Cheap lizard skins £1 !

geordiefreerider

Not sure if it's of any interest to many folk but I happened to stumble online across some cheap Lizard skins at halfords, i got a chainstay and a headset one for £1 each - ideal if you have just bought a new bike.....

biff55

cheers buddy , nice heads up , need headset seal meself. 8)

thel33ter

I two chainstay ones for a pound each, and a tip for people, If you have a short rear shock the shock booties can be cut down so the cover the whole shock and top and bottom of headset.

The Big Cheese

They actually cause more harm than good when the dirt and grit gets trapped behind them, headsets and shock boots. I would avoid personally. The chainstay protectors work great, Ive run them on most of my bikes.

Seriously, if you get shit and grit/mud trapped behind the shock boot, it can cause many problems!

furby

The big cheese, have you actually used them?

The Big Cheese

furby wrote:

The big cheese, have you actually used them?

Had a headset one on my Scott 1999 Pro-racing, left it on without looking/checking it, and the headset was virtually seized solid with crap, when I dismantled it, there was crap everywhere.

Also (on the same bike) I took the rubber covers (all shocks had them back in the day) off my Judy's and used the shock boot instead, stantions were well and truly scrached to buggery - grit etc gets behind the boot.

Quite a problem, especially with an expensive headset, I don't see a need TBH, but I have heard quite a few stories, of grit getting caight under the shock boots and scratching the stantion to fook!

Not personal experience I must say, but quite a few problems have been reported, a few on here will agree with me.

geordiefreerider

Aye the shock ones could probably cause damage but my headset - FSA pig, is notorious for having a poor bottom seal so covering it with one of these cant make it any worse !!

The bottom cup on the pig is so big the skin is stretched really tight and I really cant see any crud getting underneath it but it could be possible on a smaller diameter headset..........

dav1

for a quid I think ill have to get some of these... bring on the weekend!

Paul 8v

I've always use the chainstay ones, saves it getting chored up

The Rookie

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... &langId=-1

In store only, not online

Simon

mrlee

im on my way down to halfords this minute.

handful

Just got back from Halfords, Lizard skins still priced at normal prices

I asked an assistant and he knew nothing about the deal, was serving someone else at the time and said he would check when he finished but I couldn't be arsed to wait any longer so left empty handed :roll:

mrlee

i was down halfords in bridgend this morning. they were also marked up at normal price, so i asked the assistant to scan them for me and sure enough they were 1 pound. its only the blue and black ones though. red are normal price

geordiefreerider

Yeah sorry i should of said they wer of limited colour/size/variety, check the store locator onlin for availability first :oops:

Razer_MTB

you can reserve them online if the store has them in stock, thats what i done and the price came up at £1 each

jadamson

ill get some tomorrow