but the MK2 Roadracers are much better at protecting the drivetrain in my opinion. I have not used the extra long Race Blades which from what I can tell should be as effective as the Roadracer fenders.

asharx

I just pulled the trigger on a set of Vuelta Corsa HD Road Wheelset.

I had been keeping my eye on these wheels for the past few months waiting for them to come into stock. Well today they did and to my surprise along with a 20% discount promo code on any order over $50.

So I got a set of these wheels along with a new cassette shipped (to canada) for $210.

10 Wheels

I got a set last month..Very Very nice wheels. Easy to install tires on.

primov8 

It should be arriving in NYC within two weeks. I'm just going to remove the SR11 shifters, derailleurs from the Noah and have just begun shopping around for the other parts to complete the build.

sbxx1985 

Super Record EPS.

primov8 

That's exactly what I have planned for the Noah since its EPS/Di compatible and the reason why I'm using the SR11 parts for the Idol frameset. I'm just waiting for ribble to offer another 20% discount code; I regret not buying the EPS-SR11 upgrade kit earlier this summer when I bought the Chorus 11 parts for the Merak.