What are your favourite bike buys of 2023?

[JCS]

What bike kit / bikes have you bought this year that you enjoy the most?

These 3 components are my faves - for both function and form:

Richey brake levers (bought on here from @Tootyred ) - so nice to use, and a good weight saving over Shimano.


Panaracer SimWorks 'The Homage' 1.95 inch tyres. Perfect for the terrain I ride. I love the tan wall.



Kona seat clamp to replace the cumbersome 1992 model quick release on my Explosif. Looks so much better and saves about 8 kg (!!). Thankyou @Spanky22b for this.

 

[Oldtat]

An ebay stem cap that is anodised greeny blue and faceted. Makes me unfeasibly happy every time it glints.

 

[Oldtat]

 

[Stressed]

I bought a little something in titanium this year...

 

[grantoury]

I bought 4 bicycles this year, but my favourite is this one:

 

[legrandefromage]

Some really sexy road wheels, I love deep section rims and miss the campagnolo shamals from many moons ago so when a set of Rigida with some super smooth Mavic hubs came up cheap I simply couldn't refuse

Wtf I'm going to use them with is an entirely different question

Mtb has been a bit quiet, @Siish swapped parts so I ended up with some excellent XT thumbies to go with the levers and brakes I already have and most recently was so amazing karma from @Alison in the form of some Hope skewers

 

[Splatter Paint]

I bought lots of stuff from the tip

The Lotus and Pro-Flex went to new owners on here. The XT wheels, road mech and Crud Guards are now fitted to my single speed.

 

[Russell]

I’ve only bought modern stuff this year but as a result have ridden 1000 miles more than last year.

Two retro projects in the shed for 2024 but I refuse to pay current prices for old tat so they’re on hold

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

The accidental Saracen (dry run) and an R200.

 

[nstarmore]

Panaracer SimWorks 'The Homage' 1.95 inch tyres. Perfect for the terrain I ride. I love the tan wall.

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This is promising I'm thinking these are going to be the solution for replacing the near 40 year old Hutchinsons on my best buy of the year:



I managed to only buy 1 bike this year, which is a miracle!