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!