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Anyone seen any bargains on rear lights? Mine bounced off the other night 🙁 . I thought there'd be some decently reduced ones now it's getting out of lights season but I've not seen any particularly tempting deals.
Planet X was always my go to for cheap lights, they only seem to have these now:
https://www.planetx.co.uk/products/plazma-notch-cob-50-lumen-rear-bike-light
But look decent for a tenner.
These look great but for twenty quid you could have two of the above.
https://www.bananaindustries.co.uk/products/isosceles-r100-led-rear-light
Does any know of any decent gravel tyre bargains kicking around? 700 x 40 for probably 70/30 road light gravel work in a tubeless flavour.
Tweeks had some Vittorias for £25ish each, e.g. https://www.tweekscycles.com/vittoria-terreno-dry-gravel-tyre-2015053/
For Vittoria Terreno tyres, I'd not use anything but the G2 types as they have the better carcus and rubber.
These are cheaper with the G2 compound and Anthracite side walls
Vittoria Terreno Dry TNT G2.0 Tyre: Anth/Black/Black 700X38C https://amzn.eu/d/3gGNG1r
They look like decent lights but in my experience you're better to have two cheaper lights fitted (one flashing and one steady) than a single more expensive light, plus is one fails you have a spare.
I've tried quite a few rear lights over the years and if you ride regularly in the winter in the UK then you'll be lucky to get a single year out of them. This is irrespective of cost or IP rating, they all leak and die at some point IME.
Wouldn't touch Moon lights with a barge pole. I've had 3 Meteor C1's and all have failed in around 6 months. Great battery life on it though.
Whereas we've 3x sets of Moon, one set used daily for commuting and Deliveroo for 3 years, and they're same as the day they were bought...
Some decent prices on Maxxis tyres over at Bird.
Bit of a more general spring clean seems to be on https://www.bird.bike/product-category/outlet/
Not everything is a PSA worthy but some things like 27.5" forks around the £500 mark, Hope/DT wheelsets £300.
Just picked up some heavily discounted Alpinestars waterproofs at: Alpinestars MTB Clothing (sportpursuit.com)
Thanks for the light tips. I've had two Moon lights and I'm 50:50 on whether I rate them or not. I might buy the one @dchwhite recommended as a deciding vote 🙂 .
My Moon rear light has done 4 winters of daily commuting and is still going strong.
I've realised I need a gilet for road cycling (after many years of wondering why people bothered).
Any deals on now that I should try out (or any recommendations)?
Try sportpursuit off you have joined. They had rapha stuff on sale last time I looked
if it hasn't been mentioned, unite components on 50% off everything
get your short cranks in
The Unite website is only showing prices in dollars for some reason. I've no VPN and have deleted my cookies for the site, so I'm not sure if the price for the pedals is good or not.
Those Unite cranks are showing as 150 quid and 300 quid RRP. I may have missed it but I've never seen their cranks with that RRP, aren't they usually around 200? Or have Unite gone all DFS sale price on us?
IIRC always been around 250 with a higher RRP.
Just checked an old (18 months old) review and it stated they were 240 RRP. Think I'll go for Middleburns...
Thanks for the heads up on Unite, don't think the "rrp" is real tbf but it's still a decent saving on a lot of the stuff, got me a teeny tiny stem that I nearly paid £70 for a few weeks back
Yeh I caved as well and just bought cranks and chainring 😂
I’ve realised I need a gilet for road cycling (after many years of wondering why people bothered).
For a classic roadie gilet (windproof front, vented rear) you really don't need fancy materials. The very cheap ones I've got work just as well as the expensive stuff.
Is it Unite Shimano rings that are a bit shite?
Edit: ah no, I think that was Burgtec
With gilets worn on the road, a tight fit is essential IME. Other wise you can be deafened by it's rustling on a fast descent.
I'd be getting an Altura one if price was your primary factor.
https://www.cyclestore.co.uk/altura_airstream_mens_windproof_gilet-ID_85555
I had one of those and really liked it, I ripped it to shreds climbing a barbed wire fence 😞
I see the double post thing is back.
