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The Unite cranks use SRAM chainrings, so the offset deoends on the ring, not the crank, should be able to fit a suitable ring to give 55
If you can bring yourself to lube Jeff Bezos rocket, then they have a decent deal on the Clarks CRS C2 brakes (£92 the set, inc. rotors). Lovely things they are, nicely finished and pretty light. 160mm rotors only though, if that bothers you.
Clarks Race Series (CRS) C2, 2 Piston Hydraulic Disc Brake Set - UK Configuration https://amzn.eu/d/08V6iJDU
£1.79 Vel branded foam grips at sigma. Could be shit but I've stocked up.
https://www.sigmasports.com/item/Vel/Silicone-Handlebar-Grips/L39R
Also 3 for 2 on all Vel branded stuff (including the grips ?)
https://www.sigmasports.com/brand/vel/all
Surprisingly articulate for a Bluetooth speaker at the price. Lack of thumping bass enhances listening to tdf, spoken word, etc:
And you can plug your guitar in???
Google store have some good discounts and trade ins on the pixel 8.
Can trade in my pixel 7 for £238 and after discounts will pay £226 for a pixel 8
Howies summer sale, including cycling kit.
https://howies.co.uk/collections/summer-sale-24
Wow I didn’t know Howies were still going. I’ve just chucked out the last of my howies T shirts which are threadbare (probably because they’re 15 years old).
Yup, Howies are going still. I've always liked their stuff. Their tops are just the right size for me. @moab, cheers, I've just got me a lovely merino mix jacket ? ?
I particularly like Howies because I always like supporting local businesses.
£650 roof tent for go outdoors members.
https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/19611994/oex-vertex-lite-130-roof-tent-19611994
Plenty of Salsa goodness here…..
https://www.lyonequipment.com/all-road
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I thought this worth a bump and some visual stimulus after I had a dig around...Looks like the discounts are from the supplier so any Salsa retailer should be able to do that price:
https://www.biketart.com/products/salsa-blackthorn-frame?variant=43892256833715
Cassidy (Enduro version) and Blackthorn (Trail version) frames in all sizes are 900 quid.
These are really, really nice bikes, I nearly bought one after a short little test a couple of years ago, good geo, well built, look great...They are proper big trail, chunk & rock eating, rough stuff type bikes. Absolute bargains.
They even have the spare linkages on sale too, you could pick one up for future conversion from one to the other.
(FYI Just remember you need a Superboost hub)
Standard issue (STWSI) over the ear cans are reduced on the Amazon, cheapest price according to the Camel.
Uberbike 20% off everything this weekend
Needed to stock back up on Racematrix pads so been waiting for this
https://www.uberbikecomponents.com/index.aspx
MS 365 Personal (15 month) down to £35.99 and Family £42.99 on Amazon - good price for a legit license. You can extend an existing subscription with it.
Sportpursuit are doing Bontrager stuff cheap - including the very niche 29x3.0 XR4 Team issues, if anyone's still running 29+
Some very good prices on orange bikes website in the sale section
https://www.orangebikes.com/shop/factory
An extra 10% off listed prices with code SUMMER10
Another Amazon one
Edge 1030 plus for £309 (renewed, comes with 1yr Amazon warranty)
https://amzn.eu/d/0ier6LY A"> http://Garmin Edge 1030 Plus Bike Computer (Renewed) https://amzn.eu/d/0ier6LYA
There are some orange frames for £1000 and £900 down from £2000+on the sale.
Seems a mega bargain if there is one to fit you.
Decent rear light at 57% off. Moon Comet X. A double bargain if you want a light that can mount to saddle rails as a mount is included. The Cateye saddle mount is a separate item at around £10.
https://www.jejamescycles.com/product/3859/moon-moon-comet-x-pro-rear-light/option/
Easton bars and stems at SportPursuit
https://www.sportpursuit.com/sales/easton-jul24?sp_nav=ct-11.ev-27101.
Almost CRC clearance prices for a great quality tent
https://theomm.com/product/ydun-5-5-m%C2%B2-glamping-tent/?attribute_pa_colour=natural
The Orange frames are an even bigger bargain as there's another 10% off the sale price (or anything else on the site) so the 2021 Alpine 6 frame and shock comes in at £810! They have 5 Evo and Stage Evo frames too.
> https://www.orangebikes.com/shop/factory <
Giro.co.uk good chunk off shoes at the moment with free delivery.
Rapha summer sale on…
Giro.co.uk good chunk off shoes at the moment with free delivery.
last time I bought something the Singletrack member Giro discount still worked with sale price goods.
Free day out at National Trust, family tickets.
https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/free-national-trust-family-day-pass-4383422
Nice one, I've really rated their normal kevlar pads too.
