It's almost certainly the DT Swiss ones from CRC. They are a standard size about 12mm long, standard thread and the outer diameter is standard. I've never seen them like the Planet X ones before but they look they must be for a wheel where you can't get access to the nipple from the spoke end - i.e. it must be for a deep-section aero wheel where you have no option but to tighten them from through the rim holes.
Have you checked on eBay? Nipples shouldn't be £9 for 36 - you can get a whole set of stainless db spokes for that!
e.g.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261878748082
Of course, be careful searching the net for black nipples. You might get more than you bargained for
Awesome, thanks! Yeah one of the reasons I've restricted my 'nipple' searches to cycling websites!
For that price I don't think neglecting to replace them all isn't an option! Certainly will be nice to get black ones back as my current ones are now all mostly silver from all the abuse they've had!
Final(ish) route sorted for the double imperial training ride on the 23rd. Super flat and avoiding as many hideous roads as possible. I suspect this is going to be really really painful.
https://www.strava.com/routes/2292000
Nice route, but why the centre of Chester? I've not been there for years but I imagine it's busy?
Once day you'll ride near me and I'll have to come meet you for a coffee/beer
Great ride this evening, even if it was in the dark! I wanted to go and climb a
nearby hill which I've not done before, and it turned out to be a really good climb. It's only a cat 4 but it's long and fairly steady - 2 miles at 5%. It took me 13 minutes, and I reckon I could knock a bit off that now I know it, and particularly if I was there in the daytime and could see where I was going a bit better! It's got some nice flat bits as you're going up so you can shift up a couple of gears and get a bit of speed up before the next steep bit. It felt really good climbing it. I really like cycling
I averaged 15.5 mph for the whole ride, which I'm very happy with. I'm aiming for 15.5mph average this year, so if I can do this on a ride with a big hill in the middle fairly early in the season that bodes well. Upping my cadence is definitely helping. I'm aiming for 90 or thereabouts and it just makes it so much easier when you hit a bit of an incline, because you've got somewhere to go before you have to change gear, and I feel like I'm recovering better between efforts.
Great ride mate and well done with the averages! You're loving your night-time riding at the moment?! Cadence is defo the way forwards, just so flexible with what you can do with it.
What sorta time do you head out? I find it's light until 9.30ish now and the last thing I'd want is to be caught out at dusk - when drivers suddenly become blind to cyclists!
Back to commuting this morning, fully prepared to get soaked later! Set of traffic lights on my straight run out to work (Kings Acre), light not changing from my direction and easily 30+ cars and lorries sat in a queue. Idiot at the front not going through a red light for 5-6 minutes with cars stopped the other direction flashing their lights at him... Then everyone starts going around him (through the red light)!
Nowhere for me to go so I had to sit behind him and wait for a break in the traffic, I pull up to his side window and he's swearing at everyone else. No idea what he said to me (after I said "light's ain't working mate"), but glad I didn't go around him as he wheelspins away... Surprised he didn't hit the lights/cones!
Still perfect opportunity for me to hammer it after him!
22mph average over a half mile stretch
I'm away all weekend and can't ride (and only commuted 3 days this week) so have a ride planned with a friend on monday night after work. May attempt to do over 100 miles total next week, depending on the weather and my after work riding (making up for my unplanned semi 'rest' week!)