Green & Blacks Mayan Gold and 60% cocoa with ginger, 2 bars for £1.50 at Barry’s Bargains, Consett.
Absolutely banging deals on Specialized Tyres, and tonnes of other Specialized kit.
Available everywhere as Spesh fix the pricing of their retailers, but on their website as an example -
2.4 Purgatory T9 Grid for the front (mid weight, very sticky), & a 2.4 Purgatory T9 (Strong, full Exo+ style puncture belt, less sticky) for £41 delivered is really good.
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I’ve realised I need a gilet for road cycling (after many years of wondering why people bothered).Any deals on now that I should try out (or any recommendations)?
Mavic on Sport Pursuit atm. Proper close-fitting roadie cut ime. I have one from years ago that's basically my alpine descent gilet. Not the most breathable fabric out there, but doesn't really matter tbh. I guess the current fabric may be better in that respect.
Just a heads up about the Specialized sale.
There are both new and old Purgatory tread designs on offer. Newer is reported to be way better in every way - old chevron tread design has been radically changed to more widely spaced knobs and more aggressive side knobs with a squared off profile. It’s not a subtle redesign.
old version was fine as a rear on unchallenging trail centres, but was useless on anything vaguely steep, techy or loose. New one looks much more useful as a faster rolling rear for harder use, or could make a fast rolling less aggressive front. Just make sure which one you’re buying.
Cotic BFe 27.5 £399 - https://www.cotic.co.uk/product/BFe275
https://outlet.arcteryx.com/gb/en
20% Extra off at the Arcteryx outlet. Brings the AR harnesses down to 50% off for any climbers in the mix.
SportPursuit have Challenge tyres cheapish
Five Ten Trailcross Goretex for £80 at HOF... looks like they have missed the description off...
https://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/brand/five-ten/ten-trailcross-sn99-140335#colcode=14033502
Ooh, kind-of relieved they don't have my size.
Only just ordered another pair of the standard Trailcross XT mid from them for £42.
Really good shoes.
Off topic, but there's an Open Day at the Boat Building Academy in Lyme Regis tomorrow (Saturday 27th April) from 11 til 4. Various displays of boats & furniture, plus Charlie's wooden bike!
looks like they have missed the description off…
The Fraser brand and all it's offspring are notoriously poor at descriptions.
Arent Unite known for poor finish quality and really poor CS when people have complained?
IIRC they had some issues with inconsistent colours or something? My stem arrived, tbh it's not quite perfect, there's a little burr from the cnc that's been coated over, nothing troublesome but it's the sort of thing that should be caught before the coating for sure. Just a wee niggle though.
TBH considering how scarce really short stems are, and how much they tend to cost, I'm still very happy, it'll not be obvious once fitted.
I know that they are more road orientated but lecol have got 40% off at the moment and with some careful Strava work you can then also get a £50 off voucher which you can stack on top
You might say that this brings their prices back down to where they probably should be !
You may need to be a member of their cycling club to take advantage, but I think you just need to register.
https://lecol.cc/collections/early-access-sale?promotion=lcccmembers
Not sure if this is allowed but Paul Aston has a comp for a Lal Drive equipped Nicolai on his comp site. Odds are under 400:1 at the moment to win a £12k package. I'm not affiliated, just wouldn't like to see him taking a bath on this one given the investment.
I'm fairly sure that it's a daft idea to raffle off a very idiosyncratic size/spec bike is daft but . . . . I'm just in it for the fork/brakes/stem.
What a horrible looking bike. The black gaffa tape really sets it off 😀
Full SLX and GT Groupsets at Merlin that include brakes
SLX £375 https://www.merlincycles.com/shimano-slx-m7100-1x12-complete-disc-brake-groupset-313382.html
XT £475 https://www.merlincycles.com/shimano-xt-m8100-1x12-complete-disc-brake-groupset-313376.html
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That's bonkers for that XT groupset , it was £700 last week.
