Is there anything better than new bike toys? I think not.
Last week I got a new set of 165mm sugino cranks, with a 26 tooth small ring to help me up the big hills. My knees have been getting strained and sprained for too long. Can't wait to get it on the bike in time for the ride this weekend. To go along with it, I picked up a set of tandem crank shorteners. This should give me the double bonus of a bigger q-factor, which will be another knee saver, and allow me to play around with different crank lengths over time so that I can find the perfect length in future cranksets.
Heck, I'm even excited about the stuff I got for the wife's v-rex. We got her a thinner seatpad that shaves 3/4 of a pound off the bike and should enable her to sit a little lower, which will hopefully make the bike the right height for her - it was an inch or two too tall for her to put her toes on the ground comfortably. Her idler had broken, so I picked up the nice terracycle replacement as well.
Hopefully the shiny new all carbon fiber and titaniYUM TiCa will be at my door soon, which I'm sure will prompt another round of buying.
What new toys do YOU have this year?