Thread to tell everyone what bargains you've spotted!

Wrath Rob

DrLex wrote:

essex-commuter wrote:

Rutland Cycles have good deals on Exposure lights

Joystick was £165 now £116
Toro Mk4 was £290 now £200
Six Pack was £425 now £280

Thanks - also have good discounts on Union 34 clothing; taken a punt on a pair of trousers for £20, but expecting more dare2b than rapha.

Thanks for that. I'd ordered some Union34 stuff from SportPursuit that's a little more expensive. Credit to SportPursuit though, they've accepted the price match and credited double the difference to my account :shock: :shock: :shock:

Off to buy some more from SP and find another price match!

rolf_f

essex-commuter wrote:

Rutland Cycles have good deals on Exposure lights

Joystick was £165 now £116
Toro Mk4 was £290 now £200
Six Pack was £425 now £280

I think I might go for a Joystick setup. Note that the Rutland page is pretty complicated in terms of packages and the discounts are higher if you order items individually. The basic Joystick with no mounts is £95 (34% off) - with a helmet mount it is £116 as a package (30% off) but the mount itself is only charged at £17.00 (43% off).

That said, I can see good deals elsewhere as well.......

veronese68

I got a Joystick with a Red Eye rear light and handlebar mount for £99 at Evans a short while ago. Well worth it I highly recommend it.

daniel_b

Is this Union 34 stuff any good then, quite tempted by some of the trousers and possibly tops - any idea how the sizing pans out on them?

rolf_f

Veronese68 wrote:

I got a Joystick with a Red Eye rear light and handlebar mount for £99 at Evans a short while ago. Well worth it I highly recommend it.

Lol - that's the elsewhere deal I was looking at!

velohutts

Rolf F wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

I got a Joystick with a Red Eye rear light and handlebar mount for £99 at Evans a short while ago. Well worth it I highly recommend it.

Lol - that's the elsewhere deal I was looking at!

As above great light , very bright on full power and a good spread over the rear wheel.

DrLex

Veronese68 wrote:

I got a Joystick with a Red Eye rear light and handlebar mount for £99 at Evans a short while ago. Well worth it I highly recommend it.

This one?
Would code CPA2 (10%) or the one on previous pages (£5 off £20 or more) assist?

rolf_f

CPA2 doesn't cover Exposure. Half price is good enough for me anyway! I just need to source a helmet mount now.
Flubit no use for anything anymore....

daniel_b

If anyone is interested, I just ordered a coupe of pairs of Union 34 trousers to try, £20 each, popped a £7 water bottle in, and used the code RIDE5 to get £5 off, went through Quidco too.

Will report back once they have arrived.

DrLex

Rolf F wrote:

CPA2 doesn't cover Exposure. Half price is good enough for me anyway! I just need to source a helmet mount now.
Flubit no use for anything anymore....

Fair enough - offer is "Now discontinued", so hope those who wanted one managed to strike.

As to Union34 reviews, I found a couple on "The Discerning Cyclist" blog - shirt and trouser. Slightly above PR re-write, but may be of interest.

Initialised

Muc Off chain cleaner and chain dock £18 in Tesco, £16 on tesco.com

rolf_f

DrLex wrote:

Rolf F wrote:

CPA2 doesn't cover Exposure. Half price is good enough for me anyway! I just need to source a helmet mount now.
Flubit no use for anything anymore....

Fair enough - offer is "Now discontinued", so hope those who wanted one managed to strike.

Seems to have! Order confirmed 90 minutes before your post so I might have got the last! Along with two Smart R2s and an R1 copy from Planet X and a possible planned Fibre flare purchase, I think I am getting my lighting sorted for the winter!

Wrath Rob

Daniel B wrote:

If anyone is interested, I just ordered a coupe of pairs of Union 34 trousers to try, £20 each, popped a £7 water bottle in, and used the code RIDE5 to get £5 off, went through Quidco too.

Will report back once they have arrived.