Although a great price, I think I'd rather the GX groupset and Level brakes, although a bit more expensive.
https://www.tredz.co.uk/.SRAM-GX-Eagle-DUB-Boost-Groupset_233724.htm
https://www.merlincycles.com/sram-level-tlm-front-and-rear-disc-brake-set-299282.html
The only great experience I've ever had with Shimano brakes is with the cheap ones, with no Servowave. Also, aren't those xt cranks bonded?
Actually thinking about it, the SLX would probably be a better bet.
£120 reduced to £37 for some acid yellow running shoes.
Have house of Fraser just gobbled up loads of shoes to sell them cheap? I have had 4 pairs of five ten and now a pair of runners, possibly for the price of one pair full price
My assumption was that Adidas have followed the bike industry in massively over producing outdoor gear. Fraser group shop have had loads of 5-10 and Terrex stuff cheap. Some real bargains in goretex gear if you can live with the crazy colours!
Decided to get a coil fork for my hello dave, pretty happy with this at about half price retail
Nice, I've had the ribbon air on a hello Dave for 3 years. Every time I've opened it to service it it is spotless inside. It gets regularly ridden in slop.
Not sure if it's awesome seals or fitting the biggest mudguard I could find.
I keep thinking about the coil version, but the air is great.
@ tall_martin
Apparently you can convert the air to coil.
Really I should have bought a Lyrik, especially as they're similar money to the Ribbon, they're also lighter and stiffer. But I fancy a coil fork, I used to have a Fox Vanilla on my Orange 5 back in the day and loved it. Hopefully it's not all nostalgia about how good coil forks perform.
Shimano XTR M9100 Front And Rear Disc Brake Set £249 @ Merlin
https://www.merlincycles.com/shimano-xtr-m9100-front-and-rear-disc-brake-set-146004.html
Thats a good price. You can pay 200 or near abouts for a single brake.
didnthurt
Full MemberDecided to get a coil fork for my hello dave, pretty happy with this at about half price retail
I have the same on my loco moto, suits it perfectly, I really rate mine, it's a wee bit basic but that doesn't matter so much when it does the things it does well. And the weight for a coil fork is pretty impressive.
The Giro site has a sale on with some very cheap shoes and helmets. https://www.giro.co.uk/collections/sale/filtered?page=2&filter_pf_t_discipline=discipline%3Aroad
I've just got some shoes for £9 and a road lid for £17. Both orders went through but I'm slightly sceptical someone might have got the discount button wrong!
Size 45.5 Empire SLX at £3.59!! Can't be right, but who knows.
Stuff that will fit me there, bargain basement prices, but I've got such bargain fatigue now that I'm out I think.
code DRAKE30 for additional discount at Giro by the looks of it...
Sector MTB shoes - were £229 and now about £25 with the discount.
There's something very wrong on the Giro website, £400 shoes for £20 but socks at £90!
Yeah, helmet inserts for £200+. I wonder if they’ll cancel all the orders. I’ve ordered £460 worth of shoes in various sizes to try for £50. 🤷♂️
I've just ordered DND Gloves for £8.99 from the Giro website. There are indeed some strange price variations.
Extra 15% off all Endura at Merlin this weekend
giro won’t let order proceed. Doesn’t like a UK shipping address. Tried to pay via cc, PayPal and Apple Pay but no shipping country in drop down.
Also having the same issue with the Giro website! DRAKE30 gets another 30% off! But useless when the website is bust.
I can confirm it won't ship to a UK address now.... I suspect either the shopping system has started to block countries based upon unusual patterns or they've simply just turned off the UK for now. I wouldn't be surprised if they end up cancelling orders
Boo!
If it's any consolation every pair of the three Giro shoes I've tried over the years (one pair branded Rapha, one other road pair and one MTB pair) have been stupidly narrow.
Same here, tried to order a new helmet but wouldn't go through with either PayPal or Card. Shame.
30% off uberbike
Code MAY24
Giro site prices seem back to normal now. I wonder if they'll ship all the orders..