So ordered 3 sets of these (12 pairs) for £30.
Even if there's less pad material (?) that's still great VFM.
Am I reading it right that the ss offer is just for the replacement pads not the actual fins aswell
I read it as you get the full package.
One pack includes 4 pairs of pads and 2 sets of fins so you can upgrade both of your brakes and have a spare pair of pads ready to fit.
Says on the site
One pack includes 4 pairs of pads and 2 sets of fins so you can upgrade both of your brakes and have a spare pair of pads ready to fit.
Voodoo Bizango frames 18 & 20" £60 a pop with 10% off voucher!
Just had 2 of those Nordisk tents turn up via UPS....didn't actually expect them to arrive?
Thanks for the PSA ?
If you fancy saving a further £50 on those Nordisk Ydun tents you can pickup ex-demos from the Omm outlet store for £120 delivered
“These tents have been used once as demo products at our OMM Festival. They may have minor scuffs or a bit of Grasmere foliage but are nearly new”
J-tech have some white Bombers with a chunk off..
Superstar components 50% off
Nano EVO2.0 Pedals -TITANIUM EDITION.
Just add them to basket, discount is automatically applied.
https://www.superstarcomponents.com/products/nano-evo2-0-pedals-black-and-gold-ti-edition
Best pedals I've used for grip and durability. A bit too big for my size 5s
Specialized Boomslang pedals 44% off
So this is interesting.
Since we stickied this thread our revenue from affiliate sales has dropped by almost half. The reason as far as we can ascertain is because there are no longer forum topics being posted that include the name of the item/deal/offer and so fewer people are clicking.
So, I'd like to run an experiment and ask everyone to post a fresh topic for each PSA that you come across. As before if you spot a great offer you want to share with everyone start your post with 'PSA: '
I'll temporarily close this topic for a few weeks so we can see if there's any difference. If it's all purely coincidental that the number of outgoing affiliated clicks from the forum seems to correlate with the time this thread was stickied then I'll open it up again.
Cheers All.
Mark
Just my opinion, but they wouldn't get seen/ used as much. I only look in this thread when my life is really really dull, but I look on the forum much more often. In the unlikely event something named catches my eye then I open the thread.
TBH actually I think mark's hypothesis about why a single thread doesn't work as well would apply almost as much as a dedicated forum. Fair enough with a whole forum you could quickly scan down it, but loads of people wouldn't even open it.
Glad this thread is open again.
@Mark I get a reason for driving traffic through links. cool. Have you done an analysis on other correlations for decreased referels. eg tail off once WiggleCRC closed as I guess that was creating quite a lot of frenzy/ attention. End of the Ribble stock clearances. Have you asked your users why it may be?
I was also surprised this thread was closed by @Mark without any consultation. Seems to me a bit like a repeat of the same abrupt closure of the old classifieds which lead to the new classifieds being dead for years which surely must of affected site traffic? Cue the Scotroutes joke abut Tractor production being up year on year, every year.... its just feedback...
In terms of posting PSAs, my hypothesis is that this thread would cause more to be posted. Something needs to be really good for me to create a new thread and clutter up the forum.
But in terms of people looking, clicking through, I can see why it could cause a drop.
As OP, I say with revenue halved, do whatever gets it back!
And I'll excuse myself by saying again my intent was literally what it says in the thread title, not to create one thread for all PSAs, which what people started using it as, which probably influenced it getting stickied.
My impulse spending has certainly dropped off since the thread went to a sticky at the top of the page.
Much preferred it when it was a single thread with the PSA in the title. If I was interested then I could click and hopefully there would be a link to click on.
Might be worth while removing the PSA if there isn't a link attached
As OP, I say with revenue halved, do whatever gets it back!
Yep, totally agree. My prev. comments were meant to be supportive.
Were there really that many PSA threads before this? Chiggle demise notwithstanding, it seems to me like much more gets posted on this thread now than did on individual PSA threads before... stuff that doesn't "warrant it's own thread", funnily enough.
Obviously Mark has access to the numbers, which don't lie, but I find it strange that this thread has actually led to less people buying stuff they don't need... I'm sure it hasn't for me, I struggle to scroll past it if I see it's been updated.
Total speculation here, but since the chiggle fire sale I have spent precisely zero on bike stuff, or camping gear or wetsuits for that matter!
how widely would that be replicated (with millions of pounds in stock being dumped recently ) to see some consumer fatigue?
How about giving PSAs there own tab.. Overview/Chat/Bike/PSAs etc? Keep them all in one spot and save having to go searching for them. Just a thought as a alternative to this thread.
+1 for this - the benefits of each having their own thread (and still appear in the Overview for general visibility) plus you can easily see all of the PSAs in one place rather than having to go searching for them.
