Fresh Goodies - Hope RX Centre Lock 160mm discs (Black) & Centre Lock Disc Lockring (Internal/Black)

 

If you follow my blog you will know that I have swapped over to Hope RX2 brakes on my Specialized Creo2 gravel bike. I also run two sets of Hunt wheels, one with 29"x2.2" tyres and the other with 700c x 45mm tyres. When I got the brakes fitted due to the cost at the time I only got one set of discs for the 29" wheels that I was running at the time. I did plan on swapping over the discs onto my second set of  wheels but I could not be bothered to keep doing that every time I wanted to swap over the wheels. 

So I removed the Dura Ace rotors and cleaned up the wheels and added some fresh tubeless sealant. I ordered another pair of Hope RX Centre lock 160mm discs and a pair of matching Hope Centre lock lockrings for both the front wheels. They took a couple of days to arrive as they had to be ordered in from Hope. I fitted them onto the wheels and swapped the front lockring on my other front wheel for the Hope bling one. Now I have both wheelsets ready to fit / ride without having to do anything. 

Disc rotor - new rrp £85.00 which is shockingly expensive for one rotor but I paid £59.50 

Lockring - new rrp £10.50, I paid £8.08 

plus £3.99 for 24hr p&p from Slam 69. 

Early morning Easter Sunday local spin out on my Specialized Creo 2

 

Well it has been a while since I have been out on my bike, 23rd March. The sun was shinning and I had a reasonable nights sleep for a change so decided to get back out again. I took my Creo 2 with my 700c x 45 wheels on. We had storm Dave rattling the roof tiles last night and rain like I have never seen before. I was out just before 7am dropping down into Durham and there was not too many puddles considering  but there was loads of branches / small trees down. There was not many others out around Durham / Maiden Castle early on so I enjoyed the quite tracks n trails in the sun. The wind had died down to around 30+mph gusts but was sheltered on most of my route. Below are a few snaps from the 15 miles in 1hr 20miles with 800ft of climbing. Enjoy and hopefully more soon inc a couple of Fresh Goodies blog as I have been splashing some cash!  

Another spin over the border into Northumberland - Blanchland & around Derwent Reservoir.

 

I was tired yesterday so did not go out on the bike after Saturdays outing to upper Weardale / Northumberland. After a poor nights sleep again I woke up to some sunshine so jumped into my cycling kit and had a drive up to Pow Hill Country Park at Derwent Reservoir. The sun was shinning of the mirror glass water as there was no wind. I had my Creo 2 in my van with the 700c wheels on so opted for a mixed route of gravel tracks, quiet country lanes and some singletrack which was mostly unrideable! I thought the reservoir would have been full to the brim but it was down a good 3ft or so. There was a few others out n about enjoying the early morning sunshine including plenty of fishermen. I did not see them catch any fish though. Again I crossed over the border into Northumberland twice to cross back over into County Durham again twice. The sun soon disappeared and it clouded over, it was not that warm with Garmin hovering around 6 to 8 degrees. Below are a few snaps from the 16.5miles in 1hr 24mins with 750ft of climbing. Enjoy and hopefully more soon but probably not tomorrow as there is rain forecasted for a solid twenty four hours. 

Trail side repair, forgot to replace the battery in the cadence senor, had a spare in my bag though.