My soft-shell arrived and was put into immediate use when riding with my kids to and from football. Turns out its pretty nice, warm and definitely water resistant with the rain beading up and falling off. Pretty good for minus £13 quid after the double-price-match thing!

cristoff

willy b wrote:

Lezyne Micro Drive - £21 with 10% off at Evans:
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/lez ... 3#features

I have a rear one of these. I paid £40 for mine at the time i still consider it a bargain. Fantastic bit of kit for the money!

jonny_trousers

There's loads of Lezyne stuff on Sportpursuit at the moment. No idea how good the deals are, though.

willy b

cristoff wrote:

willy b wrote:

Lezyne Micro Drive - £21 with 10% off at Evans:
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/lez ... 3#features

I have a rear one of these. I paid £40 for mine at the time i still consider it a bargain. Fantastic bit of kit for the money!

Been running the front one for the last few rides. I'm impressed and can see me using it alot. Very light and compact, USB charging is ideal and it's quite bright.

iPete

Any good codes on? Quite want the Knog Blinder Road 2! Looks nice and discreet + no cables + USB + waterproof.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/kno ... d-ec052441

DrLex

iPete wrote:

Any good codes on? Quite want the Knog Blinder Road 2! Looks nice and discreet + no cables + USB + waterproof.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/kno ... d-ec052441

ECWEL5M will get you a fiver off; the CPA2 requires two items to get -10%.
I did read a couple of comments on an Australian bike site regarding the Blinder Road light, claiming that the strap quickly broke and it wasn't a replaceable item.

KMC X10SL in gold - £10 on Amazon. 2-4 week supply, but around £40-50 elsewhere.

itboffin

hmmm take care with that one I have a couple of KMC SL chains and that amazon photo doesnt look like the real deal, the 4-6 weeks means a far east seller

Real


Not so real

itboffin

ah there you go the SL also has more plate cut aways

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003LHSJG6/r ... B003LHSJG6

that's the KMC L and prob still fake

DrLex

itboffin wrote:

hmmm take care with that one I have a couple of KMC SL chains and that amazon photo doesnt look like the real deal, the 4-6 weeks means a far east seller

Good point; well made. However, "Dispatched from and sold by Amazon", so if it's moody, it'll go back for a refund.
Also - same pic on this £40 one.

itboffin

yep saw those i suspect a lot of sellers, buy stock from Amazon and deliver it on. Those aren't SL chains, SL have double slits.

anewman

Aldi gear coming 26th September https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/c ... n/cycling/ including Shimano compatible shoes, jacket, jersey, triathlon suit, and some sort of wristwatch-cum-heart rate monitor.

willy b

anewman wrote:

Aldi gear coming 26th September https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/c ... n/cycling/ including Shimano compatible shoes, jacket, jersey, triathlon suit, and some sort of wristwatch-cum-heart rate monitor.

That Tri-suit looks idea for a bit of SCR

anewman

willy b wrote:

anewman wrote:

Aldi gear coming 26th September https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/c ... n/cycling/ including Shimano compatible shoes, jacket, jersey, triathlon suit, and some sort of wristwatch-cum-heart rate monitor.

That Tri-suit looks idea for a bit of SCR

And that poor woman looks like she bought a bike with too big a frame as she has no stand over clearance

itboffin

those shoes will be too flexible for any long rides

edhornby

shoes are flexy, but ok for commuting

the tops are still a very odd size, I got one of the hi-viz ones and the chest is massive

redvee

Dare2be jerseys at TK Maxx, £20 reduced from £50.

jotko

redvee wrote:

Dare2be jerseys at TK Maxx, £20 reduced from £50.

TK Max in Bath has loads of Dare2Be, Briko, and Craft Jerseys, plus a few odd pairs of bibs and a couple of nice Craft jackets (too big for me though).

Craft kit is excellent IMO, can often be found silly cheap in TK Max for some reason.

Colinthecop

I reckon this should keep the chills away on the morning ride.... and reduced to £15

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