Yeah wasn't this thread pinned after wiggle was finished? I was buying crap left and right through links on here and haven't bought anything since tbh.
I'm happy enough if STW want to do it differently for business reasons, that's a good reason and supporting st towers supports all of us.But from a user point of view that sounds like a crap change, this thread has been fantastic.
Mr buying has slowed noticeably since the Chiggle fire sale - this thread is great - I prefer all PSAs in one place
Personally, I looked at this thread a couple of times, but then I haven't for months.
Possibly because it was a sticky. I just rarely look at stickies after the first time
Instead of wading through it all in one massive thread, I personally prefer a thread for each PSA.
I think this thread still has a place for possible PSAs, they're not all worthy of a separate thread IMO.
I also think that bargains have seriously reduced since Chiggle went under
Mark did say
I’d like to run an experiment...
And not
Screw you guys I'm shutting this down because it suits me.
Cheapest I've seen 10-51 slx cassettes since Merlin were punting them out for £57.50 over winter.
Still a lot of cash, and featuring cable tourism and a hidden shock but this looks a good deal
Since we stickied this thread our revenue from affiliate sales has dropped by almost half. The reason as far as we can ascertain is because there are no longer forum topics being posted that include the name of the item/deal/offer and so fewer people are clicking.
I wonder if the problem was not the fact that it was a single thread, but more the fact that it was stickied. I'm afraid I never look at the top block of stuff in yellow - I'm 100% blind to it. For me the forum starts the row below. If its at the top of page one it's there on merit - i.e. people are posting and it's current. The top bit is for t&c, rules and updates no one reads or posts on so needs stickying otherwise it'd disappear for ever. As a PSA thread, if it's bouncing around near the top of the first page people must be posting and FOMO takes over and you take a peak. If it's stickied - never look - never bother to see when it was last updated.,
I can't be the only one that thinks like this.
Total speculation here, but since the chiggle fire sale I have spent precisely zero on bike stuff, or camping gear or wetsuits for that matter!
I also closed my wallet... for a while.
But it was actually this thread that got me spending regularly again.
I feel the problem for STW is probably caused by a bit of each of the factors identified by people here.
If there's a simple UX solution though, that's great.
I’m afraid I never look at the top block of stuff in yellow – I’m 100% blind to it. For me the forum starts the row below
complete opposite for me. Checked the stickied thread at the top every time I came to the forum (easy to see when it was last updated) and bought more stuff as a result. Whereas I missed a lot of bargain PSA threads when they were away from the top.
As someone else has mentioned, I suspect the drop in commissions is probably linked to the reduction in the number of deals. Along with Chiggle there were a number of other shops/disties dumping stock (either overstock from Covid, drop off in sales, or going under). Most of the PSA stuff that I've bought recently hasn't been bike related because there were so many deals previously I don't need anything (must be hitting full price sales in the industry generally.). I've got a load of newish clothing, tyres, spares etc.
Giro have some good deals.
Radix trail helmet for £30, Source MIPS for £65, Montaro MIPS for £64
Cylinder 'gravel' shoes for £45, Rincons for £56
https://www.giro.co.uk/collections/mens
Laithewaites have got 30% off everything with free delivery until the end of the month (code 30OFF) which is stackable with the 20% off for subscriptions (easily cancellable). Only applicable to new accounts but a different email address will suffice. Cashback via Quidco and / or your bank should work too.
I can recommend the Black Stump and Cabalié for reds - chin chin!?
https://www.sportsdirect.com/endura-mt500-plus-overshoe-727187#colcode=72718703
£9 for Endura overshoes. (Apologies for the Mike Ashley link)
If it’s stickied – never look – never bother to see when it was last updated.,
This was definitely the case for me. I hardly noticed the thread after it was stickied having previously bought a load of tents etc.
[MOD] Closing the thread to test as per Marks post on the last page. Please continue to post PSAs in their own threads
Resticking this as a test again. Maybe we are all not spending?
But please feel free to post separate PSA threads if you want. This is not an exclusive repository for PSA topics.
Used my new tent last week from the re:omm post - it's bloody lovely! Thanks to whoever posted the deal on this thread.
How exactly it this better than individual PSAs, you know individual ones are worth clicking on by the title, constantly checking this and going to the last page is an irritating waste of time for the most part. This is the last time I'm checking.
How exactly it this better than individual PSAs
The clue is in the title.
How exactly it this better than individual PSAs
I would tell you but....
This is the last time I’m checking.
I'm much more likely to see a post and follow it from here
alpkit 15% off till monday using code AKLONG15
They still have the brand new Nordisk tents available for £160
https://theomm.com/product/ydun-5-5-m%C2%B2-glamping-tent/?attribute_pa_colour=natural