Beat the marketing mark-up!!

Hangie

Seeing the fancy glasses at £120 on the review page made me think.

:?:
What are the cost saving alternatives you have found to some of the "through the nose" trendy items required for a comfortable commute.

Here is my bid:
A Pair of Bolle "Axis lightweight eyewear,grey lens" for £6.50 (from a well know electrical "Components" company)
Vs
Pair of Bolle Edge glasses for £79.99


Hangie

robbarker

My 3M workshop safety glasses were about a tenner and I've discovered they are fantastic for winter mountain biking.

batch78

Regatta windproof gloves £7.80 from an Outdoor Direct store.

Rode 15 miles off road last night in filthy conditions, hands nice and dry and warm.

25 mile road ride, dry but below zero, very ends of my fingertips a little cold but not uncomfortable.

Snodgrass

My local Sports World has some really low price wintery looking gloves in stock at the mo.

Which makes me think , when was the last Aldi cycling goods event? We must be due for another one soon surely

TheKrikkitWars

robbarker wrote:

My 3M workshop safety glasses were about a tenner and I've discovered they are fantastic for winter mountain biking.

I've got a pair of pulsafe tinted safety glasses, which at £5.40 are actually better than any normal sunglasses I've paid a hell of a lot more for in the past/

scotshamlet

Shooting glasses are a good buy since the gun laws changed 'cos there are loads of stock still unsold. Winchester's are excellent just do a search .. you should be looking at abount £3 - 5 per pair.
I use clear, yellow tint or smoke grey and Ive found these to be brilliant. They are very much cheapness and at the moment... cheapness is good !!!!!

Elvex make some crackers too.

http://www.elvex.com/safety-glasses-start.htm

Clever Pun

Hangie wrote:

Seeing the fancy glasses at £120 on the review page made me think.

:?:
What are the cost saving alternatives you have found to some of the "through the nose" trendy items required for a comfortable commute.

Here is my bid:
A Pair of Bolle "Axis lightweight eyewear,grey lens" for £6.50 (from a well know electrical "Components" company)
Vs
Pair of Bolle Edge glasses for £79.99


Hangie

without links this thread will fail

cee

I have a pair of Bolle safety glasses (although no link i am afraid) and I was struggling to detect much difference between those (~£6) and much more expesive cycle specific one.

BoardinBob

The tesco torches. 3 of them at a total cost of £30 giving as much light as setups costing a lot lot more.

Old inner tubes serve a multitude of uses. £10 for a chainstay protector? A bit of inner tube will suffice thank you very much.

Hangie

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/sear ... breadCrumb

http://uk.rs-online.com

Link as requested!

Tell me one good reason these glasses at on average £5 can't match the marketted job!!

Ironpants

Hangie wrote:

Tell me one good reason these glasses at on average £5 can't match the marketted job!!

Thanks for the link, the only problem I found was the cheapest delivery option was £13 :shock: or I would have had a pair.

Toby

cheddarpaul

How about a pair of B&Q heavy duty gloves? I tried them on in the shop and they were flexible, comfortable and, I bet, would offer alot of protection?

Retail at............£9,99 as opposes to £30+ for mtb gloves

Would they be any good?

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/nav.j ... earch=true

Hangie

Try Screw fix £5 delivery for similar glasses:

http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;jsess ... ty+glasses


OR

Found an even better place (£1.50 postage)
They have a "Cycle" section in their index for gloves glasses which are really safety glasses.

http://www.safety-one.co.uk/products.php?cat=26

Hangie

Ironpants

Hey thanks Hangie

now one pair of clear and one tinted from the Bolle range, or the Madison d'arcs set :roll: too many decisions

Toby